Superbird - S.W. US Flash observation times?

Robert Smathers (roberts@nmia.com)
Thu, 8 Apr 1999 21:43:03 -0600 (MDT)

I'm having the worst of luck finding Superbird.  I"ve gone out 2 or
3 nights over the last week and I just don't see it.

I've been checking about 3:15-3:20UTC (and tonight April 9th 03:20UTC)
I looked around alpha Hudra as it was supposed to be around that and
I didn't see it.

So what is the current good flash time for superbird, about what star
is it near, and what's the daily time correction for the best flashes?
Several programs give different ra/dec (for my location) so it's hard
to get a good grasp on what stars to look around.  Alpha Hydra was
pretty close to both programs so that's what I used tonight.

Thanks for any help - I'd like to see it in my binoculars before this
current set of good flashes go away.

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