Almost missed them owing to an error in setting my alarm! Fortunately had Orbitron running and heard the sound alert. so rushed out totally unequipped apart from my eyes!- sorry Ted! Was using Ted's search TLES, because of the error I had not had a chance to see Kevin's alert re SpaceTrack prediction. Sky conditions perfect.in a clear pre-dawn sky. Seen 1x Heading northwest/northeast at 4:49:35 just below Orion only about a second or so between them. Very little difference in magnitude but mag of trailing object a little brighter, approx 1 and 0 mag. This is slightly lower than the ground track on H-A which shows SZ-7 passing through Orion. Trailing object appeared very slightly lower than the leader. No sign of flashing. Made my day! Congrats Ted it appears your predictions were "spot on." Weather conditions are likely to deteriorate so this my be my only chance of obs but hoping that is not the case especially with a rocket at 42 degrees inclination to keep an eye on as well as the payload itself. Robert Holdsworth Wainuiomata New Zealand 174.948E 41.261S ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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