Obs 971205

Leo Barhorst (leobarhorst@wxs.nl)
Fri, 05 Dec 1997 21:13:08 +0100

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