Hi all, I have a question concerning a possible sighting of cosmos 1220. I was out last night (2/19) and saw a fairly bright object (2 to 2.5) going from north to southeast. After doing some checking, it turns out that cosmos 1220 was going along the same track at the correct time. Heavens-above has the pass at 4.6 magnitude. Is it possible that estimation for the satellite brightness was that much off? There were no other satellites listed at that time being that bright. If this object was indeed cosmos 1220, what would cause the difference in brightness. I have noticed that the estimated brightness of some satellites on H-A are quite different from the actual brightness. Thanks, Ken Cary, NC 35.772 N, 78.837 W __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices! http://auctions.yahoo.com/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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