For those in the western hemisphere who like flashing geosynchs, Gorizont 14 (87-040A, 17969), I was able to find it pretty easily with my binoculars last night (Aug 23 UTC). It was flashing to about +4.5 with a period of just under 88 seconds. (I haven't gotten my data from my new stopwatch yet.) I tried unsuccessfully to see 26889 "Unknown" last night (didn't yet know it was SimpleSat). Progress M-45 (01-036A, 26890) was about +3.5, fairly easy to see at one-power from suburban location: 30.315N, 97.866W, 280m. It was great to get to show STS-105 and ISS to one of my aunts on Sunday evening! On another of her visits to San Antonio, I showed her HST, and it flared for us. Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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