On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 8:13 PM, joseph daniel <station969@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Spotted CZ-4C DEB - NORAD 36417 flaring last night (used Satflare to easily nail it) , around mag > +2.5 to +3.5 perhaps , and will do an FPAS soon , but was curious about it flaring 1 minute > before it came out of shadow (HA & FS both confirm inside shadow) . > > Is this common ? If it wasn't sunlight bouncing off could it have been Venus or Jupiter or > Capella etc or even the moon (flare lasted ~3 seconds) ? > > Also , did a search of Seesat's archives (thanks George) and only 1 hit from 53 weeks ago by > Kevin Fetter http://www.satobs.org/seesat/Sep-2010/0198.html , although Satflares newly > expanded DB showed this report by Brad Young early this year also . > http://www.satobs.org/seesat/Jan-2012/0228.html > > Also of interest was HA having 19 different NORADS for that one sat name . I'm guessing they > all originated from one particular vehicle ? > > Thanks in Advance for any info , > gc Question - does the database show it in umbra or penumbra at that point? The sun's not a point source, and this could be where a simplification is getting that point wrong... -- -george william herbert george.herbert@gmail.com _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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