Today, Bjoern Gimle posted: > Subject: Exceptional (?) obs. of C*1461 > > Yesterday 960807 at 21:20 UT I happened to see a very bright > satellite at about 40 degrees elevation in the southeast, > from Delphinus to Pegasus. A search with SkyMap revealed no < ... stuff deleted ... > > > more conservative magnitude in Rob Matson's magnitude file > than in Mike McCants', (where I have) +3.5. > > Cosmos 1461, std mag. 1.6 ?? > 1 14064U 83044 A 96215.40290895 -.00000020 00000-0 20462-4 0 5407 > 2 14064 65.0117 274.1300 0161794 129.8990 231.6453 14.61577634596367 > > To match this observation, quicksat.mag should have 1.6, > satmag.dat 2.5 as standard magnitudes ! > I observed this object on one pass almost exactly a year ago (naked eye) as: 1995 08 12/00:57 UTC, Apparent vis mag=2.0, Quicksat intrinsic mag=+1.6 1995 08 12/00:59 UTC, Apparent vis mag=2.2, Quicksat intrinsic mag=+1.9 where my magnitudes are uncertain by a few tenths. I haven't looked for/seen it since, but it looks like my observation agrees very well with yours. Clear (and dark) skies! Ed Light Edward S. Light Lakewood, NJ, USA N 40.1072, W 074.2317, +069ft=+21m light@thecore.com light@argos.argoscomp.com