First clear sky for about three weeks and chance to view L5 around 2238 GMT Climbing out of the SW it reached predicted magnitude around 2.2 quite quickly but , as it approached zenith the satellite faded and although invisible to the naked eye , remained trackable through the 8x50 viewfinder.During this time it took on an orange glow. I was surprised to see magnitude increase rapidly for a short time possibly to mag 1 ( white glow ) , then quickly faded again. This seemed to be an unpredicted flare as far as Calsky is concerned. John UK -03.05.30 53.23.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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