> Checking the details of the observation - range and illumination were > 560 Km > and 39.5%. I think this puts the standard magnitude at about 4. What precisely does "39.5%" mean? I know there's been some discussion on this, but I don't think I ever saw a clear explanation. I think someone said that it really describes the sun-object-observer angle... Anybody know? ------------------------------ Jonathan T. Wojack tlj18@juno.com 39.706d N 75.683d W 4 hours behind UT (-4) ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Mon Apr 23 2001 - 13:18:16 PDT