Re: Second Brightest

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>>At latitude 50N one should look for Seasat. Lacrosse2 and UARS. I have seen
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>Well, all Zenit rockets and EORSATS are mag +2 or even brighter.  Titan 4
>objects of classified launches in LEO can reach mag 0 and the KH11
>satellites wich can become very bright also(not always !)

Too much depends on the geometry the current pass (elevation, azimuth,
orbital height, time, season, latitude ...) . To avoid the most cases
of disappointment,  the only workable answer is using a magnitude
prediction program like SkyMap, QuickSat, SeeSat, ViewSat - though
only the last two use the same intrinsic magnitude info (Molczan)

Still, a lot depends on the satellite's own geometry and attitude.


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