At 21:14 13/09/03 +0100, George wrote: >At approx 20:56 to 20:57 local time (19:56 to 19:57 UT) I noticed a >bright flash which I took to be an aircraft light, further observation >showed what appeared to be a very faint satellite (mag 4 to 5) this was >closely followed by an almost invisible companion which appeared to be >tumbling erratically and giving bright occasional flashes every 5 or 6 >seconds. The objects were travelling from south to north and were >maybe 80 deg above horizon passing close through cygnus and >towards cassiopaiae. I checked for coresponding sats and can find >nothing to match this sighting, any >comments?http://www.amos39.f9.co.uk >station 2453 >53 deg 23 min 49secs N >2 deg 4 min 57 secs W Probably Iridiums 98-66E and 97-30A, the latter being the one that flashed. It's always useful to include a date on this type of report. Best wishes, Russell Eberst 55.9486N, 3.1383W, 150 feet = 46 metres above MSL ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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