Low in the northeast a dawning sky I observed what appears to be the HST peaking at a brightness that was visible without binoculars. Predicted magnitude at culmination was only 4th magnitude but the object peaked at about first magnitude. I did not look at my watch immediately so timing is not accurate, and no reference stars were available but it was around 16:58:50 UTC, about two minutes after predicted culmination. The sighting does not correspond to any other predicted object: Okean O was around at the time but was on a different track. This was a pleasing sighting as the HST is not an easy object here, in view of its inclination it can only be seen low in the north. Robert Holdsworth Wainuiomata New Zealand 174.948E 41.261S ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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