Regarding Superbird A, Jim Varney wrote: > I'm in Northern California about 400 miles to the north. The show = started > about 4 minutes earlier (4:03) and I saw it start flashing *below* = delta > Mon and watched it drift past and above the star. Interesting how a = few > hundred miles on the ground can make an observable difference for an > object at GEO heights. Yes -- I compared tracks for our two locations -- the track shifts = crosstrack to the south (of course) when I switch to your northern location. And = since the flashes are walking across the western U.S. from NW to SE, you see the flashes 2 1/2 minutes earlier than I do (which shifts your flashes to the west in the sky). Here are a few scattered times for tonite's flashes for those interested: Wednesday evening, April 29th ----------------------------------------- San Fran - 9:07pm PDT Santa Barbara - 9:09pm PDT Los Angeles, Las Vegas and Salt Lake City - 9:10pm PDT Denver, Colorado Springs - 10:11:30 PDT Phoenix - 10:12pm MDT Albuquerque - 10:13pm MDT Dallas/Ft. Worth - 10:15pm MDT Houston - 10:16pm MDT I'm going to try to track Superbird A's flashes as long as possible to = come up with the best possible solution for the return of flashes in South = Africa and Europe this summer. The region over which flashes are visible is shrinking, cut off to the east by low elevation, and cutoff to the west = by twilight. For this reason Hawaii misses out (except in strong twilight), though some south Pacific islands could continue to "carry the torch" for us. There will also be a very brief window, perhaps a week or two, that portions of Australia and New Zealand will have marginal opportunities. I'll try to post some predictions here soon. --Rob