Observed from the Ney Museum grounds: 30.307N, 97.727W, 150m; May 18, 2006 UTC -- beautiful weather: 98-007A, 25157, GFO 10:12:55.2 RA 21:18.85 Dec +11.2 94-017B, 23031, USA 102 - some brilliant flashes before this -- 10:27:32.3 RA 22:24 Dec +12.0 Two northbound ones crossed with it along its track. I also got two clicks on USA 3 but am too tired right now to try to ID the stars.... Earlier this morning also I saw what I believe is the first flashing satellite that I ever saw, one that Mike McCants showed me from his driveway one evening about this time in 1996. It was Tiros N (78-096A, 11060) -- still flashing very nicely. Wednesday evening Mike had predictions for Vanguard 3 (59-007A, 00020), and with difficulty I was able to spot it with my 8x42 binocular -- certainly the oldest one I've seen with any of my handheld binoculars. I had a prediction for Explorer 8 (60-014A, 00060) and was able to see it as well. 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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