Re: geo sat obs

From: Kevin Fetter (kevin_fetter@hotmail.com)
Date: Thu Nov 08 2001 - 00:10:02 EST

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Ok That was easy :)

I went for the nimiq 1 and galaxy 11 satellites. I easily saw both. Using a 
passage by a certain star, galaxy 11 was around mag +9. Now I say I did see 
26608 PamAmSat 1R. So they were around mag +9 when I saw them. So I know of 
three bright and easy to see geo sat:)

Neat to see two bright geo sats in the same field of view.
Nimiq 1 was the leader, followed by galaxy 11. Makes me happy to know nmiq 1 
is a canadian company satellite, since I live in canada.

One very happy geo sat observer. Thats four so far in one night. Now to find 
some more and see how bright they are.
Now to calculate when they will be oposite the sun and compare the 
brightness at that time to other times.



Kevin


From: Ron Lee <ronlee@pcisys.net>
To: SeeSat-L@satobs.org
Subject: Re: geo sat obs
Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2001 19:57:34 -0700


Congrats.  Now try some of the closely spaced satellites
such as the Dish Network satellites or Molniya's near
apogee.

Ron Lee

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