there's milstar 6 on the tv screen again:) It around 22 h 42 m declination -03 deg 28 sec That geo sat is so fun to watch, nice and bright. I tried looking at galaxy 11 nearby, and it could see it. Strange I have seen it before. So this flaring to me, has to be caused by the main body of the satellite. Solar panels causing it, I have a tough time beleiving that. This is based on lots of observing of milstar 6, and trying to see any other geo sat's in my 70 mm refractor. Considering atlas centaur's have a metal surface, and they get bright when they reflect sunlight my way, why not from the main body of the satellite which is covered in kapton, a good light reflector. Kevin __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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