Hi All, Another query from a Heavens-Above visitor. Can anyone give any advice. Personally I doubt very much this is a satellite(s). Chris -----Original Message----- From: S & P McGhee [mailto:celt@xtra.co.nz] Sent: 06 February 2002 08:27 To: Chris.Peat@heavens-above.com Subject: Debris field ?? Hi Chris, Over the last week I have been watching a what I believe to be a separation debris field in the early evening. I was wondering if you were able to give me some idea of the source (or point me to someone who could). Observation Site: 35.125° S, 173.717° E (Northland, NZ) Sky position: Originally sighted at approx 30° Alt in the NW @ ± 1000Hrs UTC Over the last 5 days position has shifted and is now in Orion @ ± 0830 UTC Trajectory: Stationary. Group travels approx 15°NE each 24Hr Objects consist of multiple targets over a FOV of approximately 20° ! giving random flashes up to Mag -8. There have been a number of bright green (standard hunk-o-junk) burnouts radiating from this group and given the decrease in flashes I believe most of the objects may have already decayed. I am losing the observations now due to the activity period drifting into the evening light, but hope to get a photo before I lose it completely (the clouds seem to have cleared at the last minute). This has been an amazing sequence (imagine a months Iridiums all stacked up into one area) and I'm sorry to see it go, so hopefully someone up your neck of the woods can pick it up and follow it. (pls. email me if it is visible to you, or for further details) Feel free to forward this (along with my email) to anyone who could be interested or may be able to ID it for me. Clear skies Pete McGhee ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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