Hi All, Brian Hunter wrote: > Talk about ironic! > I observed 1990 77A on Saturday night but was not sure of its identity. > I observed both objects ( 1990 77A and 1992 21C ) last night and had > not had time to report. ;-( This is getting creepy. I was out Sunday night getting ready to observe a pass of Cosmos 2335, when I spotted a single bright flash (mag 1) near theta-Ceti, on the Saturn-side of the star. Certain I'd seen a satellite glint, I waited for another 60 seconds (counting in my head) for a repeat, but didn't see one. If only I'd been patient enough to wait 90 seconds! I though IDing the satellite wouldn't be too difficult because I had kept track of the time to the nearest minute (1:41 UTC on 12/14), and had a pretty good fix on the location. But when I ran SkyMap Monday morning, I found to my dismay that the flash had occurred smack in the middle of the geosynch band, and that at leat three satellites could have been responsible: Telstar 402R (#23670, 95049A), Molniya 1-78 (#20742, 90071A) and ... whatdayaknow, Yuri 3A (#20771, 90077A)! So thank you Brian and Mike for posting your observations! I couldn't have ID'd the sat without you. You can be certain I'll be looking for it again tonite! > Is it time for Rob Matson to predict a rotation axis? Give me your dates/times, folks, and I'll give it a hack! --Rob P.S. Nice Geminid show! Saw 88 meteors in a 1-hour period Sunday night.