A couple of very good, really low passes observed: Last night (00:36 UTC 17 Dec), Globalstar 29 Soyuz Rk (25965, 99-62E) went over here at about 245-250 km height and was at least +1. It was tumbling slowly. We have another good pass of this object tonight. This morning (12:42 UTC), COMETS H-2 Rk (25176, 98-11B) made a late twilight pass (solar elev. -7 deg.) at about 221 km. It was very bright, possibly +0. Also, as it continued towards the east, at about 12:42:10 (or 20 or 40 -- can't read my notation) it suddenly flashed to about -2 (with Venus nearby for comparison). I've seen bright flashes from H-2s before, and I'm pretty sure that they have a large flat surface where the payload interfaces with the launch vehicle. Last night and this morning I managed to see five Iridium flares, all pretty much as predicted: numbers 82?, 41, 80, 75, and 70. Three of them (#s 82?, 75, and 70) flared to very nice negative magnitudes. Non-observation: Last night there was a low pass (about 310-315 km) of GPS 2-18 Rk (#22448, 93-7C) with predicted Quicksat magnitude of +3.3, and I was not able to see it at one-power. Apparently it is a PAM and is not a very bright object. Locations were all from roughly 30.31N, 97.73W, 150m. Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA http://wwwvms.utexas.edu/~ecannon/satellite.htm ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html