Anthony Beresford asked: >has anybody seen >TIPS in last 3 weeks. I looked for it twice under >reasobable conditions( with 7x50's ) and saw nothing. I can't answer for the past three weeks, but Russell Eberst did observe it on 2 Nov 96. The elset for day 96338, which I posted on SeeSat-L earlier today, agreed very well with Russell's obs. I guess it was unusually faint when you were looking for it. Ted Molczan