Wher can I find Gorizont? I would like to try and see it Ulhas Deshpande Nagpur, Central India 21 08 30 N,79 03 08 E Alt 247 m ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Cannon" <ecannon@mail.utexas.edu> To: <SeeSat-L@blackadder.lmsal.com> Sent: Tuesday, 28 August, 2001 13:10 Subject: Re: Gorizont 14 back again > Sebastian Stabroth asked regarding Gorizont 14: > > > Is this a showstopper? > > Well, I guess that I wouldn't say that. I think that its > brightest flashes may reach +4.5, and they occur about > every 87.8 or so seconds. So it's more of a question of > how interested you are in seeing that type of object. > Superbird A and Intelsat 512 and TDF-1 (if we ever see > it again) are definitely more exciting due to brighter > flashes and much shorter flash periods; but they are > visible for only a few minutes each night, whereas the > Gorizonts usually are visible for a much longer time. > > We're having some cloudy nights here; received 7.5 to 15 > cm (or more?) of rain in my general vicinity within 24 > hours (two heavy rain events) on August 26 UTC. May be > cloudy for two or three more nights. > > 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 > ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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