Our weather has been cloudy for a couple of nights, allowing a little chance to try to catch up on attempting some identifications. Below is a list of the best candidates for the geosynchs I was able to see with handheld 10x50 binoculars on October 5 UTC (last Wednesday PM local time). They are listed by rough right ascension for the ones I saw at a given position. The declination for all was very near -5 (2000). Galaxy 7 and Galaxy 11 are very close together, but I only saw one of them (at a time). The pair I saw, with the fainter one leading, appear to have been 20872 and 20876, SBS 6 and Galaxy 6. RA 21:00, 21:18 and/or 21:21 (11, 15, and/or 16 AQR) 21906 92-013A Galaxy 5 24936 97-050A GE 3 25152 98-006A Brasilsat B3 26038 99-071A Galaxy 11 or 22205 92-072A Galaxy 7 RA 21:40-45 23199 94-049A Brasilsat B1 24714 97-002B Nahuel 1 A RA 22:55-23:04 20873 90-091B Galaxy 6 or 20872 90-091A SBS 6 (only one) 23199 94-049A Brasilsat B1 25152 98-006A Brasilsat B3 26038 99-071A Galaxy 11 or 22205 92-072A Galaxy 7 RA 00:00-00:10 20876 90-091B Galaxy 6 and 20872 90-091A SBS 6 (both, as a pair) 23670 95-049A Telstar 402R 25152 98-006A Brasilsat B3 26038 99-071A Galaxy 11 or 22205 92-072A Galaxy 7 There was one other one for which I can't quite figure out my diagram. I'm still undecided as to whether to just keep checking only one position through the whole session, or to scan several asterisms along the declination. But even more, I wonder if in two weeks I'll be able to see any of them with binoculars.... 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://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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