At 00:38 25/11/00 , Brierley David wrote: >Mark > >It would be a great help if you could give approximate RA and Dec for >your two sightings, and whether you're using epoch 1950.0 or 2000.0. >It's OK to refer to the brightest stars by name, but for one I haven't a >clue what Benetnasch is, and I've been in astronomy since 1957. True enough. Benetnasch is according to R.H. Allen ( Starnames: their Lore and meaning ), eta Ursa Majoris, more commonly called Alkaid. I come up with #18339 87 74F for Mark's first flash, and #24286 96 49B for his second. Tony Beresford ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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