After a long period it was finally clear this evening for some time. Before the clouds moved in again I could observe: 78- 96 A 97-12-05 17:18:12 LB 40.8 0.5 10 4.08 AA, mag 4->6 87- 94 G 97-12-05 17:26:03 LB 46.0 0.2 10 4.60 FF, mag 6->inv 91- 29 B 97-12-05 18:30:48 LB 189.2 2.0 1 189 MM, mag 5->7 92- 76 B 97-12-05 17:34:10 LB 79.7 0.5 2 39.9 AA, mag 3->inv 94- 85 B 97-12-05 18:11:13 LB 51.7 0.5 10 5.17 AA, mag 7->inv 96- 25 B 97-12-05 18:18 LB slowly var, mag 4->5 96- 46 C 97-12-05 18:21 LB S, mag 5 96- 71 B 97-12-05 17:36:57 LB 59.9 0.5 8 7.5 AA, mag 4->6 97- 28 A 97-12-05 17:22 LB S, mag 5 In a private mail I got yesterday Kim asked me about 97-28A > Subject: > 97-028A > Date: > Thu, 04 Dec 1997 10:24:15 +0100 > From: > Kim Pettersson <kip@grk.se> > To: > leobarhorst@wxs.nl > > > Hi, have you observed 97-028A Cosmos-2344 recently ? The latest > observation i have found was your 971012 obs. I was wondering > if it still is steady, and also the transition from mag 7 to mag > 3.5 is intresting. > > Kim Pettersson > Gotland Island 57.37N 18.17E As you can see in the above observation I made this evening 97- 28A is still steady and was mag 5. The mag estimate is quite accurate as the sat passed close to a mag 5 star and was equally bright. -- Greetings and clear skies Leo Barhorst Alkmaar The Netherlands 52.65 North 4.47 East 3 m ASL Every day I wonder about what I see in the sky