I took a long look at Lacrosse 5's colour, and it appeared to me to be no redder than the average satellite. In a recent post, Thierry Marais agreed with my speculation that Lacrosse 5's less red colour could account for it appearing 0.7 mag brighter than its reddish predecessors: http://satobs.org/seesat/Oct-2005/0214.html 28646 05 016A 2701 G 20051029234057130 17 25 1852945+353229 18 S 28646 05 016A 2701 G 20051029234226400 17 25 2129771+065542 18 S 28646 05 016A 2701 G 20051029234310500 17 25 2213746-042870 18 S IOD format: http://www.satobs.org/position/IODformat.html Site 2701: 43.68764 N, 79.39243 W, 230 m Ted Molczan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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