Jeff Umbarger posted: >Based on seeing a local midnite double-geosat >flare last October, I predicted - based on the >anti-solar position - that I should see this same >event last night. And I did! Predictions for XM-1 and XM-2 about 1/10 of a degree apart for Jeff when he saw them: *** 2006 Feb 26 Sun morning *** Times are UT *** 26724 XM 2 01 12A HRS MIN ALT AZI HGT R A DEC 7 40 47 211 22242 10 12.9 -5.3 7 50 47 211 22242 10 22.9 -5.3 8 0 47 211 22242 10 32.9 -5.3 8 10 47 211 22242 10 42.9 -5.3 26761 XM 1 01 18A HRS MIN ALT AZI HGT R A DEC 7 40 47 211 22241 10 13.3 -5.3 7 50 47 211 22241 10 23.3 -5.3 8 0 47 211 22241 10 33.3 -5.3 8 10 47 211 22241 10 43.3 -5.3 About 7:54, these geosyncs were just "touching" the Earth's shadow as nearly opposite the sun that they can be without being inside the Earth's shadow. They will start being inside the Earth's shadow for about 10 minutes tonight and gradually go deeper and deeper as we approach the equinox. Mike McCants ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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