> It's good that you report your times in UT, but so there's > no confusion it's also good to include "UT" with your times. > In this case, the UT can be assumed since at 08:37 local, you > wouldn't be able to see a 4th magnitude satellite. noted.... > > ..., in SE, moderately high in sky (don't know the elevation, > since I was > > observing in binoculars, and it is somewhat hard to estimate > elevation in > > binoculars). > > The satellite you saw would have been flashing (if you followed > it long enough), as this was Iridium 27 (#24947). Yes, I only followed it for ten seconds at the most. I was trying to see Comet Linear, which has so far eluded my light-polluted eyes. Just curious, what is Iridium 27's flash period (and may I also assume that this is a defunct satellite?) ? > > 10 July 2001: 0822: Mag +2 satellite, 40 deg. altitude, > traveling SW to > S. > > Cosmos 1063 (#11155). I can send you SkyMap .CFG files showing > each of these cases if you like. --Rob I'd like that - but what will the files do for me? Show me a graphical representation of their passes (I would imagine) ? ------------------------------ Jonathan T. Wojack tlj18@juno.com 39.706d N 75.683d W 4 hours behind UT (-4) ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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