Hi All,
I'd like to report that Superbird A was successfully recovered by an
observer
in South Africa last week, and the predicted flash window was only off by a
few minutes. I have updated the spin axis (contact me if you want to know
the updated axis and cone angle), and predictions should now be accurate
to within a minute or two.
For Tuesday morning, March 5th, here are predicted flash window center times
for various locations (all times UTC):
2:53 southern tip of Spain
2:54 Portugal/Spain
2:55 Portugal/Spain
2:56 Spain
2:57 Spain/France border
2:58 Southern France, Sicily
2:59 Central France, Sicily, South Africa
3:00 Northern France (Paris), Italy, South Africa
3:01 London, Northern France, Switzerland, Venice, western Greece,
South Africa
3:02 Southeast England, Netherlands, Belgium, western Germany (Munich),
Austria (Salzburg), Greece (Athens), Crete, South Africa
3:03 Netherlands, Germany (Berlin), eastern Austria (Vienna),
northern Greece, Cairo
3:04 Northern Germany, Czech Republic (Prague), western Turkey
3:05 Denmark, northern Germany, western Poland, Istanbul
3:06 Denmark, southern tip of Sweden, Poland, Ankara, Israel
3:07 Southern Norway, southern Sweden, northern Poland, western
Russia, central Turkey, Syria
3:08 Southern Norway, southern Sweden, western Russia, central
Turkey, Syria
3:09 Norway, Sweden, western Russia, eastern Turkey
3:10 Norway, Sweden, western Russia
3:11 - 3:14 Norway, Sweden, southern Finland, western Russia
The eastern limit of visibility is around 40 E (38 E above 60
degrees north latitude). Add a little over 1 minute per day to
these times for subsequent days.
Best,
Rob
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