Brad Young wrote: >While looking for one of "Kevin's" Breeze tanks, I noticed a -0 (= Capella) >flare 5 deg W of Polaris. It was: >Iridium 62 #25285 >1:35:27 UT, PA= 355, Alt= 36, northbound The left MMA (Main Mission Antenna) would have caused a flare of about mag 2.4. A slight misalingment of about 0.5 deg in yaw and pitch would have changed that into a mag 0 flare at the indicated time. So no extra antenna or solar panels necessary in this case. EVERYONE PLEASE: Quite often there are reports giving the exact UT but either no date or words like *yesterday* or *last night*. While looking at the date of when the message was posted one can guess the date but note that *yesterday* etc. can mean a different date in different parts of the world. Please always add the correct date to the indicated times. (The above mentioned 1:35:27 UT seems to be on 17-APR-06 as that is also in line with the observation of Iridium 62 at the stated position.) Gerhard HOLTKAMP Darmstadt, Germany ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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