Hi Can anybody help me with a puzzling sighting. Tonight 2/11/00 at 17:38 UTC I was out looking for Iridium 31 due to flare at 17:39 Az 33° Elev 58° mag. 0.1 at this location. I glanced to the NW Az 330° Elev 50° and noticed a flare mag. 3.0 descending N towards 0° near the star Kochab, time approx. 17:38:30 UTC. From all the information available I would appear to be OPS 1807 ThAg deb. E (04237/60082E). However I have the following doubt's :- 1) Not been known to Flare 2) RCS only 1.55 (av. 1.39) 3) Unknown VMag 4) Inexperience Any help would be appreciated ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Clear Skies Mike Bevan Poole UK, Lat. 50.7556N, Lon. 1.9803W, Height 20m ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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