Recent obs

From: Mark Hanning-Lee (markhl@prodigy.net)
Date: Mon Mar 18 2002 - 00:57:50 EST

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On Sat 2002-3-9 I saw a good flare from Iridium 94 ? that reached
perhaps mag -7! (Predicted -4.)
On Tue 2002- 3-12 I saw a flare from Iridium 91 ? to mag -2 as
predicted.
So now I've seen 2 of the newest Iridiums.

Non-flaring passes brighter than predicted. (I'm not criticizing
standard magnitudes, just noting that one is often nicely surprised.)
March 5, saw 22220 Cosmos 2219 r reach about magnitude 1.5 predicted
2.9.
March 8, saw 20390 Cosmos 2053 r reach mag 1 or so after culmination,
then suddenly faded 0.5 mag
March 12, 11156 Cosmos 1063 r mag 1.5 predicted 2.6.
March 16, a nice pass of UARS. Also saw Comet 2002 E2 Ikeya-Zhang, my
first time, from Mt. Wilson.

Mark

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