My wife Tina and I saw the reentry very clearly from about 25 km west south west of Port Augusta. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&q=port+augusta&sll=-32.627647,137.431144&sspn=0.004283,0.010986&ie=UTF8&split=1&rq=1&ev=zo&radius=0.38&hq=port+augusta&hnear=&ll=-32.627792,137.430382&spn=0.004283,0.010986&t=h&z=17 I can't estimate the magnitude but at its peak it was much brighter than Venus. The whole sighting was (I guess) 20 to 30 seconds. After the peak brightness the brightest object left a shimmering trail and for quite a few seconds a smaller, more pin-point, orange object was slightly ahead of it and slightly lower. Later, the orange object dimmed and continued after the main object, which was blue-white, faded. I have a picture 1/15 sec hand-held, but it doesn't show the clarity we could see by eye, with the two separate objects, with the precious payload returning to Earth, just as planned. - Robin _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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