Just had a SW-->NE 89deg pass of Raduga 33 in deep twilight. Was about 45 sec early relative to this elset taken from Alan Pickup's decay watch page: Raduga 33 6.0 2.0 0.0 5.5 d 17 4399 x 100 km 1 23794U 96010A 04125.07459477 .61106009 65346-1 25830-2 0 94998 2 23794 47.7759 123.0736 2491047 95.1002 293.5095 10.83404382 72074 On the whole was flashing at about a 3 sec period, but did become steady for a bit after culmination. Then did a series of brighter flashes, including a couple up to about -1. Otherwise, magnitude was in the +4 range. Robert Fenske, Jr. rfenske@swri.edu Sw |The Taming the C*sm*s series: Southwest Research Institute /R---\ | Signal Exploitation & Geolocation Div | I | |"The Martian canals were the San Antonio,Texas USA ph:210-522-3931 \----/ | Martians' last ditch effort." ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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