15071 84 065C 2701 G 20031008005844130 17 25 1935722-071724 18 R 15071 84 065C 2701 G 20031008005927850 17 25 1904451+093036 18 R 15071 84 065C 2701 G 20031008005936150 17 25 1856862+132055 18 R 26473 00 047A 2701 G 20031008015133000 17 25 1531356+405197 57 S 26473 00 047A 2701 G 20031008015200460 17 25 1504524+475269 28 S 26473 00 047A 2701 G 20031008015301710 17 25 1329826+601876 18 S 26907 01 040C 2701 G 20031008021602250 17 25 1826469+261898 77 S 18025 87 043H 2701 G 20031008094348830 17 25 0434554-065455 77 S 18025 87 043H 2701 G 20031008094424730 17 25 0456746+013188 77 S 25744 99 028A 2701 P 20031008095249750 17 25 2222558+452555 67 R 25744 99 028A 2701 P 20031008095346480 17 25 2222876+485033 18 R 25744 99 028A 2701 F 20031008095538080 17 25 2223014+555786 97 R 25744 99 028A 2701 F 20031008095723130 17 25 2220604+631299 97 R 27470 02 037A 2701 F 20031008101947230 18 25 0211451+241993 29 S+040 10 26473 00 047A 2701 F 20031008102435630 17 25 0115013+262924 18 S 26473 00 047A 2701 F 20031008102503230 17 25 0147442+212330 77 S 26473 00 047A 2701 F 20031008102625810 17 25 0319748+011194 37 S 26473 00 047A 2701 F 20031008102733440 17 25 0420052-143358 28 S 26473 00 047A 2701 F 20031008102809860 17 25 0446295-211421 18 S The first generation NOSS object, 87043H, began a long-lasting flare to about magnitude 5 not long after I observed my second point. While waiting for Lacrosse 4 (00047A), I spotted with my unaided eye a slow moving 4th magnitude unknown, which turned out to be Arkon 2 (aka Cosmos 2392) (02073A). Assuming it has the same standard magnitude as Arkon 1 (3.9 at 1000 km, 90 deg phase angle), then this was close to the expected magnitude for the circumstances of my observation: range about 2200 km, and nearly fully illuminated. Seeing this nice bright slow mover brought back fond memories of the Pageos balloon satellite. Arkon 2 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.9 v 1 27470U 02037A 03275.12176913 -.00000051 00000-0 10000-3 0 5334 2 27470 63.4548 61.2910 0194063 357.1330 2.8523 12.06748900 52404 Site 2701: 43.68764 N, 79.39243 W, 230 m Ted Molczan ----------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from SeeSat-L, send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@satobs.org List archived at http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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