> Last night we had predictions for Iridium 73 ? and Iridium 66 to flare > very close to Polaris less than one minute apart. Iridium 73 ? (25344, > 98-32C) not only did not flare to -1, but I couldn't find it with > binoculars. Iridium 66 flare was slightly off in magnitude and time > from prediction but not enough to matter much. Mark Harris and I have reported a few unpredicted flares, but all in the SE, and some no-shows, so there is not enough for a computation. My guess is it is in very slow tumble, or just incorrectly oriented, so this may be difficult. > > Orion 3 (25727, 99-24A) to me seems to be something of a curiosity. > When it does not flash, it is very faint. When it does flash, it is > awesome. It would be great to know ahead of time which passes would be > spectacular! > I have started assembling the few observations I have seen (thanks, Ed!) and will probably find a solution soon. Observations from other locations will definitely help! -- b_gimle@algonet.se (home) http://www.algonet.se/~b_gimle -- -- COSPAR 5919, MALMA, 59.2576 N, 18.6172 E, 23 m -- -- COSPAR 5918, HAMMARBY, 59.2985 N, 18.1045 E, 44 m -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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