With the skies clearing as night fell, i watched Atlantis STS-112 pass close to Alkaid in Ursa Major at 03:27:40 8 Oct UTC +/- 3 sec. Az 310deg El 31deg. Mag 1 and hauling. Moments later it went into shadow. About 26 min later ISS came along, not as fast but slightly brighter, not as bright as Vega and it went into shadow before reaching it's peak elevation. I was watching ISS rising from the West when i noticed an 'extra' bright star approx 5 deg above Mizar in Ursa Major. It remained visible for a few seconds, the time was 03:52:09 8 Oct UTC +/- 3 sec. Az 320 deg El 35 deg Mag 2 and the object was heading South. The only object i find in that area at that time was OPS 7202 (DMSP 4A F3) #02920 67080A. Jari 49.40N 125.00W 30m ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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