Leo Barhorst reported: > Just came in from trying to observe Cosmos-1. > I had a nice pass from 21:23 to 21:26 UT, but didn't see it. > Sky was still very bright and also some cirrus. I used my > 16x50 bino's. > Near my second point I could just see a mag 6 star; > so probably Cosmos-1 was fainter than that. Based on the size of the spacecraft bus, on your pass I estimate maximum brightness of mag 8.4 +/- 2, so I agree that it was unlikely you would have seen it given your limiting magnitude of 6. Ted Molczan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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