Willie Koorts wrote: > An interesting satellite indeed! I have been wondering how bright the > flashes actually are and your statement of mag 4.5 to 5.0 is interesting. > Did anyone ever measure them? Quite difficult, I guess, since they are so > brief. Very much a guestimate. The flashes seemed brighter than most Mag 5 sats that I have seen, but the flashes are so small and brief, that they are hard to judge. > The reason why I'm wondering about your brightness values perhaps being a > little on the bright side is that the flashes are very difficult (near > impossible) to see naked eye, even from a dark site. I have been unable to spot it with the naked eye even on the clearest (suburban) nights. -- Larry Brash 32.9718° S, 151.6343° E, 30 metres, UTC +10 http://members.ozemail.com.au/~lbrash/satellites/obs.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@satobs.org http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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