thanks for the feedback :) At 11:47 8/22/2002 -0400, you wrote: >In a message dated 8/21/2002 05:02:12, astro@pgog.net writes: > > >easy... I looked the other night at 0230 ut and did > >not see it, and Ed said he saw it ok around 0330. > >looks like you saw it around 0449 ut. > >when does it start flashing? if you know ? > > > >Hi, > The simple answer to that question is I don't know.... I have only had >one opportunity to observe Gorizont 23 in the last few weeks simply because >there has been 100% cloud cover here apart from the one night I made my >observation. > > Gorizont 23 has generally been a reliable flasher, with the flashs being >visible for at least several hours on many occasions. However, at other times >of the year it is invisible. What happens is that the flashes are visible >over a zone of the earth, which varies with time of day and year. This >changes as a result the constantly changing sun-satellite-observer angle. For >some geoflashers it has been possible to determine the orientation of the >spin axis (eg. Superbird A) by timing the start and end points of the >flashes, although I don't know if this has been done for Gorizont 23. > > So if you want to observe Gorizont 23 keep trying. My guess is that the >flashes are visible later than you were observing, although that may also >depend on your observing latitude / longitude - the period of flash >visibility from my site may be different from your site (This was the case >for a series of observations myself and others made for Raduga 27 during >1999). > > Best wishes, > > Jason Hatton ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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