Just 40 minutes ago SatTrackCam Leiden captured USA 129 (96-072A) while it was flaring brightly in the zenith near 20:36:10 UTC: http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b176/marcoaliaslama/satellites/USA129.jpg Maximum brightness of about mag -1.5 was a few seconds after the end of this 10.7 second exposure, which shows it brightening rapidly. Very nice to see visually! Observing conditions: clear but somewhat hazy. A second exposure starting at 20:36:40.8 UTC only shows a faint trail. Will start to measure the image right away, positions will follow later. - Marco :-) ----- Dr Marco Langbroek - SatTrackCam Leiden, Cospar 4352 Leiden, the Netherlands, 52.15894 N, 4.48883 E (WGS84), +5 m ASL SatTrackCam: http://home.wanadoo.nl/marco.langbroek/satcam.html Station (b)log: http://sattrackcam.blogspot.com e-mail: meteorites@dmsweb.org ----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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