Hi all, Kevin was right: the geostationary object flaring to +2.5 the past week seen from the Netherlands and Belgium, turns out to be Galaxy 11 (99-071A). I captured a photographic series of it last night, and also observed it visually (naked eye, ~+2.5 at the peak near 22:18 UTC). Astrometry on the object confirms Galaxy 11 being the best fit: 26038 99 071A 4353 F 20100523221802300 17 75 1645223-073520 56 +025 10 Photo's and a 2.2 Mb animated GIF showing it increasing in brightness from 22:10 to 22:18 UTC (May 23), with Milstar 5 in view as well, can be seen here: http://sattrackcam.blogspot.com/2010/05/geostationary-galaxy-11-flaring-to-mag.html - Marco ----- Dr Marco Langbroek - SatTrackCam Leiden, the Netherlands. e-mail: sattrackcam@wanadoo.nl Cospar 4353 (Leiden): 52.15412 N, 4.49081 E (WGS84), +0 m ASL Cospar 4354 (De Wilck): 52.11685 N, 4.56016 E (WGS84), -2 m ASL SatTrackCam: http://home.wanadoo.nl/marco.langbroek/satcam.html Station (b)log: http://sattrackcam.blogspot.com ----- _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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