... > are getting to see it. It would be interesting, to me at least, to > know how widely visible it is at any given time. > And necessary to compute the rotation. Since you can see them for hours, the flash track must be nearly parallell to the satellite's celestial track, and a few degrees of latitude may ruin the show, but certainly shift the start/end times of bright flashes. This shift allows at least the flare track angle to be computed. For a complete determination, observations more widely spaced over the celestial sphere, or over the seasons, are needed. ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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