Last night there was a nearly straight up pass of Cosmos 2405 (04-020A, 28350) in the NNW. When I looked to see it, it was at least -4, if not one or two magnitudes brighter than that! Wow! The range as it climbed in the sky before going into shadow was between about 250 and 200 miles (400 and 320 km). The prediction I had said the phase angle was 103 (somewhat less than 50% illuminated). I looked unsuccessfully for quite a long time last night for Express AM-11 (04-015A, 28234). It may be that the changing declination of the Sun has moved its flare track away from this latitude (+30.3). Ed Cannon - Austin, Texas, USA __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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