First evening in a while! Lots of clouds recently. NOAA 8 (13923) 83- 22 A 05-01-08 01:03:49 EC 63.4 0.2 6 10.56 -2.0->i Gorizont 16 (19397) -- seen as unid (didn't have geosynch predictions) 88- 71 A 05-01-08 01:22:23 EC 949.5 0.2 9 105.50 +5.5->i From last month: Eutelsat 2-F1 (20777) 90- 79 B 04-12-12 04:09:22 EC 981.2 0.2 36 27.25 +2.5->i Iridium 95 "?" (02-005D, 27375) flared on time but MMA flare was much brighter than predicted while solar panel flare about right. This one's flares were only a minute or two after those from Iridium 32 (97-051B, 24945) January 8 UTC: Comet C/2004 Q2 (Machholz) was faintly visible without magnification. Location for above was BCRC, 30.315N, 97.866W, 280m; location for below was Ney Museum site, 30.307N, 97.727W, 150m. TDF 2 (20705) -- fast, bright double maxima but faded fast (Flashes maybe 20-25 minutes later each night? Got predictions for it and Superbird A after going home from BCRC.) 90- 63 A 05-01-08 03:43:28 EC 176.8 0.2 8 22.11 +4.5->i some doubles Superbird A (20040) 89- 41 A 05-01-08 03:38:55 EC 412.1 0.2 37 11.14 +4.0->i Due to retirement of a server, I had to move my web page; the new location is: http://web.austin.utexas.edu/edcannon/satellite.htm Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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