Hi all, I finally had the combination of a good illumination angle and good weather, allowing me to succesfully image a pass of the new Iranian NOUR1 (NOOR 1) satellite, 2020-024A. I filmed 4 seconds of the pass with a WATEC 902H with SamYang 2.0/135 mm lens, around 01:52:11 UT (6 May 2020), at an elevation of 46 degrees and range of 592 km. I estimate the object was around mag. +7.5. Video: https://vimeo.com/415460518 Unlike in Paul Maley's capture of May 3, the object appears stable over these 4 seconds: I can see no clear brightness variation. So if it is tumbling at all, it is doing so slowly currently. Or perhaps not at all. (see also the 100-frame video stack here: https://twitter.com/Marco_Langbroek/status/1257998451922612224?s=20) Will try again coming night with a lens with larger FOV. - Marco ----- Dr Marco Langbroek - SatTrackCam Leiden, the Netherlands. e-mail: sattrackcam_at_langbroek.org Cospar 4353 (Leiden): 52.15412 N, 4.49081 E (WGS84), +0 m ASL Cospar 4355 (Cronesteyn): 52.13878 N, 4.49937 E (WGS84), -2 m ASL Station (b)log: http://sattrackcam.blogspot.com Twitter: _at_Marco_Langbroek ----- _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Wed May 06 2020 - 07:15:51 UTC
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