Good heavens Kevin , ...where are you getting this clear weather from ???? I'm itching to get a look at the sky , but here in the UK we have had weeks of cloud cover ,day and night , in fact this appears to be the wettest summer on record. :o(( If you could send some of that clear stuff this way , I'd be much obliged :O)) John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Fetter" <kfetter@yahoo.com> To: <seesat-l@satobs.org> Sent: Friday, August 31, 2007 1:54 PM Subject: Spaceway 1 geo sat easy to see last night, more slow flashing fromThuraya 1 >I am going to have to keep my eye on Spaceway 1 ( 28644 ). > > Last night, I was trying to observing the Boeing HS702 series of geo > sat's, with my wide feild > setup. > > I could see spaceway 2 ( 28903 ) and spaceway 1. I beleive I observed > Intelsat 1R ( 26608 ) but I > didn't keep the video, to check to make sure I wasn't seeing things. > > Spaceway 1 was easy to spot, in the 8th mag range at 6:56 UTC ( Aug 31 ) > I couldn't spot Directv 10 ( 31862 ) the newest boeing HS702 beside it. > > Hopefully spaceway 1 flares up nice and bright. And I don't mean at the > geo sat flare season time. > I mean, like I have observed with Intelsat 1R, in Feb > > What ever causing the flare, it's doing a good job. I wonder if one of the > antenna's are something > else on the main body. Only a crazy thought of mine, so don't pay > attention. > > Thuraya 1 ( 26578 ) was observed slowly flashing last night, after I > started observing it around > 6:04 UTC ( Aug 31 ) Seems to be roughly 2 minutes between the slow > flashes. Will be keeping an eye > on this one for sure. > > Kevin > > 44.6062 N > 75.6910 W > > > > > > > > > > > > > Be smarter than spam. See how smart SpamGuard is at giving junk email > the boot with the All-new Yahoo! Mail at > http://mrd.mail.yahoo.com/try_beta?.intl=ca > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: > http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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