Hope Ed doesn't mind , but I would just like to add , for anyone who doesn't know what to expect , .... I have a couple of videos of two major groups of satellites over Europe , flaring and then going into earth shadow. Some minutes later the satellites re-appear. The first one covers the Astra birds at 19 degs east ( seven of them ) http://mysite.freeserve.com/satcom_transits/astrashadowa.gif The second , the five Hotbirds at 13 degs east. http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/satcom_transits/hbshadow.gif As these are made up of frames taken over a long period , you'll also see how the geos move in orbit. Finally , there are more images and videos of geostationary birds at http://www.satcom.freeserve.co.uk/geos.htm Regards, John From: "Ed Cannon" <ecannon@mail.utexas.edu> Subject: Flaring geosat season > Long-timers know about this. For newcomers (if there are any > anymore), in the next couple of months (exactly when depends > on your latitude) there is the opportunity to observe much > more easily than usual quite a few operational geostationary > satellites. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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