While waiting for the Progress rocket to arrive i saw a flaring object high, approx 65deg, to the NNW at 01:52:38 4 Feb UTC +/- 3 sec. Twilight was still around so no nearby stars were visible but mag est -1. The track of the object was from SSE to NNW and i came up with Coriolis r #27641 03001B. As for Progress M-47 rocket (SL-04 R/B) #27682 03006B, it was seen at 01:55:14 +/- 3 sec approx Az 10 deg El 70 deg. Mag 0. ISS made a bright slow pass about 30min later. Then at 02:39:57 +/- 3 sec, Progress M-47 #27681 0300A passed 4 deg above (S) Polaris. It was faint as it rose, mag 4, however once it got near Polaris it brightened to mag 2 and a bit brighter as it went to the NE before fading after about a minute. Jari 49.40N 125.00W 30m ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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