Morning Following the discussion with interest. I still vividly remembering seeing what must have been the rocket shortly after sunset- the stars were not yet visible (at least I dont recall any!) and it was really spectacular- if memory 100% it was moving southwards and maximum elevation was almost overhead and I would put the magnitude as very bright - certainly brighter than mag +1. The predictions were supplied by Dr.Finsen of the then Union Observatory, later to be the Republic Observatory where I eventually worked 1967-1974 - I even saw his graphical model made to predict passes as satellite predicting in those days was a real black mysterious art. Cheers Greg ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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