I was able to observe USA 102 #23031 94017B as it passed approx 5 deg below (E) Deneb at 04:45:22 8 Aug UTC +/- 3 sec. Mag 3. As i followed it along as it headed North, i noticed an object begin to brighten about 10 deg East of Polaris, mag reached 0 and i was able to id it as Spot 4 r #25261 98017B. At 05:00:46 +/- 3 sec Lacrosse 3 #25017 97064A passed 1 deg above (N) of Vega, moments before it had flared to a mag 1. I waited for Iridium 14 ? #25777 99032A to flare to it's predicted -8 but it only reached mag 3. However as i watched it, waiting for it to get brighter, i noted a sat about 4 deg above it, heading in the same direction at mag 4. It turned out to be Iridium 65 #25288 98021D. Having 2 Iridiums at the same time and a couple of nice Perseids made up for the lack of a -8 flare. Jari 54.25N 110.11W 556m ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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