This morning I observed cosmos 44, as it passed near polaris. It was around mag 6, so brighter then the predicted mag 8 it was given as. So it was easy to see on the tv. Magnitude data was determined by size data, and not visual observational data, since the " d " after the number of 7.4 means that. COSMOS 44 3.0 1.0 0.0 7.4 d 1 00876U 64053A 04156.74205286 .00000003 00000-0 24291-4 0 9927 2 00876 65.0598 253.4176 0142515 179.8115 180.3064 14.62133783111681 What these numbers mean: http://www.satobs.org/element.html Video of it's passage. http://www.kfetter.100megs26.com/satvideo/00876.mov It passes from the left of the screen, towards the numbers being displayed. Kevin ===== COSPAR Site #1775 Long 75.6910 W, Lat 44.6062 N, altitude 100 metres. http://ca.geocities.com/kfetter http://www.kfetter.100megs26.com/ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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