First, to correct an error -- yesterday I wrote: > One of them seemed to match pretty well with GOES 12 I used the wrong date on that one (long story). It was really XM-1 (01-018A, 26761), which I saw again Thursday evening. The two that were visible without magnification earlier tonight were GE 3 (97-050A, 24936) again, in the three hours prior to shadow-entry area, and PAS 1R (00-072A, 26608), fairly low in the east in the shadow-entry area, +3.0 magnitude for several minutes before it rapidly faded from view. It's pretty neat to see, without magnification, an extra star and then watch it disappear. PAS 1R was by far the brightest object in its vicinity, about RA 0:40-50, Dec -5, until it faded. I also saw some that weren't so bright, including this close pair which is a few degrees east of PAS 1R: 23764 96-002A PAS 3R 25585 98-075A PAS 6R Besides GE 3 and XM 1 in the "three hours early" area, with the 8x42 I also saw what seemed to be GE 4 and GE 1, both visible at the same time, in the vicinity of 3 AQR (RA 20:47.3, Dec -5.0 [2000]). Both of them were at least as bright as that star, which is +4.4 I believe. There was a very good pass of Cosmos 2405 (04-020A, 28350). Iridium 914 (97-030A, 24836) has flashed nicely both evenings. Though the conditions were quite a bit better tonight, clouds showed up in force by about 9:35 PM, ending the session. I was again at the Ney site, 30.307N, 97.727W, 150m. 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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