Flashmail Alain, I find an SL-16 #20625 passing 10 degrees BELOW left of eps Peg (much further left) and passing the the line gam Aqr-alp Aqr in penumbra 19:57 Cosmos 1771 passed very close to alp Aqr, but entered eclipse 19:59, 1½ min later. (according to SkyMap) They were expected around mag 5 at eps Peg's 32 deg altitude. I had some restrictions on range and magnitude, but they shouldn't be excluding any known object? Charts sent separately /Björn Gimle ----- Original Message ----- Observation on : 17 august 2007 ; Place : 44°.574 N 6°.682 E ; altitude 1850 m ; ... I noticed a third unexpected satellite, apparently on the ISS orbit or so, mag 3 at the left of Epsilon Pegasi. Its brightness was decreasing, so I followed it using binoculars 10 x 50 till it eclipsed in Aquarius sligthly lower than Alpha-Gamma Aqr. The eclipse was recorded at 19h57,0 UT ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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