Thanks Mike for the info. I'll try to get better position infomation tonite but clouds are moving in as you may be aware. Question: What do you believe the geographic extent of the visibility of this event? And which way does it move night after night - north or south? - Jeff --- Mike McCants <mmccants@io.com> wrote: > 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 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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