Hi all, I managed to photograph a pass of the Iridium 33 wreckage (97-051C), including a modest glint to mag +4, which I also observed with the naked eye. The glint was at about 19:29:51 UTC (15 March). Image can be seen here: http://sattrackcam.blogspot.com/2009/03/iridium-33-wreckage-photographed-with-4.html The trail is very faint but visible and notably irregular. I used my new Canon EF 100/2.8 USM Macro lens for this: it has a larger aperture than the EF 50/2.5 I normally use for my satellite imagery and hence performs better on faint objects. - Marco ----- Dr Marco Langbroek - SatTrackCam Leiden, the Netherlands. e-mail: sattrackcam@wanadoo.nl Cospar 4353 (Leiden): 52.15412 N, 4.49081 E (WGS84), +0 m ASL Cospar 4354 (De Wilck): 52.11685 N, 4.56016 E (WGS84), -2 m ASL SatTrackCam: http://home.wanadoo.nl/marco.langbroek/satcam.html Station (b)log: http://sattrackcam.blogspot.com ----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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