Ed Cannon said: >Last night by accident I saw a very bright flash (no binoculars). >This was not long after 10:00 PM >local time (3:00 UTC). It was LES 8 (73-023A, 08746). I had no luck with this one from Tulsa, tried till 10:15 local time. >AMC-16 (04-048A, 28472), a geosat, has been flaring to +3.5 magnitude near lambda Aquilae >Last night the satellite was equally bright as the star, and both were visible without binoculars in spite of the moonlight. I agree, saw it last night as: Click Time (UT) Mag RA Dec 1 - - - - bad click 2 2:30:00 - 19h08 -5.8 3 2:32:00 4.8 19h14 -5.8 4 2:33:42 4.0 19h16 -5.8 1x 5 2:35:00 - 19h18 -5.8 1x 6 2:36:30 3.7 19h20 -5.8 1x 7 2:38:00 - 19h22 -5.8 1x 8 2:39:00 5.0 19h25 -5.8 9 2:41:00 5.4 19h26 -5.8 10 2:43:00 6.2 19h28 -5.8 1x = naked eye although all positions and mags fron 10 x 50 observations. >I've been able to see XM-1 and XM-2 No luck for me, Ed, how bright, when? >Cosmos 2105 (90-099A, 20941) is still flashing very brightly high in the east Still no luck, I have yet to see a "12 hr orbit" sat. Ed, how long before shadow entry would you say it starts? Thanks for the heads up. Sad that max geosat season hits mid-30 latitudes at full moon, but looks like some are flaring bright enough to see anyway! Brad Young TULSA 1 COSPAR 8336 36.1397N, 95.9838W, 205m ASL ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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