Hi All, Went camping in the local mountains this past weekend, and got to see my first daytime Iridium flare of this year -- a brief -7 glint from Iridium 53 with the sun still a couple degrees above the horizon. Later the same night, saw a predicted -8 from Iridium 39 (though it was more like -6, in my estimation). Comet C/1999 S4 (LINEAR) was an easy binocular object below the Big Dipper, but not much to look at. Vesta was naked-eye visible -- the first asteroid I've seen naked eye! It's slowly fading in brightness now, so try it if you haven't seen it. With the moon no longer an issue, I hope to time some of the current crop of flashers (GEO and otherwise). --Rob ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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