At 17:12 2/03/04, Ed Cannon wrote: >I've received word of two newly observed flashing, westward-drifting >geosynchs: > >93-072A, 22907, Gorizont 29 - flash period 79.36 seconds; discovered >by Mike Waterman, in England; may be visible now from eastern North >America. Gorizonts can be as bright as +4.5 but generally are more >like +5 at best. > >88-051C, 19217, PAS 1 - flash period about 34 (or 68) seconds; >discovered by Ron Welch, in Australia, with 7x35 binoculars; >brightest flashes possibly +4.5; possibly 10-12 minutes earlier >from night to night. I had already added PAS-1 to my list of geoflashers ( now 53 in number) but have just added gorizont 29, and updated the list at http://home.iprimus.com.au/aberesford/tle/geoflsh.txt The TLEs are updated Friday and Monday Tony Beresford ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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