We saw it too! I agree it was spectacular especially when we were not expecting it. Estimated Magnitude -3.0. It was brighter than Venus. lat 32.53N long 95.39W Tim Hopper Lindale TX ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael McCants" <mmccants@jump.net> To: <SeeSat-L@satobs.org> Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 9:09 PM Subject: Re: New launch - evening visibility > I wrote: > > >We have a twilight pass in another couple of hours. > > It was spectacular. Estimated magnitude about -1.5 across > my zenith at a height of 130 miles. It was moving at a very > high angular rate of course. > > It is a Proton upper stage with a intrinsic magnitude of > of about 2.0 (90 degree phase angle at 1000Km). > > Mike McCants > Austin, TX > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' > in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org > http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html > > >
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Mon May 20 2002 - 18:25:35 EDT