I had a great night observing last night – the conditions were exceptional. I decided to take my laptop out armed with tracking software with the Mccants file and my 7x50’s. The computer system clock was synchronized to the US atomic clock. I’ve never seen so many satellites! Previously, I had just chosen several satellites to track with written timings at certain star waypoints. Last night I still used key stars as waypoints and saw a variety of passes, the highlights of which were the Noss 2-1 trio (fantastic sight through 7x50’s), the tumbling Iridium 914 and a few Cosmos rocket body flashers. Can somebody explain why the majority of rocket bodies I observed last night do not seem to be tumbling and hold a steady magnitude? I always assumed that LEO rocket bodies would be tumbling bits of space junk heading for eventual re-entry. Cheers, James ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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