Sadly I had lots of cloud cover here and did not see it. Really looking forward to the videos though. It always seems that when something exciting happens it gets clouded out for me. As an aside any of you Radio Amateurs? Steve Callsign G6UIM In Paignton Devon England -----Original Message----- From: Greg Roberts [mailto:grr@telkomsa.net] Sent: 18 October 2009 22:15 To: grd.holtkamp@t-online.de Cc: SeeSat-D@satobs.org Subject: Re: Centaur-Clouds 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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