I first observed the PAS 1R ( 26608 ) geo sat flare at around ( 3:04 UTC ) Jan 17. It was around 8 h 1 m R.A -6 deg 33 min Dec Then latter at around 7:38 UTC, I observed ANIK F1 ( 26624 ) also flaring. I didn't see the ANIK F1R parked beside it flare up. ANIK F1R is not a boeing HS702 series of satellite. I also didn't see the Galaxy 3C ( 27445 ) flare up either. Galaxy 3C is a boeing HS702 series of spacecraft, without the solar concentrators. PAS 1R has the solar concentrators, so did ANIF F1. So I beleive that the solar concentrators, are so far the source of the flares. I didn't see XM1 are XM2 flare up, they have the solar concentrators. They are more distant from me, so that has to be factored in. The orientation of the satellite, I would think would effect the flaring brightness. I plan to keep on oberving the HS702 series of satellite, to see what effect what the angle the sun to the satellite has. Interesting, at least to me While observing the geo sat's on the tv, I was talking to ted molzan using Skype http://www.skype.com/ Kevin __________________________________________________ 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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