Mike Bevan wrote: > I wonder if anybody can help. ? > On the evening of the 18/05/00 at approx.. 22:36 (GMT +1) I observed a flare > (mag 0) which I cannot identify. It was about azim.. 40° Elev. 60° > travelling > in what appeared to be an orbit SE to NW across my FOV. From the TLE's > available to me it may be NOAA 9 (15427) or IRS-P2 (23323) both of which > were in approx. the right place at the right time. > Do either of these two satellites flare or can anybody suggest what else it > may have seen? How long did the flare last? - From my own observations I can tell that NOAA 9 is a flasher and IRS-P2 is not. When I watched NOAA 9 however it never exceeded +2 or +3 mag. ciao, Christian Christian Ackermann 50.0135N 08.2413E 185 m ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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
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