I went to Big Bear City, CA, to see Comet 1999 S4 (LINEAR) which looked good in the morning sky. Could see it in 7x50 binoculars, and it had a well-defined 30' tail looking like a comet "should" look! See www.skypub.com for finder charts & more info. My observing sessions were short, and I was mainly looking at Uranus / Neptune / Vesta (evening with a bright moon) or the comet (morning). All these dates are local. In the evening of Saturday 7/8 I saw 23405 Cosmos 2297 r. In the morning of Sunday 7/9 I saw 23954 GPS 2-26 r1 & 03598 OAO 2 r. Iridium 55 was meant to flare to mag -1 but I didn't see it. In the evening of Sunday 7/9 I didn't have printed predictions and just watched the sky. Saw 25310 Globalstar 6 r, 22285 Cosmos 2227 r, & Cosmos 2360 r on a southbound pass, reached mag 2 shortly before eclipse Best, Mark ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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