Jonathan wrote : "I was at heavens-above.com today, and was looking at predictions for a NOSS satelllite (NOSS 2-2 (D), to be specific). However, its predicted magnitude was +6 to +8. Isn't that much fainter than what the observers on this list report? I recall observers mentioning that they frequently see the NOSS satellites at naked-eye. Maybe I'm confused; or heavens-above.com's magnitude estimate is too faint?" I confirm we were three observers on August 24, 2000 02:23 UTC located at 48.067 N, 04.133 E, to see naked-eyes NOSS 2-2 Trio as bright as est. mag + 2. We were not at all expecting it, as concentrated on Jupiter sats. But NOSS Trio crossed so high and was so bright, you just could not avoid seeing it. Patrick J. Lumiot ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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