I observed the Foton rocket, with a flash period of 4.7 s, at 18:43 UTC, and its satellite about 1m:20s later, according to timing of photographs I took. A few minutes earlier I saw a few bright (-2 to -6) irregular flashes Cas-Aur (Iridium 24 #25105?) and later USA 129 with widely separated ref.stars (missed 186) 24680 96 072A 5919 E 20070915185027080 17 25 0028518+573839 19 S 24680 96 072A 5919 E 20070915185044000 17 25 0225403+674697 39 S The observations above are, as I always do, reported in IOD format: http://www.satobs.org/position/IODformat.html -- Björn Gimle -- -- COSPAR 5918 WGS84, +18.10127 (E), +59.29813 (N), 44 m -- -- COSPAR 5919, MALMA, +18.6206 (E), +59.2615 (N), 33 m -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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