Re: Re : NOSS Trio

From: Ben Huset (benhuset@skypoint.com)
Date: Thu Jan 25 2001 - 21:42:51 PST

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    I've seen the NOSS trio and they are VERY naked eye.  I'd say it they were about
    2nd mag.   The thing that catches your eye is how they move in perfect
    formation. A few degrees apart.
    
    --Ben
    
    "Krosney, Bill" wrote:
    
    > > -----Original Message-----
    > > From: Patrick JL [mailto:patricjl@club-internet.fr]
    > > Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 4:24 AM
    > > To: SeeSat List
    > > Subject: Re : NOSS Trio
    > >
    > >
    > >  Jonathan 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
    >
    > The NOSS satellites must be geometrically/structurally interesting with some
    > sort of large reflecting surfaces.  In the SeeSat archives there are at
    > least two records of very bright passes.  One was from an observer along the
    > western US coast (I think California) and another was observed by a group of
    > local amateur astronomers here at home (Winnipeg, Canada).  The local pass
    > here I did not see, but I know those who saw it quite well.  They were taken
    > back by a group of 3 satellites "as bright as Jupiter" that climbed in
    > azimuth in the western evening sky.  Fading away as they climbed high.  When
    > I did a sat search for a possible hit, the NOSS trio was bang on.
    >
    > I myself remember seeing one pass where overhead they were possibly naked
    > eye, for sure an easy binocular object.  But as they lowered in the eastern
    > sky toward the horizon they became naked-eye at around 20 degrees azimuth.
    > For a line of sight at 20 degrees azimuth they must have been very far away,
    > yet they were easily around 3 to 4th mag.
    >
    > Interesting.
    >
    > Does anyone know what these birds might look like?
    >
    > ... Bill Krosney
    >
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