Hi all, I was wondering if it was possible to predict the orientation of NanoSail-D in space? Would it be tumbling in space and therefore there might be a chance of random flares? Regards, Paul Floyd. www.nightskyonline.info On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 6:05 AM, Djlaszlo <djlaszlo@aol.com> wrote: > Thanks for the confirmation. I've been mulling over your obs and the > dance with twilight this month. It seems likely we are we are straining > to see a large but backlit object with these passes. I don't get good > phase angles for sunset passes until February. I ran Calsky looking > for solar and lunar transits. No luck in next 2 weeks. However, the > NanoSail twitter feed mentioned Iridium sats . . . perhaps someone can > catch NanoSail D with a daytime flare. If the clouds don't roll in, I > have a 70 degree pass at sunset Jan 22, worth scanning the track with > eyes and binoculars, who knows? ;-) Dan Laszlo, Ft Collins CO USA > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Brad Young <allenb_young@yahoo.com> > To: seesat-l@satobs.org > Sent: Fri, Jan 21, 2011 8:05 pm > Subject: Re: NanoSail-D not seen > > _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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