After only a couple of weeks, Insat 2D (97-027B, 24820) is already back in view for North America. The last time it was here, on two nights in a row (Oct 17 and 18) I saw it flashing in the general vicinity of iota Ceti (2000 RA 0h 19.5m, Dec -8.8). Its flash period was about 72 seconds, and the brightest maxima were about +3 -- brighter than iota Ceti. I was able to see it for up to 40 minutes on Oct. 18 before it got too faint but did not see the beginning of its flash window on either night. It moves from west to east a lot from night to night and is only in the sky for a few nights at a time. Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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