USA 129 obs hint needed

From: Denis V. Denissenko (denis@hea.iki.rssi.ru)
Date: Fri Jun 29 2001 - 12:21:26 PDT

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    Hello from Moscow!
    
    We seem to have an opportunity of USA 129 pass nearly simultaneous
    with Iridium 7 flare tomorrow.  It will be at 23:48-23:50 MSK
    (UT+0400) with Sun only 7.5 degrees under horizon (remember - I'm at
    56th latitude).  I'm gonna take some photos of them with my 3.5x50
    camera loaded with Fuji SX400.  What additional equipment would you
    recommend if I want to report some useful observation?  I think I can
    try to note moments of flares (if any).  Will tape recorder be useful
    for that?  I do hope flares will be visible on film as well as beta
    and delta Leonis (2.1m and 2.5m) to make position determination
    possible.
    
    I also wonder if anybody here has photos of Keyhole flares available
    on www?
    
    Like Anthony tonight, I will be hunting for 3 Iridium flares next
    night.  We are even planning to have a little star party in the park
    with local community network admin and members. :-)  Clear skies are
    finally here so we might try watching the Comet in the morning as
    well.  Wish me good luck, and any useful hints regarding satellites
    are welcome!  Regarding the scope, I only own a 65mm 1:8 Russian-made
    Newtonian Alcor on azimuthal mount.
    
    Den
    
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