Saw Progress M-61 (32001,07-33A) last night very bright (+1) low and fast in the east through Delphinus at 2:28 UT. No sign of r/b, though I started late looking and it is awfully low at my latitude. No sign of USA 102 (23031,94-17B) as reported by Ed Cannon. Gave up search after a few minutes late, even in bad conditions should have seen it on a very good pass with 6 mag stars seen high in Hercules. Turned attention to Rubin 3/ AlS r/b (27561 02-54C) which gave several flashes including a whopper (+2 mag or better), first time I've seen it that bright. Did not see new Ofeq 7 payload in very poor conditions, after seeing spectacular flashing from its r/b (31602) 8/2/07. Superbird A (20040,89-41A) flashing to +5 in Sagittarius, phase shift at 3:32 UT for me. Full positional and PPAS later, before I'm off to dark skies this weekend. Brad Young TULSA 1 COSPAR 8336 36.1397N, 95.9838W, 205m ASL ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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