Phobos-Grunt pass over Halifax

From: Michael Boschat (boschat@mathstat.dal.ca)
Date: Sun Dec 04 2011 - 22:14:22 UTC

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    Hello:
    
     Just a few clouds here in Halifax. Saw Phobos-Grunt pass at about 2143 UT
    it first appeared just a tad below Eta Ursa Majoris and appeared to be
    about
    2.5 magnitude, then faded until it passes between Zeta Ursa Majoris at about
    2144 UT at about 2.5 mag still. Managed a photo of that pass with my
    telephoto
    at a 15 sec exposure and 400 ISO. It brigtenen a bit as it went NE to
    about 2nd magnitude.
    
     Comparing the path map on H-A for my location it was off by maybe a 1/4
    degree or so.
    
    Halifax,Nova Scotia,Canada - N44d 39'  W63d 36'
    
    
    Clear skies
    -----------
    Michael Boschat
    Halifax Center- Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
    web page: http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/~aa063
    
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