Rainbow 1, milstar 1 and 6 satvideo, Satcom C1

From: Kevin Fetter (kfetter@yahoo.com)
Date: Mon May 12 2008 - 01:27:47 UTC

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    First time of the year, I was outside to observe. Was cool out, so had to go inside a few times to
    warm up.
    
    Rainbow 1, was easy to see on the tv. Using video camera at end of 4 ince scope.
    
    Area of sky
    
    RA (J2000.0): 17 01 34.88
    declination -06 44 11.1
    
    http://www.kfetter.com/satvideo/geosat/27852.wmv
    
    Milstar 1. Again using video camera at end of 4 ince scope.
    
    Area of sky
    
    RA (J2000.0): 16 44 59.84
    declination -00 36 52.9
    
    Milstar 6, passing by star. Wide feild used in this case.
    
    Area of sky
    
    Right ascension: 15h24m51.4348s
    Declination: -06 16' 48.084"
    
    Time was 6:14 UTC ( May 11 )
    
    Easy to see, in Binoculars. 
    
    Observed a few fainter flashes from Satcom C1, using video camera at end of 4 ince scope.
    
    http://www.kfetter.com/satvideo/flashing-geosat/20945-2.wmv
    
    Area of sky was
    
    16 h 05 m R.A
    -5 deg 58 min Dec
    
    Flashes looked different, then flashes I normally observed from this geo sat, recently when it was
    flashing nice and bright. 
    
    http://www.kfetter.com/satvideo/flashing-geosat/20945-3.wmv
    
    Kevin
    
    44.6062 N
    75.6910 W
    
    
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