> Are recent observations of rapidly decaying satellites of use to > anyone (eg Alan Pickup, Harro.Zimmer)? If so, please let me know, and > future observations can be posted directly to you. Below are last > nights observations of #12547 = 81- 58 A = Cosmos 1278. > Standard magnitude about 3.5 to 5 irregular. > > YATELEY(WATERMAN)ENGLAND > IntlId SiteYYMMDDHHMMSSss Sss TCHHMMmm DDddd Ddd E MMm > 8105801211500083021045513 020 13210627 +3116 004 5 +30 I know there have been complaints about dull tables on SeeSat-L. But those who want to chat about what they (happened to ?) see, or "I saw ISS", can do that on the "visual-observe" discussion forum. And although discussions on the contents of SeeSat-L belong in the mail group "UseSat-L", I think we have agreed that while enthusiastic comments about observations are OK, even welcome, within more factual messages, the main purpose of SeeSat is to distribute information needed to help other members to find, observe, and make something meaningful out of their visual satellite observations. Thus, I think messages of the kind "The decaying Cosmos 1278 was observed on Aug.30 with magnitude XX, about YY seconds before predictions using the following elset...." should ALWAYS be posted, preferably with the table format info included. Even inexperienced observers should benefit from the knowledge that for a decayer, the prediction error increases with the square of the age of the elset (at least). If you don't agree, I want to be on your mailing list ! -- 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 -- -- SeeSat-L / Visual Satellite Observer Home Page found at -- -- http://www2.satellite.eu.org/satintro.html -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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