Last night (28.08.02) I was waiting to observe Iridium 82&77. I was looking through my binos at my pick-up point and then removed them for a little neck relief when I noticed a mag – 3 (ish) flare somewhere in the area between Ursa Minor and Draco. I cannot be more precise on the location because I immediately looked at it through my binos and lost bearing, but it was definitely heading north towards Ursa Major. The maxima faded smoothly to invisibility over a period of about 8 secs. It bore all the hallmarks of an Iridium, however, later when trying to discover the satellite responsible the was no Iridium in the area. Ob details 28.08.02 at approx 22.09 BST 52.57 N 1.33 E +65m I have narrowed the possibilities down to the following; Webersat (O18) ESSA 4 Nimbus 4 Rk Dbar Out of these three, ESSA 4 seems a little too late which leaves Webersat and the Nimbus Rk. I know that Webersat is a free tumbling box and probably would not have produced such a flare(?) Can anyone shed light on this? Cheers, James Mindham ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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