Saw the Titan 4B and its payload again on their second pass after a spectacular launch, regarding the messages I see on the internet. They were predicted to pass close to Arcturus, so I was watching at 1 power in that direction when I saw two bright and white points moving fast. They passed between Epsilon and W Bootis; the rocket 2.37 sec behind Both were mag 1 and brilliant white. One minute 5.89 sec later the payload passed just below Alpha Hercules followed 2.57 sec later by the rocket. Mag 2 and 1 As they moved farther to the southeast the paylod got dimmer and both became more reddish. I didn't have a precie time in UT as I pushed the stopbutton in stead of the laptime at the last point of the rocket. But I was inside again at 02:55 UT, so it must have been around 02:52 UT. The pass was a bit higher then predicted by using the Lacrosse 1 search TLe from Ted. Greetings and clear, dark skies Leo Barhorst, Medemblik NL Cospar 4252 52.76350 N 5.09114 E 2 m ASL http://www.home.zonnet.nl/leobarhorst/index.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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