Marco, I visually noticed that astounding flare too. And I photographed the whole pass of the satellite (42 photos) so that I captured the flare on 2 consecutive 1.6 s exposures at ISO 6400 , Canon EOS 6D + F28mm F/2.8. Alain Figer 48.67° N ; 2°13' E ; 170m a.s.l. 2018-09-26 12:02 GMT+02:00 Marco Langbroek via Seesat-l <seesat-l_at_satobs.org >: > > > Yesterday evening I observed a pass of HTV (Kounotori) 7, the Japanese > cargoship > launched September 22 and docking to the ISS tomorrow. > > It was a low pass in the southwest, in late twilight, 14 minutes after the > ISS > passed. > > Much to my surprise and joy, HTV 7 briefly flared brightly to at least > mag. -1, > around 19:17:45 UT (Sep 25). I captured the end of that flare on > photograph. It > later produced a second very brief glint (unfortunately not while the > camera was > open this time). > > Images, including the flare, here: > > https://sattrackcam.blogspot.com/2018/09/imaging-pass-of- > kounotori-htv-7-on-its.html > > - Marco > > > ----- > Dr Marco Langbroek - SatTrackCam Leiden, the Netherlands. > e-mail: sattrackcam_at_langbroek.org > > Cospar 4353 (Leiden): 52.15412 N, 4.49081 E (WGS84), +0 m ASL > Cospar 4355 (Cronesteyn): 52.13878 N, 4.49937 E (WGS84), -2 m ASL > Station (b)log: http://sattrackcam.blogspot.com > Twitter: _at_Marco_Langbroek > ----- > _______________________________________________ > Seesat-l mailing list > http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l > _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Wed Sep 26 2018 - 05:54:10 UTC
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