Hi Gerhard Glad you confirmed the "puffing" - I saw this several times but in the excitement of the action and how quickly everything happened I wasnt sure of everything I saw was real . Ill go through the video tomorrow and see if I can get any worthwhile pictures. Unfortunately I was using 2.5 second integrations so the satellites are trails and the rocket looks like its in a lighted cylinder. As seen from here the satellite was just slightly behind the rocket - assuming the puffer was the rocket- and slightly to the side--at a rough guess I would say less than a degree apart but Ill only know for sure when I measure the objects tomorrow morning for positions. The lens used is also prone to internal lens reflections from very bright objects so Im not 100% sure at this time what was "real" and what wasnt --never seen this before with any satellites tracked. Wish I had been able to be outside and see it with my naked eye - must have been a real sight! Cheers Greg ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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