Upon shadow exit a few minutes ago, Zvezda was much brighter than Vega, at least -1. Jupiter and Saturn were behind me for much of the pass, but I don't think it was a bright as Jupiter. As it went just left of Cassiopeia, it was much brighter than any of that constellation's stars, probably still about +1. The close positioning of Jupiter, Saturn, Pleiades, and Aldebaran is a striking sight! Right after Zvezda I observed NOSS 2-3 triangle in binoculars but was very distracted by nearby lights shining in my eyes. Observing location: 30.3086N, 97.7279W, 150m. Last night once again USA 86 eluded Mike McCants and me. He was using his finder scope (wider field of view) this time. I didn't really expect to see it low in the west in twilight with my handheld binocs but looked for it anyway. A couple of weeks ago Rob Matson mentioned the asteroid Vesta, and last night it was still easy to see in my 10x50 binocs. Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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