Group: I don't know if anyone else has tried it, but last Sunday night I was able to observe all of the satellites in one Iridium plane. I started with Iridium 22, Plane 2, Slot 01, in CMi at about 7:00 pm CST. The sequence continued with 20 (spare), 24 (failed), 23 (Slot 02), 76 (Slot 03), 25 (Slot 04), the flare from 25, 45 (Slot 05), 46 (Slot 06), 47 (Slot 07), 69 (failed), 11 (Slot 08), 71 (failed), 49 (Slot 09), 26 (Slot 10) and finally 03 (Slot 11). I then observed 22, 20 and 24 for a second time each, all of them in Peg, ending at about 9:00 pm CST. It was a fantastic demonstration of the rotation of the earth as each satellite was slightly farther to the west than its predecessor. The final observation of Iridium 24 was also really neat because it flared repeatedly at irregular intervals because of its tumbling and relative orientation in the sky. Now I can see why all of you time satellite flashes! I'm not familiar or accurate enough yet to report the timings, but I'll try to do so in the future. Clear Skies, Russ Pinizzotto 40.35N 94.97W +-------------------------------------------------------+ ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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