Spectacular! On 2004 May 06 at 06:16 UTC, I spotted Raduga 33, low in the west. It passed 1.5 deg above Jupiter at 06:16:11 UTC. At that point, it was about magnitude -1, with a plasma tail about 5 deg long. It culminated at about 06:16:50 UTC, about 35 deg above azimuth 210 deg at which point it was at least magnitude -2, with a 10 deg plasma tail. I have never seen a satellite move so fast - about 2.85 deg/s at culmination - covered most of the sky in 90 seconds! I obtained at least three points, which I will post as soon as I have reduced them. Ted Molczan _________________________________________________________________ http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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