Bob Hampton posted: >Monday night (Tue AM, 10/02/2007 about 04:00 UTC) I was watching >a group of three geosats I often observe. They are all 3 visible at once The three appear to be Galaxy 11 (26038, 99-71A), Nimiq 1 (25740, 99-27A) and DBS 1 (22930, 93-78A). Nimiq 1 and DBS 1 are close together. Galaxy 11 is about 0.1 degrees away. >was very obvious but B and C were not visible at all. Over the next hour >B and C slowly brightened into view (something else I've never seen It's time for "flaring geosyncs". :-) Ed was able to spot GE 1 (24315, 96-54A) naked eye (mag 4) about 03:05 UT (45 degrees from shadow entry?) and Echostar 3 (25004, 97-59A) naked eye (mag 3) about 03:13 UT last night (just before shadow entry). (Oct 3 UT) We saw 14 geosyncs last night. One of the most interesting was Brazilsat B1 (23199, 94-49A). It was rapidly varying from about magnitude 8 to magnitude 10. The period was about 2 seconds. This was just before shadow entry at 04:20 UT. This has been seen in the past and it is "normal" for the Brazilsats. Anik F1 (26644, 00-76A) and Anik F1-R (28868, 05-36A) are right next to each other. From past history, Anik F1 should be brighter. I suspect that the tles for these two objects got reversed when they first came close together. When GE 1 was seen very bright the night before last (Oct 2 UT), Spaceway 1 was seen at mag 12 and DirectTV 10 was seen at mag 12.5 right next to it. Observations from BCRC (30.3N, 97.9W). Mike McCants Austin, TX ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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