Obs from 5918 (and TV)

From: b_gimle@algonet.se
Date: Tue Nov 09 2004 - 06:35:02 EST

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    Today I had at last/at least a clear morning, and saw Cosmos 2410, at least 
    as bright as mag +1, below Polaris at 03:46:20.1 UTC.
    RA 23:48 Dec +83.3 (2000) from site 5918 (2 sec late)
    Cosmos 2410
    1 28396U 04038A   04313.52582512  .00634678  57783-5  40820-3 0  1789
    2 28396  67.1377  91.8940 0076637 125.3740   4.1652 16.10462851  7204
    
    Yesterday I appeared in a TV Science Magazine, shot on Sep.16 at my Malma site.
    The cameraman became very good at tracking satellites, and used a powerful 
    zoom lens.
    Some zoom was necessary to show the satellites bright enough - he used 
    about one degree FOV for Lacrosse and IGS!
    When he zoomed into Alcor-Mizar with <0.2 degrees FOV, I could see on the 
    monitor the +7.6 mag star between them, and that Mizar is double!
    
    He followed Lacrosse 3 (#25017) high in the S at 19:28 UTC   (.06 deg above 
    beta Lyrae 19:27:14 ?)
    ISS rising into shadow at 19:38:39 UTC az=221º el=13º (near nu Oph)
    IGS 1B (#27699 03-009B) down through Big Dipper at 20:19 UTC , .4 deg left 
    of beta UMa
    and a few more, not broadcasted.
    
    Some of my own (older) images, links and (swedish) text is now available at
    http://svt.se/svt/jsp/Crosslink.jsp?d=3119&a=279900
    http://svt.se/svt/jsp/Crosslink.jsp?d=3119&a=279885    (Iridium)
    Last year when I had a similar interview on the radio, H-A statistics showed 
    a marked increase of Swedish hits.
    I have saved statistics yesterday to see if there is any visible effect.
    
    Five minutes of video is found by clicking 'Till reportagen' + 'Se inslaget' below 
    'Satellit, satellit'.
    
    /Björn
    
    
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