At 09:44 2/03/04, John Locker wrote: >Can anyone on the list give me an idea what time the Hotbird geosats went >into Earth shadow tonight for my location? ( I'm E 356:54:28 N53:23:15 ) >....I was just about to finish off an avi of the cluster , when at 1102 , >one by one they disappeared....quite an interesting sight :O) >Sun outage for the birds was 1108 to 1120 gmt this morning. ..... so I >presume the satellites will re-appear shortly after I post this . > >Many thanks, > >John. John this excerpt from HIGHFLY prediction for Hotbird 5 suggests eclipse bewtween 2208UT and 2209 UT. Coming out of shadow at 2249 UT. Tony Beresford 53.388 3.080 330. Jlockyer 2000 18.0 15 *** 2004 Mar 1/ 2 Mon evening/Tue morning *** Times are UT Hrs Min Alt Azi Mag Hgt R A Dec Range 25495 HOT BIRD 5 98-057A 16 M 3.5 ELDY 2 M2 1 21 55 24 145 11.9 35810 10 29.65 -7.46 39219 21 56 24 145 11.9 35810 10 30.65 -7.46 39219 21 57 24 145 11.9 35810 10 31.65 -7.46 39219 21 58 24 145 11.9 35810 10 32.65 -7.46 39219 21 59 24 145 11.9 35810 10 33.66 -7.46 39219 22 0 24 145 11.9 35810 10 34.66 -7.46 39219 22 1 24 145 11.9 35810 10 35.66 -7.46 39219 22 2 24 145 11.9 35810 10 36.66 -7.45 39219 22 3 24 145 11.9 35810 10 37.66 -7.45 39219 22 4 24 145 11.9 35811 10 38.67 -7.45 39219 22 5 24 145 11.9 35811 10 39.67 -7.45 39219 22 6 24 145 11.9 35811 10 40.67 -7.45 39219 22 7 24 145 11.9 35811 10 41.67 -7.45 39219 22 8 24 145 11.9 35811 10 42.68 -7.45 39219 22 49 24 145 11.9 35814 11 23.76 -7.45 39222 22 50 24 145 11.9 35814 11 24.77 -7.45 39222 22 51 24 145 11.9 35814 11 25.77 -7.45 39222 22 52 24 145 11.9 35814 11 26.77 -7.45 39222 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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