Since it cleared up, I started to observe some cosmos satellites. I so far saw one, in the 10*50 bincoculars. I then viewed it on video, as I captured the pass on tape instead of using my computer. It was Cosmos 1802 COSMOS 1802 1 17159U 86093A 04108.37392861 .00000054 00000-0 42321-4 0 2483 2 17159 82.9301 45.7441 0041379 293.6552 66.0261 13.72453357871242 The oig gives IntID/Name CatNo Source period Incl Apogee Perigee RCS ------------ ----- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------- -------- 1986-093A 17159 CIS 104.9 82.9 1021 960 3.0216 COSMOS 1802 Launched (1986/11/24) I would say it, was as bright as least mag 8. I went for this one, as I saw no data on it, in the ppas database. Here's a basic ppas report. 86- 93 A 04-04-18 04:51 KF S mag 8 Kevin ===== COSPAR Site #1775 Long 75.6910 W, Lat 44.6062 N, altitude 100 metres. http://ca.geocities.com/kfetter http://www.kfetter.100megs26.com/ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos: High-quality 4x6 digital prints for 25¢ http://photos.yahoo.com/ph/print_splash ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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