Hello everybody, After a long period of rain and overcast conditions it was good to have clear skies on the 26th and 27th of April. Among other objects I observed a bright flare from COSMO-SkyMed 2 on the 26th. This was predicted by CalSky and probably reached around magnitude -3 against a twilight sky. On the 27th, among other objects, I observed an object flaring as it headed for the eastern horizon. Later, consulting CalSky, I found the object corresponded to time, position and direction of 1981-021C. Further research found this to be the core of a BES-5 nuclear reactor ejected from Cosmos 1249. This is the same type of device that caused a few problems in Canada a couple of decades ago. It's comforting to known that this type of thing is still floating around up there. Gordon Newcastle, Australia ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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