Nice bright flashes, seemed like -1 in binoculars right after shadow exit, but I didn't try at 1-power. Flash period 6.67 s, with mag 5 flashes approximately mid-time. Probably my first obs of this satellite ! NNNNN YY LLLABC SSSS C YYYYMMDDHHMMSSsss tt ce HHMMmmm+DDMMmm pp B+MMm Mm SSSsss 23031 94 017B 5919 B 20020921203826600 17 25 1229600+791500 58 F+000 20 006670 23031 94 017B 5919 B 20020921203846300 17 25 1227700+695700 68 F+020 10 006670 I was also trying for USA 161 and 116 at 15 deg N, and a moonflash by Ir 23. In all three cases moonlight and bad phase angles (and large distances to the KHs) made them very difficult, and (in the N) my 7*50 vM limit was +6.5 - not at all sufficient. -- bjorn.gimle@tietotech.se (office) -- -- b_gimle@algonet.se (home) http://www.algonet.se/~b_gimle -- -- COSPAR 5919, MALMA, 59.2576 N, 18.6172 E, 23 m -- -- COSPAR 5918, HAMMARBY, 59.2985 N, 18.1045 E, 44 m -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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