NOSS 2-2 (91-076 C, D, and E; 21799, 21808, 21809) was/were *easily* visible without binoculars earlier tonight (about 04:44-45 June 21 UTC), right up until they disappeared into the Earth's shadow. This was a great pass, but it would have been awesome without the moonlight. I can understand why people who don't know about them get excited when they see them by accident. Before them, with some difficulty I managed to find NOSS 2-1 (90-050 C, D, and E; 20691, 20692, 20642) with binoculars. These observations were from E. Ney Musuem grounds, 30.307N, 97.727W, 150m. Superbird A (89-041A, 20040) has been nice in binoculars lately in spite of the moonlight. Usually I've been able to time it for about six minutes -- tonight from about 3:51:43 to 3:57:58. 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/sat/seesat/seesatindex.html
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