From Heidelberg (Germany) I could spot the object(s) from today's Titan-IV launch: At around 01:13 UT I saw one object visible to the naked eye at around +4mag passing north of Cassiopeia, it was surrounded by a halo. One orbit later at 02:53:15 UT (but maybe it was 02:54:15) two objects (some 1,5° apart) passed 5 to 10° north of Ophiuchus. At that point the leading object was whitish at about +3mag, the trailing object reddish at about +2mag. Later both objects became identical in color and brightness. Christian F. Ackermann 49.417 N 8.700 E 320m AMSL ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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