> Somewhere around 21:50:45 I started to look at my clock to trigger the > camera countdown at 21:51:07 UTC. When I looked up again at 21:51:09 or > so, it already was gone. It did not re-appear. Sounds familiar Marco....there's a little man somewhere who flicks a switch when he realises you are watching it ! :O) Still clouded in here.......but things should improve Friday. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marco Langbroek" <marco.langbroek@wanadoo.nl> To: "Philip Masding" <zen32156@zen.co.uk>; "satellite list" <SeeSat-L@satobs.org>; "Pierre Neirink" <pierre-neirinck@wanadoo.fr> Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 10:10 PM Subject: Lacrosse 5 disappeared instead of flared at 21:51 UTC >> Also if the YVV/33 degree theory is correct Marco has a chance to observe >> flares in the next few days >> >> Flare Results for Observer Lat=52.15412 Long=4.49081 >> Satellite NORAD 28646 >> Flare Results for Flight Mode YVV Panel Angle 33° >> 12. SAR MA 2.97104043228698 at 31/07/2006 21:51:22 Alt=74.2391395227923 > > Phil a.o., > > It did not flare, but disappeared again instead.... > > I picked Lacrosse 5 (05-016A) up at about 21:50:00 UTC near Bootes/CrB. It > was mag. +2.5 brightening to +2.0 in the next half minute or so. > > Somewhere around 21:50:45 I started to look at my clock to trigger the > camera countdown at 21:51:07 UTC. When I looked up again at 21:51:09 or > so, it already was gone. It did not re-appear. > > The photograph (21:51:18.1 to 21:51:28.8 UTC) shows no trail at all, > meaning that at that time it must have been fainter than +3.5. Would it > have been as bright as it was a 21:50:00 to 21:50:45 it would be visible > on the image, and certainly if it subsequently would have flared. > > There was some thin cirrus in the sky, but the area where it should have > flared was clear and faint stars are visible on the image. > > - Marco > > ----- > Dr Marco Langbroek - SatTrackCam Leiden, Cospar 4353 > Leiden, the Netherlands. 52.15412 N, 4.49081 E (WGS84), +0 m ASL > > SatTrackCam: http://home.wanadoo.nl/marco.langbroek/satcam.html > Station (b)log: http://sattrackcam.blogspot.com > Atom RSS: http://sattrackcam.blogspot.com/atom.xml > e-mail: sattrackcam@wanadoo.nl > ----- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: > http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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