This isn't the first time that we've attempted a distant satellite and discovered it to be several magnitudes brighter than predicted. As it was leaving the Earth-moon system for the 2nd time, J002E3 (the suspected Apollo 12 rocket stage) was CCD-imagable for far longer than one would have expected based on the predicted magnitudes. We also had the reverse happen a few times: J002E3 was predicted to be an easy object, we attempted to image it with a good deal of overkill, and saw _nothing_. I really need to get my "final image" of that one online. We were apparently the last to image it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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