> > I wonder if it might have been Iridium 44. Quicksat prediction... > > A good match - my obs is not more accurate than reported. It seems I have a > chance of verifying Ir 44 in the same area tomorrow (and others should try > in the neighborhood - but there are three good reflectors, so if far from > Cepheus, we can't be certain we're seeing the same surface) > I was late from work, and missed a chance of verifying the same theory applied to COMETS' flash reported by Ed Cannon. I also rushed out just in time to check the 'repeat' pass of Iridium 44 tumbler, also suggested by Ed. Indeed, the first flash I saw, not necessarily the first bright flash, about mag.-3, was near RA 23:30 Dec.+73 in upper Cepheus. Next flash, 10-15 sec.later, was same magnitude. Some 12 seconds later a mag 0 flash, and 16 seconds later a mag -5. Last one seen right of delta Cephei. -- bjorn.gimle@tietotech.se (office) -- -- b_gimle@algonet.se (home) http://www.algonet.se/~b_gimle -- -- COSPAR 5919, MALMA, 59.2615 N, 18.6206 E, 33 m -- -- COSPAR 5918, HAMMARBY, 59.2985 N, 18.1045 E, 44 m -- -- SeeSat-L / Visual Satellite Observer Home Page found at -- -- http://www2.satellite.eu.org/satintro.html -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Tue Mar 28 2000 - 12:58:31 PST