[sac-forum] Re: Last Night's Fuel Dump at Sentinel

Since it was in a geosynchronous (or nearly) position, it must have been
in the vicinity of 23,000 mile up . . .  (well out of the earth's
shadow)

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[mailto:sac-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Paul Lind
Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 12:54 PM
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Subject: [sac-forum] Re: Last Night's Fuel Dump at Sentinel

I, too, think Frank's picture is beautiful .  Many of us observed this
at 
Sentinel Saturday night.  It had a unique "spike" shape.  Does someone
know 
the altitude at which the fuel was vented?  I guess it must have been in

direct sunlight for the plume to be so bright.

Paul Lind

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Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 9:12 AM
Subject: [sac-forum] Re: Last Night's Fuel Dump at Sentinel


> Frank Martin wrote:
>> Hi all, for those that are interested here is a link to the picture I
>> took of this.  It was taken with the Epsilon 210 and STL 11000.  It
is
>> made up of five 80 second exposures with 50 second between them.  it
>> shows the satellite moving from top to bottom.  (Actually I was
tracking
>> on a star so it looks like it was moving.  It was really staying in
one
>> place.)  If anyone has any questions, please let me know.
>>  Here is the link:
>> http://www.clearskyaz.com/images/DSP-23%20and%20M42.jpg
>
> That's a beautiful shot, Frank.  Congratulations on a fantastic
capture.
> Now, I'll just take my DSI-Color and crawl back into a hole :-)...
>
> Tim
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