Hello everybody, At last I had a satisfying obs session, the first in a long time, in the evening of Aug. 21 EDT (first hours of Aug. 22 UTC). 21949 92 023A 1747 E 20000822005552800 37 25 2050750+135700 68 I+040 07 10502 77 112A 1747 E 20000822010549000 37 25 0124670+581300 68 S+090 07 23936 96 029E 1747 E 20000822011038400 37 25 1952100+090500 68 S+065 07 23233 94 057A 1747 E 20000822011958500 37 25 1423900+253600 68 S+070 07 25017 97 064A 1747 G 20000822023936800 37 25 1219500+560500 68 S+035 07 70000 00 735A 1747 E 20000822024425200 37 25 0114500+610700 68 S+035 07 10502 77 112A 1747 E 20000822025733500 37 25 2049500+462100 68 S+075 07 Site 1747 is 45.8681 N, 72.5133 W, 75 m Maybe we should make it an official site no, this is my backup site where I don`t have direct light sources to disturb me. It's 3 km from site 1746, still in Drummondville (my girlfriend's home). In the above obs, 21949 = USA 81 10502 = NOSS 2 (A) 23936 = NOSS 2-3 E (I saw the trio but measured only E, the trailer) 23233 = DMSP B5D2-7 25017 = Lacrosse 3 14143 = NOSS 5 (C) 70000 = Unknown (see below) For the whole duration of the USA 81 pass, it was sparkling (little flashes) in an irregular manner. Flashes were one or two magnitudes brighter. Saw USA 129 but could not make measurement due to fog in my binocs :-( BUT I saw it flare quite slowly to mag 0.5 at around 02:09:00 UT and my girlfriend saw it do the same around 25 seconds later at mag 1.5. Otherwise, its mag was around 3. Finally, I saw 2 UnIDs while checking for NOSS sats. I've not been able to put a name on them using alldat.tle. One of them was bright at mag 3.5 while it crossed Cassiopeia traveling north to south (see the #70000 obs above). The other nearly "collided" with NOSS 2 (A) as I was taking my position (see above) at 02:57:35 UT, its trajectory was also perfectly north to south. Magnitude was similar to NOSS at 7.5 and steady. Somebody has an idea about them ? Cheers, Dan -- Daniel Deak Drummondville, Quebec COSPAR site 1746 : 45.8537°N, 72.4857°W, 90 m., UTC-4:00 Site en francais sur les satellites: French-language satellite web site : http://www.obsat.com ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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