worden@uts.cc.utexas.edu (Sue J. Worden) writes: > > Can a FAQ section provide annual updates of "predictions"? > I don't know what you mean by "annual updates of 'predictions'". > However, unless there is great interest on SeeSat-L in pursuing > this, I suggest that further discussion be continued on UseSat-L > and/or privately with the owners of section 10.3. I think I should have titled my message Perseid/Stellafane/NOSS FAQ. The point being that with 3 NOSS triplets now in orbit, there is an increased likelihood that unprepared observers will catch sight of them. During Perseid "week" there are hordes of these potential observers. Stellafane is one prominent gathering, but among many; from individuals to groups of hundreds. This year it seems that one or more of the triplets may well have been especially bright at one or more passages. Did any experienced observers estimate them in the 3rd or 4th magnitude range, or brighter? One report I saw said they were as bright as the faintest star in the Big Dipper. That would be Megrez, mag 3.44 or 3.33, depending on one's source. It may be that Perseid week would be a good time to distribute info about these triplets. I was half-serious about trying to figure out how to do that as a response to a flock of instances of a FAQ. Mike McCants forwards this: > USSPACECOM HAS CHANGED THE NAME OF OBJECT 23967 1996 042A, FROM > UHF F/OF7 TO UFO 7 (USA 127). Since when does the Air Force tell the Navy what the Navy's satellites are called? Cheers. Walter Nissen dk058@cleveland.freenet.edu --- If the night sky does not evoke primeval wonder from you, then your brain is not yet fully mature. Give it some exercise.