Site: 79d 22' 04" W, 43d 42' 19" Equipment: Celestron Nexstar 8 GPS NexRemote laptop interface SatelliteTracker v2.3.8d Celestron .63 reducer Adirondack StellaCam EX I observed Gravity Probe B from 08:27:14UT to 08:34:10UT and observed no unusual brightness variations. Appeared to be about magnitude 3.5 at closest. An e-mail from Kevin Fetter suggested this might be an interesting one to check out, and after all GP-B is one of the more noteworthy recent launches, whether it flares or not. Also one flyover is not enough to prove it doesn't flare. Astrometry was right on the money. Temptation presented itself in the form of a very nice ISS flyover. 1 28230U 04014A 04192.37868953 .00000320 00000-0 44788-4 0 675 2 28230 90.0033 163.2101 0001615 36.5608 323.5733 14.75617721 11893 Conditions: Transparency 2/5, Seeing 2/5, under a light-polluted predawn sky (Sun -11.6d altitude) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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