Just saw a good pass of the "toolbag" (33442 / 98-067BL using 10x50 binoculars but this time it seemed a little fainter than when I saw it previously and was varying slightly and irregularly. When it passed by xi Cep it looked about 6.8 magnitude and when it passed nu And, it was about 6.5 magnitude. The corresponding quicksat intrinsic magnitude was about +8.2 and the (Matson's) Skymap standard magnitude was +9.2-9,.4 . Nice object, moving very rapidly, but not easy to see in a bright moonlit sky. IOD: 33442 98 067BL 8840 G 20081207223653000 28 +068 03 33442 98 067BL 8840 G 20081207223723000 28 +065 03 Clear and dark skies! Ed Light Lakewood, NJ, USA Site 8840, N 40.1075, W 074.2312, +24 m (80 ft) What these numbers mean: http://www.satobs.org/position/IODformat.html ____________________________________________________________ Click to consolidate debt and lower month expenses. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/PnY6rw2PBG4jI8BaNzmkotG0i98KUlCTFKogcvOZesxtMpKtqw5Va/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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