Hi, Spot 5 fits nicely. The camera's shutter opened (at 23:14:03 L)and caught the satellite descending from Left to Right and shows the trail to the bottom of the photo. I note that it almost appulses SAO 3649 (a.k.a. TYC 3500-2418-1) at 23:14:08 @ azimuth 297.499, elevation 62.412. Nice photo. Spot5, (Int. Desig. 02021A, Norad # 27421 ),is a 5 meter cylinder with 3 meter dia. with a predicted magnitude of 4.2 as seen from near Estes Park. As to why the violet coloring, I can't say, I do re-call from my SLR photos some pretty vivid colors. Clear Skies ------------------------------------------------------ | Lewisville,TX Lat: 33.02064N, Long:96.99822W, Alt. 153m | JIM | Clear, LM 11.0 UTC:-5 August 10 UTC NIX---------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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