Mike McCants called me last night and gave me estimated data for two passes. The first pass was afflicted by very poor sky conditions in which the seven Big Dipper stars were not visible without binoculars, and I could not see any other stars in the general vicinity other than Cor Caroli. I looked at least two (maybe three) minutes early and five minutes late but did not see any satellites. However that could have been the poor sky. On the second pass the sky was not so bad and the pass was estimated to go near some easy stars in Canis Minor. I had intended to look earlier this time but it turned out that again I looked at least two minutes early to four (maybe five) minutes late with 8x42 but did not see any satellites. I would have kept watching a few more minutes but was politely run off from the location by local law enforcement, since the park officially had closed at 10 PM. Ed Cannon - Austin, Texas, USA _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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