Re: Aurora + Sunsat

From: Mir16609@aol.com
Date: Fri Apr 07 2000 - 05:50:59 PDT

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    In a message dated 4/7/00 4:36:24 AM EDT, charles.eltham@virgin.net writes:
    
    > I took a chance look outside at around 11.30 last night and I saw the
    >  lights just starting to appear. The sky looked a little weird, and as I had
    >  received a message from NASA's Space Science News (see below), I knew what
    >  was happening.
    
    Not-so-off topic.
    
    Last evening I had the absolute worst shortwave reception ever while 
    observing.  All 4 WWV stations and the Canadian station (7.335MHz?) were 
    inaudible most of the evening.  If there were aurora sightings perhaps the 
    solar activity that caused the aurora was also interfering with the SW 
    signal.  
    
    Sunsat           0.5  0.5  0.5  8.5 d
    1 25636U 99008C   00097.16504250 +.00001635 +00000-0 +44766-3 0 01994
    2 25636 096.4622 318.9392 0154130 048.2541 313.1713 14.41213822058714
    
    I received a request to observe Sunsat due to a report that it was visible at 
    1x.  It's a relatively small object but shaped as a cube so I would think 
    that it has the potential to become brighter that the predicted +8 mag.  
    
    Ref:
    http://sunsat.ee.sun.ac.za/photo4.htm
    
    Last evening I observed it with a 6" Dob and for about 15 seconds beginning 
    at 02:15:30 UTC; 7 April it reached about a 5.5 mag. Otherwise it was about a 
    7.5-8.0 mag.
    
    Anyone ever see this object at 1x?
    
    Cheers
    Don Gardner  39.1802 N, 76.8408 W, 110m ASL (New GPS)
    Homepage: http://hometown.aol.com/mir16609/
    
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