Hi Cees,
At 00:57:35 Midas 8 #02403 66077A was one degree right
from your position. I know they can flare, and it would be
slow, but I don't know if they can be that bright.
SkyMap graph enclosed.
Start of Track Peak Elevation End of Track
Date Time Azim Elev Time Azim Elev Time Azim Elev VMag Cat # Satellite Name
-------- -------- --- --- -------- --- --- -------- --- --- ---- ----- --------------
4/ 5/19 0:55:30 126 58 0:55:30 126 58 0:57:43 158 28 8.4 05384 71067N
4/ 5/19 0:55:30 138 52 0:55:30 138 52 0:59:37 156 22 6.0 27738 81120K
4/ 5/19 0:55:30 139 60 0:55:30 140 60 1:00:55 151 21 11.8 21187 91009BA
4/ 5/19 0:55:30 152 42 0:55:30 152 42 0:56:50 159 27 7.9 12676 81053AG
4/ 5/19 0:55:30 345 74 0:56:08 58 86 1:00:27 148 24 10.9 22614 93016Y
4/ 5/19 0:55:30 203 39 0:57:12 163 48 1:02:30 95 15 6.8 08352 ETS 1 Rk
4/ 5/19 0:56:35 157 32 0:58:50 74 82 1:02:30 347 18 6.7 06218 Radsat Rk
4/ 5/19 0:57:53 159 30 1:00:24 94 57 1:02:30 34 36 4.6 25750 94029AEG
4/ 5/19 0:58:37 172 32 1:00:46 114 52 1:02:30 61 36 11.4 22485 92093GA
4/ 5/19 1:00:11 154 32 1:02:25 74 78 1:02:30 59 78 7.0 08685 75004M
4/ 5/19 0:55:30 155 37 1:02:30 132 67 1:02:30 132 67 8.1 02403 Midas 8
4/ 5/19 0:55:30 153 45 1:02:30 151 49 1:02:30 151 49 10.7 14984 84047F
Den 19 Maj 2004 skrev Cees Bassa:
> longer for what I expect from Iridiums. It reached -4 mag. I wasn't able
> to write down the exact time and position in the sky, and since I couldn't
> find a good match with Mike McCants alldat.tle, I am uncertain about the
> time and position. What I recall was that the satellite was located
> between the head of Serpens and the top of Ophuichius, at RA~16.5h,
> Dec~+10d at about 00:57 CEST on May 19th (22:57 UT on May 18th).
> My observing site is at 51.9114 N, 5.1736 E.
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