cosmos 2369 (Zenit-2 Rocket 2nd stage telescopic obs) Image 2010/07/06(UT)
Ralf Vandebergh
R.Vandebergh
| Ralf Vandebergh(250mm Newton) |
The less spectacular images are often the most interesting ones... In my own opinion, this is one of my best observations to date. This is the second stage of a Zenit-2 rocket, which orbited Cosmos 2369 in 2000, seen from a distance of almost 1000km. The elongated shape of the rocket is well visible, thanks to the dimensions of 10-11 x 3.9 meters. I often tried capturing rockets in the higher LEO's but its mostly very difficult and seeing must be really good. I was very surprised at this one, as all the frames of the session showed comparable shape and same position of the object, indicating also, that no obvious tumbling within the captured time of the pass occured. This was visually witnessed, during tracking of the object in the secundary scope. However, there appear some smaller brightness variations between the single images.[バンディバ:オランダ] [Ralf Vandebergh:Neighbourhood of Maastricht Netherlands]
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