Hi Greg, I've added a rough estimation of the magnitude using a Std Mag of 7.8, which corresponds to about 8 for your location at shadow entry. Thanks, Simone >----Messaggio originale---- >Da: grr@telkomsa.net >Data: 8-ott-2013 16.55 >A: <satrack@libero.it> >Cc: <seesat-l@satobs.org> >Ogg: Re: Juno Flyby - Online Tracking > >Hi > >JPL havent been able to give an accurate estimate >of magnitude - originally it was expected to be around >mag +7.5 at max. Then the orientation of the spacecraft and >hence the three large solar panels changed and JPL >expected the magnitude to drop to about +8.5 when >it entered shadow south of Cape Town. The local >observatory was planning to do a webcast but it seems >this has been cancelled due to US departments cut-backs >that were involved with the webcast so all that will be >coming from this part of the world might be a few >"pretty" pictures if basically ordinary cameras can >record that faint. I can go that faint with no problem >but I basically rate it as a "non-event" so not particularly >interested or excited about it but will probably do it >anyway :-)) > >Cheers >Greg > > > _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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