A report from two years ago of a very slow flashing satellite (period about 43 seconds, magnitude +4.5 more or less, from about 2:00-2:20 UTC, when it grew too faint, observing site about 40.0N, 88.6W) seems like it might match fairly well with 80-004A, 11669, Fleetsatcom 3. The observer had been looking for/at Uranus at about that time. The satellite is currently at about longitude 110.6 west and drifting very slowly eastward. I plan to try to see it as soon as weather permits. We had a few days of bad haze and air pollution and now have had two days of clouds with some rain. Of course telescopic observing is more efficient than my (current) handheld 10x50s. 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://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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