Re: Iridium 15 Delta R/B decay

J.C. Millot (papou@canl.nc)
Wed, 25 Mar 1998 19:19:14 +1100

-----Message d'origine-----
De : ROB MATSON <ROBERT.D.MATSON@cpmx.saic.com>
Objet : Iridium 15 Delta R/B decay=20


>For decay-watchers,

>Based on Alan Pickup's latest posted elements on the soon->to-reenter
>Iridium 15 Delta R/B, the southern hemisphere will have >nice passes
>through decay.  Favored places are Australia, New Zealand, >South
>Africa and South America.

I got it at 08:04:23 UT in the Phenix constellation and left it at =
08:04:30 UT to get an azimuth and it was at the same Azimuth as Alpha =
Eridanus. Magnitude about 6 with 7 power binoculars.

By the way Rob and Bjoern, thanks for the help for the satellite =
observation in New Caledonia during the solar eclipse last month. I did =
observe but I did not notice any obvious change in satellite brightness =
for any of the 6 satellites I traced.

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