Greetings All While waiting for an old friend (Raduga 33) to pass by M36, using my big binos with 40x, a big bright orange sat passed through the field of view. First I thought it was ISS by the size, or one of the Lacrosses, but it had no structure, and the ISS isn't due at this time for another week or so. I followed it for about 30 seconds. It was steady with no flashes. Nice! Time was 18:14 UTC. I haven't seen this one before, but I will definitely look for it again. I I'd the sat to be MOS 1-B with Mike's (Mccants) file MOS 1-B 2.4 1.5 1.3 6.9 d 5.0 1 20478U 90013A 03008.73721675 -.00000042 +00000-0 +00000-0 0 08113 2 20478 098.8154 048.2972 0005377 158.6468 201.4919 13.94681626578495 At 18:09 saw Raduga 33 flash past M 38, 18:20 M 36, and 18:36 by M 37 Great sight! Didn't have my stopwatch, but in-between shivers I counted around 31 seconds for a flash period, could be from 30-32 seconds I don't know. It was very cold and I wasn't dressed for it (-11c)! Despite the half moon, I got some pretty good observing in. Both cloud bands of Jupiter were lined up with it's moons (3), the 4th (Io) was hidden by Jupiter. Oh and I must not forget Saturn, Spectacular! I wish I had more power! Russ Bessom - russbessom@desurf.com Zweibruecken Germany Lat 49.14.0 N / Long 7.19.0 E - 325m ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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