I just observed Cosmos 1077 this evening using the pass prediction from Heavens-Above. It caught me by surprise being a couple minutes early. Fortunately I had my watch in my hand and had the presence of mind to start the timer as it passed a star. I have it passing close to Epsilon Bootes at 21:11:49 pdt June 25, 2000 (04:11:49 utc June 25, 2000). According to Heavens Above the object range for me at zenith was 196 km. Brightness was steady throughout the pass maxing out at near the predicted 1.7. It was definitely a fast mover. I had an airliner passing along the same south to north path on it's way into the LAX approach traffic. For a while 1077 was actually catching up to the airliner, and I'm sure an untrained eye might have mistaken the scene for a missile homing in on the plane. That would have made some awesome video. Shortly after this I saw an unid moving at moderate speed south to north through Bootes. It was the rapid twinkling that caught my attention. It reminded me of a pass of USA 32 I once. Anyway, as I write this I checked for USA 32 passes on Heavens Above at lo and behold, there is a pass the fits my observation nicely. Cheers, Brian Buena Park, CA 33º 51' 13.48" -118º 01' 42.69" 30 meters -- S*k*y*w*i*s*e http://home.earthlink.net/~skywise711/ Laser & Optics links galore!!! Looking for 1-5mW HeNe lasers? Check my website for that and other items! ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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