ERBS came to shine up to magnitude +0.5 somewhat before photography (magnitude +1), and relatively low towards NW. It was red and like an artifiial fire (seconds later another satellite reached magnitude +0.5, but more naturally, still pending processing). At first I had my doubts in a night full of fireworks, but the long time and the later entrance in the shade made it clearer to me. Astrometry and HeavenSat ended up confirming it. Photography data: Date: 20181231 Time (UT): 18:47:46 Exposure: 8 seconds. https://www.dropbox.com/s/i3s8czhgjzuxo7e/20181231194746_Sat%20ERBS%20Norad%2015354%20ID%201984-108B%20Magn%20%2B1%20Irreg_SAM_2356_IV_r40_3123227_Astrometry.jpg?dl=0 am still a bit surprised at how it is possible that SAOCOM 1A, one of the brightest satellites that can currently be seen in Heavens-Above or CalSky, still does not appear. At least since the beginning of December it is easy to see, and since just before Christmas followed almost daily, except for 3 days, it has always been confirmed, magnitude around 0 towards the zenith (this morning again) and at least magnitude in around +2 towards 30º of Elevation. Certain that something else has shone once On the other hand, also in the afternoon of 2018/12/31 Tandem-X and TerraSar-X shone more to the South than I imagined (I still have it unprocessed, but if I remember it, then I will send data from the mirrors) 3602, 36.8389ºN, 2.4498ºW, 31m, Almería (Spain) Regards -- José Luis Ruiz Gómez _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Wed Jan 02 2019 - 03:02:06 UTC
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