At 12:37 AM 08/14/2006 -0700, Ed Cannon wrote: >In my predictions for earlier tonight I noticed that Suitsat >(05-034C, 28933) was there with a predicted orbital height of >167 miles (267 km). Mike pointed out that due to its short >periods of visibility and coming decay, this could be our last >chance to see it (maybe one more less favorable one on Monday >evening). So, that's something to keep in mind. By the way, >it went over in a big hurry but to me still seemed not too >bright, maybe +4.5 at the brightest. I have not seen it yet, all passes here have been at 2 - 4 AM until last night. What does it look like? I saw something that was flashing quickly, with the flashes being of uneven brightness. I don't think that wa it though because the path was in a NNW direction rather than NW. Was it on time? Nothing is "idiot proof" to a sufficiently motivated idiot. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Wed Aug 16 2006 - 16:29:19 EDT