Hi Rob,
Any window of opportunity for Athens, Greece in the immediate
future? I could use the times below to arrive at a similar time for
Athens but at UT+3, I would be into daylight.
Also, any creative ideas as to how one could capture the phenomenon
on film?
Anthony.
> Hi All,
>
> Don Gardner asked about an estimated flash window for Superbird A
> for Ulhas Deshpande in central India. Alas, Ulhas is out of luck:
> Superbird A's flash tracks have already passed India. Indeed, I've
> been so busy with other projects that I forgot all about posting
> return predictions for Europe. So this message exchange has served
> as a wake-up call.
>
> Europe: the show has already started! Superbird A is already
> putting on its nightly flash show for all of western Europe, Africa
> and the UK. (Actually, early morning).
>
> Tomorrow morning (Aug 29) I show European flashes starting at the
> Rock of Gibraltar at 3:06 UT and sweeping their way northeast to
> Denmark at 3:19. I show Paris peaking at 3:13, most of Italy and
> Switzerland at 3:14, London and Brussels at 3:15, the Netherlands,
> Germany and Austria at 3:16, and Edinburgh at 3:17. As usual,
> these times are approximate contingent on a well-behaved
> rotation axis over the last 2 1/2 months. So start looking
> 10 minutes early to allow for errors in my modeling of the
> axis precession. Once observed and reported, I can update the
> axis position, and we'll be back to 1-minute accuracy on nearterm
> predictions.
>
> A recent elset:
>
> Superbird A 2.4 2.6 2.2 6.2 d 4.6
> 1 20040U 89041A 01226.00735297 -.00000088 00000-0 10000-3 0 3009
> 2 20040 7.7705 50.7725 0003509 101.7311 258.4155 0.99740477 43960
>
> Best,
> Rob
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