I watched with 7x50 a pass of Ir 24 showing complex, rather quick rotation. Three flashes were about +1, but could have appeared brighter if the rotation were slower. They came at appr. 18:51:28, 18:53:16, 18:54:31 Just after the third bright flash two other flashes (18:54:35? :39?) were seen in the same FOV. This was near RA 18:56, dec.+42.5 (+-1 d) above Vega. If I got any impression of motion at all, it was dir=210 (down-left). LEO/MEO satellites nearby are #02481 Midas 9, 18745 C 1823 deb Y, 23483 Radio Rosto SL-19 deb G. A slow mover 23736 Glonass 77 would be going towards this position, a few degrees off, according to Glonass 77 (776) 19152 x 19112 km 1 23736U 95068C 01266.52608287 -.00000013 00000-0 00000-0 0 9234 2 23736 64.8654 139.5455 0007858 203.3903 156.6523 2.13102295 44973 Can someone with a telescope check if this appears to be tumbling ?? Or is Midas 9 known to show short flashes ? I missed the beginning of a low SPOT 3 pass (yesterday no bright flashes were seen on the high pass). I found a flash mag -3 appr, and a few more around +0: 20:05:35 RA 15h 18m dec +32.5 20:05:59 14 54 +34 20:06:27 14 26 +35.5 20:08:28 12 50 +35 Trees may have obscured flashes between #3 and #4. -- bjorn.gimle@tietotech.se (office) -- -- b_gimle@algonet.se (home) http://www.algonet.se/~b_gimle -- -- COSPAR 5919, MALMA, 59.2576 N, 18.6172 E, 23 m -- -- COSPAR 5918, HAMMARBY, 59.2985 N, 18.1045 E, 44 m -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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