Astra 2C Rk (26854) -- This was a *very* bright object (-2 maxima I think), on a zenith pass at a range of 208 km (130 miles), with a flash period of about 4 seconds. It had secondary and tertiary maxima, and quite a few of the maxima were double flashes. 01-025 B 01-06-16 10:37:41.8 EC 59.6 0.5 15 3.97 mag-2->inv As I was watching it go NNE, another piece from the Astra 2C launch (26856, 01-025D) came into my field of view. It was almost as low as the B object and was as bright as Vega but seemed steady and faded to (one-power) invisibility as it went on to the NNE. But the B object's flashes were still easy to see low in the sky between tree branches. Iridium "14 ?" (25777, 99-032A) flared close to -3 predicted by Iridflar. Did not see predicted solar panel flare from Iridium 62, but I may have misjudged the azimuth as I could not see Polaris, so the flare might have been behind a tall tree. Observed from near my apartment, which is 30.3086N, 97.7279W, 150. Last night the first pass of NOSS 2-1 trio was one-power, and on the second pass the outlier and leader were also. From a rural site all three of them would have been easy to see without magnification on both passes. Observed from BCRC site, 30.3157N, 97.8663W, 280m. Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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