Some spectacular twilight observations here. Watched a pass of the ISS in deep twilight and saw it brighten to -8 (!) at about 40 degrees altitude in the East. Next observed USA 129 (96-072A) repeatedly flare (both short and slow) while crossing below Regulus and into Cancer. I catched one of the shorter flares (about mag. 0), just a few degrees East of Regulus, on photograph with a bright blue sky background. Hope to gather some more observations this night. :-) - Marco ----- Dr Marco Langbroek - SatTrackCam Leiden, the Netherlands. e-mail: sattrackcam@wanadoo.nl Cospar 4353 (Leiden): 52.15412 N, 4.49081 E (WGS84), +0 m ASL Cospar 4354 (De Wilck): 52.11685 N, 4.56016 E (WGS84), -2 m ASL SatTrackCam: http://home.wanadoo.nl/marco.langbroek/satcam.html Station (b)log: http://sattrackcam.blogspot.com ----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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