Dear list, >Larry Wood asked: > >> McCants file had 12 NOSS triads listed. If looking in a pair >> of binoculars from the city how many are visible ? Ted replied: >The triads launched in the 1970's and 80's consisted of smaller >satellites, which could be seen using 11x80 binoculars. They too >occasionally were visible to the unaided eye. Most of those triads have >long ago drifted out of formation, but all of the individual members are >still tracked by hobbyists. Even 7x50 binoculars made it possible to me to see the 1st generation NOSS-trio's. I remember my very first NOSS-triad (76038) which I saw while not even knowing of the existence of such clusters. Bram Dorreman, COSPAR 4160 (Achel 1): 51° 16' 45.5" N (51.2793 N), 5° 28' 36.6" E (5.4768 E) ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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