Gorizont 23 easy in 8x42

From: Ed Cannon (ecannon@mail.utexas.edu)
Date: Sun Jan 11 2004 - 18:10:39 EST

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Last night I was able easily to see Gorizont 23 (91-046A, 
21533) easily with my new 8x42.  It flashes every 58 seconds.  
Superbird A (89-041A, 20040) was even easier of course.  It 
flashed pretty near a +5.8 star at about 1:31.4, -7.8 (2000), 
a few minutes before 4:00 UTC.  I didn't have predictions 
for it but knew pretty well where to look, and having the 
8-degree FOV of the 8x42 is helpful.

NOAA 6 (79-057A, 11416) did at least a couple of -1 or -2 
double flashes, plus it crossed Mars.

BCRC site: 30.315N, 97.866W, 280m.

Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA

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