Re: Geosat flare season

From: Ron Lee (ronlee@pcisys.net)
Date: Sat Aug 23 2003 - 22:24:39 EDT

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    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 
    
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