>I have seen one at apogee (with an 8" telescope). >I wonder if they would be visible to the naked eye, >and moving very quickly....near perigee. > >Since I live at 40 deg north latitude, I won't be able >to do it. Perhaps Tony might give it a try some night. > >Ron Lee On december 16 1995 at 21:15 UT, a group of astronomers located in Spa +50d29m 005d34m EAST were observing M36 when they saw magn. 5.5 flashes every 20 sec. They phoned me the day after and I could identify it as being a Molniya (Norad# 14313). This was cofirmed by Mike Mc Cants. The parameters were: 83090 A 1 14313U 83090 A 95335.39219522 .00001427 00000-0 10000-4 0 5445 2 14313 64.1207 58.7228 7276808 254.1181 21.1777 2.00989968 38823 My pleasure, avec plaisir, Alphonse URL:http://users.skynet.be/alphonse/ Wepion +50d25m27s 4d51m42s East. Parfois: Esparron +43d44m18s 5d58m12s Il existe une liste astro-satellites-informatique EN FRANCAIS. Pour s'inscrire, TEXTE:subscribe alphonse ADRESSE:listbot@interlink-bbs.com