Addition to: Nanosail-D observed again

From: Marco Langbroek (marco.langbroek@wanadoo.nl)
Date: Sun Aug 14 2011 - 21:57:36 UTC

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    Op 14-8-2011 22:55, Marco Langbroek schreef:
    > Hi all,
    >
    > Just observed Nanosail-D making a near-zenith pass from SW to NE.
    >
    > It was bright and flashing again untill well after it went through zenith.
    > Flashing seemed quite irregular, multiple per second. Got several images, will
    > analyse them later.
    >
    > - Marco
    
    Forgot to mention: it was some 20 seconds late relative to elset 11224.61970014. 
    At it's brightest it flashed to mag. +1.5, maybe +1, easi;ly visible naked eye.
    
    I just took a quick look at my images: four images, two of which have a trail 
    that is saturated or near-satured, but the other two (when it was somewhat 
    fainter) yield nice brightness curves with 2-3 flashes a second.
    
    - Marco
    
    
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