Friday eve (15/12/2000) was a great evening for spotting stuff: I broke my record for an evening & saw 12 satellites which I could identify from Heavens Above. I also saw another 5, and if anyone could suggest what they are, I'd be grateful. (Apologies for the vagueness for some of these - I was running between windows at some points trying to spot as many as possible...) 1. 17:13 GMT: heading East, right overhead. 2. 17:44 GMT: heading North, approximately 45 degrees altitude. 3. Cosmos 1315 headed South between 17:49 and 17:57 (max altitude: 67 degrees ENE). At approx 17:54, it passed right next to another satellite heading North. I thought this might be Okean 1-7, but then I saw another sat which fitted the latter's predicted pass... 4. 18:16 GMT: heading NNE, approximately 45 degrees altitude. 5. 18:31 GMT: 3 flashes (one definately negative mag) from within Cepheus: approx 22h30min, 65 degrees, near Aldermin and Alphirk. Many thanks for any assistance. Mark 50.9090N, 2.7890W P.S. Does anyone know of any mechanism for predicting positive mag Iridium flares? ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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