I observed Starshine 3 (az 270, el 40) at 00:10 UTC 24 March, for about 45 seconds. It was about a +8.0 mag except for about 10 seconds when it gradually brightened to about +6.5. There was a nice -2 mag solar panel-generated Iridium flare. Iridium 6 flared to about -2 mag at 01:14:37 24 March at az 50, el 50. TiPS was +9.5 or so at 02:03 UTC 24 March. The tether was barely visible but still attached to the end objects. TiPS was about 35 deg above the horizon in the NNW. The observing site was Carrs Mill Park, MD 39.3181 N, 77.0542 W, 100mASL Cheers, Don Gardner 39.1799 N, 76.8406 W, 100m ASL http://hometown.aol.com/mir16609/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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