Re: raduga 33

From: Kurt Jonckheere (kjon@yucom.be)
Date: Thu Aug 28 2003 - 01:24:24 EDT

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hello,

I also saw Raduga 33 from my home not far from Kurt Dequicks place
(August 27).

I estimated the brightest flash at 20h20m01.1s, mag -1 
latest flash seen naked eye was around mag +4 at 20h24m27.5s

Period was 33.30 +- 0.02 seconds.

Observing location : Zeveneken, Belgium 51.11 N, 3.90 E

regards,

Kurt

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Kurt Dequick <kurtsmaze@tiscalinet.be>

> Hello,
> 
> I saw Raduga 33 flash brightly tonight.
> 
> the first flash I saw was around magnitude 2, but the second was 
> already about magnitude 0. Some of the next flashes may even have been 
> of negative magnitude. Then the brightness started to drop to magnitude 
> 2 again.
> 
> I measured 8 periods in total, giving a flash period of 33.31 seconds
> 
> The time of the first bright flash was: 20h 19m 27s UT (Wednesday 27 
> August 2003)
> My coordinates are: 51.05N, 3.44 E
> 
> Kurt
> 
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