Obs 961016

Leo Barhorst (leobarhorst@pi.net)
Wed, 16 Oct 1996 21:50:05 +0200

This evening the clouds broke and only some haze remained.
At 18:35 I saw MIR passing just north of Sagitta. It grow brighter and brighter as it 
speeded towards the east. Just before shadow entry it was mag 0 or perhaps even 
brighter. Due to the haze there was a halo around MIR. No debris was spotted around MIR.

79- 30 B 96-10-16 18:40      LB                       almost S, mag 5
84- 56 B 96-10-16 19:18:12   LB   85.6 0.5   4 21.4   AA, mag 5->7
85- 11 B 96-10-16 19:32:22   LB  135.7 0.5   2 67.9   AA, mag 4->inv
94- 41 B 96-10-16 19:23:43   LB  226.4 0.5   4 56.6   AA, mag 4->7
94- 85 B 96-10-16 18:56:17   LB   42.2 0.2  30  1.41  FF, mag 6->inv
Faint but sharp flashes; some flashes missing.
96- 25 B 96-10-16 19:12:47   LB  129.6 0.2  10 12.96  Ff, mag 5(6)->inv
Sometimes the secondary flash was not seen.

Greetings and clear skies
See you at Eurosom 2 next weekend
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Leo Barhorst		Alkmaar			The Netherlands
52.6333 North		4.7833 East		3 m ASL
Member of Seesat-L
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Every day I wonder about the things I see in the (night)sky