>Hi, on 2/3 PST saw 06155 ATLAS CENTAUR R/B near Aldebaran, same >brightness & color! Much brighter than predicted mag 3.2, a good pass. While in Spain, I also tried to see a few low-inclination objects, among them #06155. It was very hazy, and spending many minutes locating reference stars, I found a bright satellite 2/5 18:32:46.4 at 03:33.5 RA, -21.0 dec. I lost it, and returned my selected spot for 06155 below mu Lep, where it appeared 18:33:56.1. The track and lap time from SkyMap shows it was this rocket. >I looked briefly for ETS-6 between 18:24-18:26 = 2/4 2:24-2:26 UTC but >did not see it at 1-power. I haven't seen it for a while; when should I >expect 1-power flashes on the evening of 2/6 local time? I look forward >to recovering it. > Tonight, I'd say 000210 01:38 UT, but then Sun is at -2 deg.! Second event around 01:50 UT, RA 04:35, Dec -2, Sun -4.3 Better choice is 000211 06:28 UT , RA 02:15, Dec 0 and 06:38 RA 03:15. Positions + times are very uncertain on the later pass, though I did observe it from 41.38N, 2.18E on Feb.05. I believe the flash paths are nearly parallell to the satellite's track, so a small latitude change has a large effect. -- bjorn.gimle@tietotech.se (office) -- -- b_gimle@algonet.se (home) http://www.algonet.se/~b_gimle -- -- COSPAR 5919, MALMA, 59.2615 N, 18.6206 E, 33 m -- -- COSPAR 5918, HAMMARBY, 59.2985 N, 18.1045 E, 44 m -- -- SeeSat-L / Visual Satellite Observer Home Page found at -- -- http://www2.satellite.eu.org/satintro.html -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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
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