Last night toward the end of the session I thought I'd look for 90007, to see if it might be flashing. After 30 or 40 seconds there was a flash. The next flash was 61 seconds later. That matched what we had seen on November 5 from Canyon of the Eagles. I had predictions for Italsat 1 as well as 90007 but had not realized that they were almost in the same place because the predictions were on two different pages. Mike got it in the telescope, and it appeared to match Italsat 1's position quite well. This one appears to have a fairly short flash episode and so ramps up and then down quickly. I believe the brightest flash would have been visible without binoculars. I got times on it from 4:00 to 4:15 UTC, when it was at about RA 0:41 to 0:56, Dec -11.7 to -11.3 (2000). Saw Telstar 401 from about 2:33 to 3:00 UTC on November 20 (8:33 to 9:00 PM Nov 19 CST) -- eight flashes seen without binoculars (2:39 to 2:50). Mike got Gorizont 7 (83-066A, 14160) in the scope. It was too faint for my binoculars. It was reported by Mike Waterman last May. The flash period tonight was under 82 seconds (accelerated a bit from end of May.) For those who can image very faint things with CCD, Venus Express was added to the NASA Horizons Ephemeris Generator some days ago. Good luck! Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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