Early am - Lacrosse 3 r Tuesday 8/3 Am

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Hi folks:

       Woke up early and is my morning 'ritual' of scanning the Southern
Sky for 47 Tuc  before heading for work. Today within seconds of
sweeping in region near 47 Tuc - a bright rudy-color north bound
satellite entered my binos 7 1/2 degree FOV fields.  Took two bearings -
Beta3 Tucana ( 06hr 15 min 54sec ) and  near alpha Eridanus ( 06hr16min
32sec).

       Back at work,using SkyMap and latest TLE from Mike's site the
satellite was identified to be Lacrosse3 r with predicited mag of +2.7.
- Another chance encounter of old 'friend'.

p/s 47 Tuc at DEC -74 is the brightest globular cluster in the sky.

        rgds
    ykchia

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