> hi all, > > This evening was very clear (and a bit windy). I observed a fine flare > from Lacrosse 4 (00-047A). Just before going into eclips in Taurus, it > briefly flared to mag. +0.5 at about 18:53:00 +/- 1s UTC. The flare took > only a few seconds. <snip> > Some 20 minutes earlier, I observed Lacrosse 5 (05-016A) doing its > notorious "disappearance trick" again in Umi. It happened at 18:31:27 +/- > 2 s UTC, some 1.5 minutes before eclipse entry. The camera was open while > it happened, image at the same URL above. Before that, Lacrosse 5 was > about mag. +1.5. I have just watched the same passes as Marco and confirm the "disappearance" of 05-016A. I estimated the magnitude before the dip as being +2.0, fading to mag +4.5 and still further to around mag 5.5 before shadow entry. I did not see the flare of 00-047A, though. Bruce MacDonald COSPAR Site 2751 Devizes, Wiltshire, United Kingdom 51.3440 N 1.9849 W 125M (WGS 84) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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