Last year Rainer Kresken posted info on seeing GEOSATS flaring just prior to Earth shadow entry. The link is below: http://www2.satellite.eu.org/sat/seesat/Sep-1999/0002.html The dates as a function of latitude are below and we are approaching that time for the northern hemisphere. latitude optimum date (Day/month) -80 01/09 -60 04/09 -40 09/09 -20 15/09 0 23/09 +20 30/09 +40 07/10 +60 12/10 +80 15/10 I am at +39 degrees and saw several in binoculars on 6 Oct 99 and 27 in an 8" telescope on 12 Oct 99 so you do have some time around each of his dates. Reference my previous posts: http://www2.satellite.eu.org/sat/seesat/Oct-1999/0054.html http://www2.satellite.eu.org/sat/seesat/Oct-1999/0161.html Ron Lee ----------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from SeeSat-L, send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@satobs.org List archived at http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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