Hi Leo, you have observed the satellite 2007-049C, a part of the Cosmos 2430 launch. Here you can get a list of soon decaying satellites for Pieksämäki and yesterday: http://www.calsky.com/?decayer=&sub=1&time=0&date=19.2.2008&lon=27.1602&lat= 62.2999 SatEvo predicts its decay for 25th February. Best regards Arnold > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Leo Wikholm [mailto:leo.wikholm@wippies.fi] > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 20. Februar 2008 18:26 > An: seesat-l@satobs.org > Betreff: Bright and low satellite > > We have observed a bright and low orbit satellite on Feb 19, 2008. > The phenomenon was observed by two meteor cameras. The main camera was > located in > Helsinki (60.10N, 25E) and the second camera was in Pieksämäki (near > 62.20N 27.1E). > The observation was made at 16:49 UTC. > > According to observations of these two cameras the length of the trail > is about 33 seconds. > The object was located near 205 km height and the inclination was about > 62,9 degrees. > You can preview this picture at > http://img412.imageshack.us/my.php?image=20080219165000ag7.jpg > > Observation was calculated by two Finnish amateurs Esko Lyytinen > (Helsinki site) and > Timo Kantola (Pieksämäki site). > > Best regards, > > Leo Wikholm > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: > http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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