At around 7:27 UTC ( Feb 15 ) Anik F1 ( 26624 ) was at it's brightest. It was brighter then mag 6 The sat was at 9 h 43 m R.A -6 deg 31 min Dec So it's flare, occured before it reached opposition for the night. XM-1 ( 26761 ) was the brighter sat, with XM-2 ( 26724 ) and XM-3 ( 29520 )being fainter, at 8:02 UTC ( Feb 15 ) Around 8:11 UTC, XM-3 flared up to the mag 6 range, being at opposition for the night, that area that is 12 hours difference in R.A from sun, ie 9 h 53 m R.A. It as much fainter before and after, it's short flare. XM-1 didn't experience a flare at the time, it was already bright. XM-1 got slightly brighter at that time. XM-3 had the biggest increasing in Brightness, of the 3 XM geo sat's. Got to like them Boeing HS702 spacecraft. Kevin 44.6062 75.6910 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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