At 05:17 8/10/01 +0930, you wrote: >Starshine 3 flashes observed during a 67 degree max. elevation pass >at about 19h 01m 30s UTC October 7. Observed naked eye for large field >coverage. 3 flashes seen over a 80 degree arc before proximity to moon >made observation pointless >1. 19:01: 32.8 mag 0.5 >2. 19:02: 31.0 mag 1.0 >3. 19:03 06.6 mag 2.0 >Cospar 8597( 34.9638S, 138.6333E, 100m asl) >Tony Beresford There doesn't seem to be much difference with Starshine 1. I thought this satellite would get more 'momentum' to produce more flashes but this doesn't seem to be the case. I would suggest to compare it with the Ajisai(86-61A) which is of similar design and in a much higher orbit. This ball with mirrors produces sharp flashes constantly. Greetings, Tristan Cools tristan.cools@skynet.be Belgian Working Group Satellites(BWGS) webmaster Ryckevelde: 3.2856E/51.2045N - OBS place 2 Brugge: 3.2166E/51.2104N - OBS place 3(home) Homepage at http://users.skynet.be/satimage/index.htm BWGS homepage at http://users.skynet.be/satimage/bwgs/bwgs.htm ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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