Hi All, For the last couple nights I decided to try acquiring some of the oldest rocket bodies in orbit. Despite the gibbous moon and some haze, I was successful "bagging" four of them. Transit 2A R/B (#00047, 1960-007C) made a near zenith pass Wednesday night at magnitude 5.0 (6.2 predicted). This is a solid magnitude measurement thanks to a pair of stars that the rocket body passed between. Others may want to consider brightening the Molczan standard magnitude for this object from +6.5 to +5.3 as I have. Tougher than this satellite was Transit 4B R/B (#00204, 1961-031C), which only made it to magnitude 6 (in agreement with prediction). Cosmos 44 R/B (#00877, 1964-053B) was easier. I got a nice stellar reference for this pass, and the predicted magnitude agreed well with what I observed (mag 5). Tuesday night I observed Transit 5B-6 R/B (#01428, 1965-048B) make a zenith pass at magnitude +5.3 (1.0 mag brighter than predicted). Again I used two stellar references for matches, one magnitude 5.33, the other 5.26, so I have high confidence in the measurement. I brightened up the Molczan magnitude for this object from 6.5 to 5.5. --Rob