In order to be able to see the part of the sky where LightSail-A was predicted I had to climb my granddaughter’s slide. From its top I can just look low enough over the trees of the wood beyond our street. At Wednesday morning: Visible at 01:02:17 1st max at 01:02:39 mag +5.0 2nd max 38 s later at 01:03:17 mag +4.8 3rd max 28 s later at 01:03:45 mag +4.5 4th max 35 s later at 01:04:20 mag +4.8 Times and magnitudes are not accurate, caused by low altitude and treetops in front of part of the track. At Thursday morning: Visible at 00:33:43 1st max at 0:34:11 mag +5.0 2nd max 16 s later at 00:34:27 mag +4.8 No more maximums timed Bram Dorreman using 7x50 binoculars Site 4160: 51.27931 N, 5.47683 E, 35 m (WGS84) _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Thu Jun 11 2015 - 13:44:49 UTC
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