On 10 Mar 2003, at 0:14, Bram Dorreman wrote: > 2003-03-09. > I just went out to check whether a geostationary satellite would be bright > enough > to be found by me using 7 x 50 binoculars. > Accidentally I saw mag. +5 flashes with an FP of almost exactly 1 second > (estimated). > The time was 22:52 UT and the object was at about RA 10h36m dec -8° as seen > from > my regular observation location. The flashes disappeared after I saw five or > so > flashes. > > Is this the same object? > > Bram Dorreman, > COSPAR 4160 (Achel 1): > 51° 16' 45.5" N (51.2793 N), > 5° 28' 36.6" E (5.4768 E) > Yes, I think it's the same object as time and position match within 0.5 deg and there was no other flasher at this time/position as far as I know. But the FP doesn't fit. Rainer ----------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from SeeSat-L, send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@satobs.org List archived at http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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