I observed a pass of a nice flashing object, easily seen at 1x, which i believe was Cosmos 2372 r #26539 00056B. However checking my predictions, SL-16 R/B DEBRIS #26542 00056E passed by nearly the same area seconds later so i don't know which object it was that i saw. I was set to record the time but shortly after passing way under (N) Polaris, the object went into shadow and the only time i got was 02:42:xx 1 Oct UTC. I looked at my watch when i first picked up the object as it neared due North so the 02:42 is correct. Here are the predictions for both objects: From Peak Time Az El End Time Az El Mag NORAD# Object 335ø 02:42:46 8ø 22ø 02:42:46 8ø 22ø 3.3 26539 Cosmos 2372 r 340ø 02:42:53 4ø 18ø 02:42:54 4ø 18ø 3.6 26542 SL-16 R/B DEBRIS I do believe it was Cosmos 2372 r i observed but are there any reports of the Debris flashing? Thanks in advance. Jari 54.25N 110.11W 556m ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Sat Sep 30 2000 - 20:54:51 PDT