Despite -15 C at site 5919 (seems to be our only chances of clear weather this time of year) I went out to photograph Left MMA+Solar Panel flares from Ir36+98? within 80 s (2003-01-03 16:14:34 to 15:51). Predicted at -5.3, -1.3, -0.1, -1.9 but were perceived as -2, +1, +1, -5 At about 16:08:57 a satellite brighter than Aldebaran (mag -1, slowly fading to +1) moved about 2 deg below it, in Dir=130 deg. Identified as Cosmos 1844, 87-41A #17973 At about 17:13:20, midway Polaris-Capella, mag +1 steady for 45 sec, moved straight down (180 deg). Id-ed as Cosmos 2360 r 98-45 B #25407 Both much brighter than predicted Cosmos 1844 6.0 2.0 0.0 5.6 v 29 869 x 826 km 1 17973U 87041A 02364.54498384 .00000271 00000-0 16842-3 0 5436 2 17973 70.8963 241.8298 0029819 129.6681 230.7078 14.13550120806528 Cosmos 2360 r 10.4 3.9 0.0 3.9 v 22 847 x 836 km 1 25407U 98045B 02363.92701048 -.00000048 00000-0 00000-0 0 6012 2 25407 71.0226 339.9533 0007937 321.7050 38.3507 14.15343428228549 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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