Also, forgot to mention, saw Cosmos 2405 at 2:57:30UT in western Virgo going extremly fast - thought it was a military jet at first! Did not flare for me but was +2 at eclipse... - Jeff --- Jeff Umbarger <jumbarger2000@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hey Ed, > Saw AM-11 at 6:50:30UT at RA:15hr39min and > Dec.:-5.5deg from Plano TX (It has moved over the > last > week from high in my SSE to high in my SW - > definitely > in graveyard orbit. And it flares, with the same > kind > of pattern later and later each night. Expect to see > it around 7UT tonight. > > Regards, > Jeff Umbarger > Plano, TX USA > Lat: +33.06946N > Lon: -96.76807W > UTC-5 > > --- Ed Cannon <edcannonsat@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > Last night there was a nearly straight up pass of > > Cosmos 2405 > > (04-020A, 28350) in the NNW. When I looked to see > > it, it was > > at least -4, if not one or two magnitudes brighter > > than that! > > Wow! The range as it climbed in the sky before > > going into > > shadow was between about 250 and 200 miles (400 > and > > 320 km). > > The prediction I had said the phase angle was 103 > > (somewhat > > less than 50% illuminated). > > > > I looked unsuccessfully for quite a long time last > > night for > > Express AM-11 (04-015A, 28234). It may be that > the > > changing > > declination of the Sun has moved its flare track > > away from > > this latitude (+30.3). > > > > Ed Cannon - Austin, Texas, USA > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > > protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked > > Questions, SeeSat-L archive: > > http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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