From the Pawnee Grasslands near Briggsdale in Northern Colorado, I watched 20040 Superbird A with an 18 inch Newtonian from 0335 to 0350 UT. Between flashes it was faint but distinct at 100x. A very rough magnitude estimate is +14 between flashes, gradually dimmer toward the end of the interval but still visible. The 12th magnitude star adjacent to the Ring Nebula M57 was the reference I knew to check offhand, and Superbird A was about 2 magnitudes fainter. I think most observers could follow it with a scope with about 14 to 16 inch aperture, for some a 12 inch could do. Dan Laszlo Fort Collins CO +40.5 -105 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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/seesat/seesatindex.html
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