Re: Starshine 3

From: Ed Cannon (ecannon@mail.utexas.edu)
Date: Thu Dec 12 2002 - 14:52:02 EST

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    > ... starshine 3 ...
    >
    > Heavens above always has quite a high magnitude for the 
    > satellite, which I presumed was the mag. when it wasn't 
    > reflecting back to an observer. Am I mistaken, is mag. 
    > ~7 as bright a flash as it will produce?
    
    I have seen it at +1 a couple of times for 10 to 20 
    seconds at a stretch.  I think that +7 is supposed to be 
    the ordinary pass magnitude but seems too bright to me.
    
    Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA
    
    
    
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