Waiting in the cold park in Berlins City Center abt. 52.533N 13.40E 50m asl, for a -8mag-flare from Ir-25, I noticed an object of abt. 0mag...+1mag, culminating "high" in the west, sailing from SSE to NNW, at "lower than usual LEO-speed". Itīs obvious orange hue, slower speed and brightness fitted some LACROSSE sightings last summer. The object slowly dimmed and passed about 2 deg east of DENEB (alpha Cyg) at 17.48:50 UTC at abt. +2mag. Back home I checked Heavens-Above including dimmer satellites (4.5mag) too, which is usually useless in the heart of the big city, but there it was - SeaSat1 fitted the track, but predicted 3mag fainter than it appeared. Who knows why it is orange? Iridium 25 flared 18.58:31, but didnīt peak at -8mag (saw brighter ones) Clear Skies Dennis ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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