[Please note this is sent from a secondary account, a one-day address.] Regarding the list of NOSS trios on Heavens-Above, it's worth mentioning (even perhaps via subscription from a secondary account?) that you need to keep in mind that that the three trios called NOSS 2-1, 2-2, and 2-3 are significantly brighter than all of the older payloads (and the *newer* ones are usually +5 or fainter). Also, most of the older trios are not in formation any longer. So in general the best bet is to look for the three newer trios. All three triangles fit within the 6-degree field of view of my binoculars. One of the new trios is very closely packed, perhaps about two degrees. The few of the older ones that I've seen have almost all been with Mike McCants' telescope -- and of course then only one at a time as even with the ones still in formation, the whole formation will by no means fit within a one-degree or smaller field of view. One time I have seen one of the NOSS 8 objects flare to one-power brightness; I'm not sure I've ever seen any of the older ones with my (handheld) binoculars. Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA [The Netscape address is temporary!] __________________________________________________________________ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Webmail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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