Obs 971205
Leo Barhorst (leobarhorst@wxs.nl)
Fri, 05 Dec 1997 21:13:08 +0100
After a long period it was finally clear this evening for some time.
Before the clouds moved in again I could observe:
78- 96 A 97-12-05 17:18:12 LB 40.8 0.5 10 4.08 AA, mag 4->6
87- 94 G 97-12-05 17:26:03 LB 46.0 0.2 10 4.60 FF, mag 6->inv
91- 29 B 97-12-05 18:30:48 LB 189.2 2.0 1 189 MM, mag 5->7
92- 76 B 97-12-05 17:34:10 LB 79.7 0.5 2 39.9 AA, mag 3->inv
94- 85 B 97-12-05 18:11:13 LB 51.7 0.5 10 5.17 AA, mag 7->inv
96- 25 B 97-12-05 18:18 LB slowly var, mag
4->5
96- 46 C 97-12-05 18:21 LB S, mag 5
96- 71 B 97-12-05 17:36:57 LB 59.9 0.5 8 7.5 AA, mag 4->6
97- 28 A 97-12-05 17:22 LB S, mag 5
In a private mail I got yesterday Kim asked me about 97-28A
> Subject:
> 97-028A
> Date:
> Thu, 04 Dec 1997 10:24:15 +0100
> From:
> Kim Pettersson <kip@grk.se>
> To:
> leobarhorst@wxs.nl
>
>
> Hi, have you observed 97-028A Cosmos-2344 recently ? The latest
> observation i have found was your 971012 obs. I was wondering
> if it still is steady, and also the transition from mag 7 to mag
> 3.5 is intresting.
>
> Kim Pettersson
> Gotland Island 57.37N 18.17E
As you can see in the above observation I made this evening
97- 28A is still steady and was mag 5. The mag estimate is quite
accurate as the sat passed close to a mag 5 star and was equally
bright.
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Greetings and clear skies
Leo Barhorst Alkmaar The Netherlands
52.65 North 4.47 East 3 m ASL
Every day I wonder about what I see in the sky