Re: Integral spacecraft/satellite

From: Tony Beresford (aberesford@iprimus.com.au)
Date: Thu Nov 07 2002 - 06:54:34 EST

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At 22:12 7/11/02, Mir16609@aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 11/7/02 5:21:31 AM Eastern Standard Time, aberesford@iprimus.com.au writes:
>
>>For those who want to follow faint satellites (with the required
>>accuracy in prediction this implies, you might like to
>>know that the INTEGRAL Satellite has been added to the
>
>
>What is the predicted magnitude?  Is it possible to observe with a 150mm dob?
>
>Thanks.
About mag 14 to 14.5 at apogee of 150,000 Km Don, so proably a little
too faint.  Find somebody at lnearby astro soc with a 600mm Dob and have a go.
Certainly easily in range of a guided  30 second exposure with a CCD on a 150mm
aperture instrument
Tony Beresford


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