Skies better than expected, partly cloudy with strong to gale force winds but clear enough in the area of interest for a high pass to the Northwest/Northeast again, higher than yesterday morning. Good correspondence to 33387 Object B. Now as might be expected a fast mover and there did seem to be some inconsistency in magnitude averaging about mag 1 though was not able to establish a pattern during this shadow exit pass. Definitely should be kept an eye on in view of the fact that I reported it appearing steady, Ted reported a slow variation shortly afterwards and this may have increased .since. Only one point obtained, almost appulsed Canis Major at 16:45:20 plus or minus 1 sec, lovely, looked as if it was going to appulse but appeared to "touch" the very edge of it. Unfortunately missed SZ7 itself while writing this one up- silly me lol. (Once again human error- I had fed in new elements for the rocket in Orbitron and not the payload!) These 4:45 a.m starts do not agree with me though yesterday's one paid off handsomely as I am not aware of any earlier observation and it would have been one of very few where they were in close proximity. PS be very careful to spell heavens-above.com correctly in your browser, there is a very impressive looking spoof site! Robert Holdsworth Wainuiomata New Zealand 174.948E 41.261S (UTC plus 12 till tomorrow when NZ Daylight time kicks in to become UTC plus 13.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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