Last night we had predictions for Iridium 73 ? and Iridium 66 to flare very close to Polaris less than one minute apart. Iridium 73 ? (25344, 98-32C) not only did not flare to -1, but I couldn't find it with binoculars. Iridium 66 flare was slightly off in magnitude and time from prediction but not enough to matter much. Orion 3 (25727, 99-24A) to me seems to be something of a curiosity. When it does not flash, it is very faint. When it does flash, it is awesome. It would be great to know ahead of time which passes would be spectacular! Beautiful Mir pass last night! I was observing Intelsat 512 from outside my apartment at 2:20 a.m. local time, and one of my neighbors (who was getting ready to do some laundry) got out his (7x35?) binoculars and saw a few of the flashes -- pretty close to alpha Capricornus. Sure wish I could find time to identify the UNIDs I see almost every session.... Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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