Earlier tonight I was looking for Raduga 11 (82-113A, 13669) which Don Gardner reported some time ago. I saw something flashing about +5.5 every 13 seconds. That was Gorizont 15 (88-028A, 19017). After Mike got that one in his scope, he saw another flash very near it, and that was indeed Raduga 11, with a flash period of about 74 seconds. I could see it also with 10x50, probably also about +5.5 magnitude. I looked pretty hard for flaring geosats but did not see any. But I didn't have my usual wide-field binoculars; I got in a rush to leave and forgot to take my briefcase with me (with binoculars, Bright Star Atlas 2000, and red flashlight). So Mike loaned me the narrow-field 10x50 that I used for some time about nine years ago, along with a red flashlight and sky charts (but I ended up using my Herald-Bobroff atlas). I find that scanning for flaring geosats (along with aiming at the right spot for LEOs, etc.) is much easier with wide-field binoculars. It will be interesting to see what they may try to do with Arabsat. Congratulations to Kevin on seeing part of the launch sequence! Ed Cannon - Austin, Texas, USA __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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