Re: Re : NOSS Trio

From: Tristan Cools (tcools@village.uunet.be)
Date: Wed Jan 24 2001 - 13:11:13 PST

  • Next message: Krosney, Bill: "Re : NOSS Trio"

    At 11:23 24-01-01 +0100, you wrote:
    
    > "I was at heavens-above.com today, and was looking at predictions for a
    > NOSS satelllite (NOSS 2-2 (D), to be specific).  However, its predicted
    > magnitude was +6 to +8.  Isn't that much fainter than what the observers
    > on this list report?  I recall observers mentioning that they frequently
    > see the NOSS satellites at naked-eye.  Maybe I'm confused; or
    > heavens-above.com's magnitude estimate is too faint?"
    >
    > I confirm we were three observers on August 24, 2000 02:23 UTC located at
    > 48.067 N, 04.133 E, to see naked-eyes NOSS 2-2 Trio as bright as est. mag +
    > 2.
    > We were not at all expecting it, as concentrated on Jupiter sats. But NOSS
    > Trio crossed so high and was so bright, you just could not avoid seeing it.
    >
    > Patrick J. Lumiot
    >
    
    
    Here are two pictures of a NOSS cluster which have been photographed by me
    some years ago.  This was a very bright pass:
    
    http://gallery.uunet.be/tcools/satimage/images/91076bcd.jpg
    
    and
    
    http://gallery.uunet.be/tcools/satimage/images/9176bcd2.JPG
    
    Bjoern Gimle did some studies about this transit.  You can find it at:
    
    http://www.algonet.se/~b_gimle/NOSScool.htm
    
    The first picture has also been published in 'Spaceflight' magazine last year.
    
    
    Greetings,
    
    
    
    Tristan Cools tcools@village.uunet.be
    Belgian Working Group Satellites(BWGS)
    
    Damse Vaart: 3.2478E/51.2277N - OBS place 1
    Ryckevelde:  3.2856E/51.2045N - OBS place 2
    Brugge:      3.2166E/51.2104N - OBS place 3(home)
    
    http://gallery.uunet.be/tcools/satimage/index.htm
    
    
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