A while ago before a deck of high clouds interfered, I was able to see a few flashes from TDF 2. These were different because they were "early" (maybe 1/2 hour in RA) and brighter than what I've reported recently. The brightest ones may have been +4.0. PPAS: 90- 63 A 02-02-01 07:43:09 EC 198.7 0.3 9 22.08 +4.5->inv At least a couple of the flashes were visible through thin clouds. Its episodes are getting late even for the west coast of the USA, except for us night owls. I guess that the next episode should begin here around 08:00 Feb 2 UTC. At 7:40:29 UTC there was a single UNID flash (maybe +5) in the same field of view as TDF 2 (a bit farther west and south in the 6-degree FOV), but the clouds did not allow enough of a chance to see another one. I don't get predictions for any other known flashing geosynch at that position, but this could have been one in high eccentric orbit, perhaps. Hours earlier we had a very nice pass of ISS, and I missed a good Iridium flare during the ISS pass due to showing ISS to a passerby. 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://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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