Interesting... I caught Cygnus NG-13 passing over Norfolk tonight, was an easy naked eye object as it passed near Denebola and was just as bright. Had a secondary bright trailer about 20 degrees behind, must've been a recently released sat payload. Heavens-Above predictions are good for Cygnus NG-13 (2020-011A/45175) - the secondary trailing sat matches newly published 2020-011D/45605). Cygnus NG-13 was to release three payloads prior to reentry: DeMI (Deformable Mirror demo), Red Eye, and TechEdSat-10. I'm guessing the trailing object is TechEdSat or DeMI, as both will deploy reflectors. Definitely worth watching for, I wonder which sat it actually is. Thanks, Dave Dickinson Dave Dickinson Author of The Universe Today Ultimate Guide to Viewing the Cosmos: http://a.co/d/bAa9MJK Twitter: http://twitter.com/Astroguyz Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/astroguyzInstagram: http://www.instagram.com/astro_guyz/ _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Sat May 16 2020 - 21:07:21 UTC
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