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 > > ----- > Dr Marco Langbroek - SatTrackCam Leiden, the Netherlands. > e-mail: sattrackcam_at_langbroek.org > > Cospar 4353 (Leiden): 52.15412 N, 4.49081 E (WGS84), +0 m ASL > Cospar 4355 (Cronesteyn): 52.13878 N, 4.49937 E (WGS84), -2 m ASL > Station (b)log: http://sattrackcam.blogspot.com > Twitter: _at_Marco_Langbroek > ----- > _______________________________________________ > Seesat-l mailing list > http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l > _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Mon Sep 27 2021 - 19:20:50 UTC
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