Hi Cees No, I wouldnt put it as bright at that - if I recall correctly it even even faded out briefly so would be then around mag +10 - its probably a piece of insulation "flapping" around. I have lousy passes tonight - zenith passes of most objects but in twilight so have to do very short exposures - the next lot of passes low in the west - a few coming very close to the moon and Venus - I MIGHT try the near zenith ones in autotrack mode but thats Cassiope and the rocket but we are not desperately in need of observations of them and B and C are so spaced I dont think I can track both in the same field of view- thats the trouble with near zenith passes - I think I might be wiser to take a break tonight - also makes it easier for me as I then just have to do the APEX processing tomorrow on about a dozen fields of classified geosats that I did on the 6th - plenty of objects with a 5 x 7 degree field as you and Marco have discovered :-))) so I think its a holiday tonight - after all why should the US government be the only ones "allowed" to take a break ? Cheers Greg > > When I saw object T on the 3rd of October I estimate it at brighter > than mag 8.5, possibly somewhere near 6th or 7th magnitude. It was > variable in brightness, resembling a slow tumble. > > Regards, > Cees _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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