On 19 November 2016 at dawn I first watched the ISS passing at 5h33m UT, then the awaited Soyuz arrived as expected about 18 minutes later. I photographed it using a 200mm teleobjective on a Canon EOS 6D. The Soyuz passed just above Sirius at 5h51m11s UT, what means it was only 9-10 seconds late in reference to Calsky ephemeris (TLE Epoch : 16323.29332069) that stated : . passing 0.25° above Sirius : 5h51m01.5s UT . culmination: 5h51m12sUT ; H= 320 km ; mag 4.3 ; h: 12°7 SW ; hSun: 12° ; v= 0.42°/s. Here is shown an addition of six 1-second exposures taken from my garden in Paris suburbs as the satellite passed by Sirius. https://www.flickr.com/groups/satellites_artificiels/discuss/72157662034324964/72157675483415120 Notice the strangely dotted track of the Soyuz, as if a superimposed high frequency flashing light were emitted by the spacecraft. Regards Alain Figer 48°.67 N ; 2°.13 E ; 170 m a.s.l. _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Sat Nov 19 2016 - 06:43:59 UTC
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