Re: Landsat 9 Centaur stage deorbit burn observed! Wow!

From: Nick James via Seesat-l <seesat-l_at_satobs.org>
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2021 01:19:45 +0100
Marco,

I missed the prediction so wasn't outside to look but I have just 
checked one of my video cameras and it picked up the event becoming 
visible here in Chelmsford, UK just after 21:11:

https://nickdjames.com/spacecraft/centaur_20210927_2113_ndj.mp4

I wish I'd seen it!

Nick.

On 27/09/2021 23:03, Marco Langbroek via Seesat-l wrote:
> 
> 
> Just under an hour ago, near 21:12-21:13 UT I had a very cool sight of the
> Centaur upper stage deorbit burn from the Landsat 9 launch.
> 
> It was low in the north as seen from Leiden, the Netherlands. A bit more to the
> east in the sky than I anticipated, so I had to reorient the camera once it
> became visible: but I have some very fine pictures of it.
> 
> A very bright V-shaped cloud with the point upwards, plus a fainter second cloud
> in front of it, descending low in the north. Really bright, easy to see from
> Leiden Town center at negative magnitudes for the brighter cloud. The brighter
> cloud developed a crescent-shaped bow front.
> 
> Some quick images I shot:
> 
> 
> https://twitter.com/Marco_Langbroek/status/1442606218896367617
> 
> https://twitter.com/Marco_Langbroek/status/1442608243944083459
> 
> 
> There were drifting fields of clouds in the sky, and the relevant area cleared
> just minutes before the observation.
> 
> Many thanks to Cees for the heads-up!
> 
> - Marco
> 
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> Cospar 4355 (Cronesteyn): 52.13878 N, 4.49937 E (WGS84), -2 m ASL
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