Sorry folks - in my haste I omitted some detail! And I meant Globalstar 59. Here are the details of the observation While observing the Perseus region I'm sure I noticed a flare in the corner of my eye between 0 and -1 mag near alpha Persei. The only real satellite possibility would be Globalstar 59 - which had a visual magnitude of 5.4. Globalstar 59 entered shadow at this point. There is also the real possibility that my eyes are failing! Date: Jan 2nd 2001 Time: 19:48 (maximum time difference + 1 minute) Using alpha Persei as a marker the angular separation was no more than 6 degrees. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bjorn Gimle" <b.gimle@chello.se> To: <SeeSat-L@satobs.org> Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 9:00 AM Subject: Re: Globalstar 56 > Globalstar 56 culminated ten minutes later, was nowhere near alpha Persei, > and had shadow entry about 20:02:10 in Cetus near Eridanus. > > But Globalstar 59 DID enter shadow near this star, about 19:48:30. If solar > cells were pointed near the Sun, they would not flare there, same argument > for Glonass (but they could be out-of-order, or follow schemes like Iridiums > do). > > The three debris objects in the vicinity could flash/flare, but were up to a > minute early. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "James" <james.mindham@btinternet.com> > > > > > > 02 Jan 2002 19:48 UTC > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Bjorn Gimle" <b.gimle@chello.se> > > > > > I can not find any shadow entry by Globalstar 56 near alpha Per (which > > > SkyMap points to when I locate Mirfak) from Dec.30 until now! > > > > > > > > > > I was watching the sky around Perseus when I'm sure I noticed a .2 mag > > > flare > > > > near Mirfak. After running Ted Molczan's IDSat program I found 3 > > > > possibilities. I then inputted the TLE's into Starrynight and > discovered > > > > that Globalstar 56 was the only realistic possibility. Globalstar 56 > had > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' > in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org > http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html >
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