Dec 17, 2000 Temperature at 19f, wind chill even worse, tape recorder went on strike and pen froze up so no useful data recorded. Observed: Iridium 9 man, 24838, like the other tumblers a nice show a pair of -3.0 flashes on ascension around 40 and 55 elev. Other flashes ranging from -1.0 to 2.0 along zenith and on descent in the north. Iridium 911 tum, 24842, two good flashes also near -3.0 on ascension in the south around 45 elev and a lot of what appeared to be maxes at around 2.0 for the rest of the pass. Iridium 83, predicted -8.5 flare a no show :-( Clear and Dark Skies-------------------------------------------------- Jim Nix | Raleigh Springs #8936 35.2131N 89.9354W 90m -6.0 GMT | Lim Mag 7.0, Clear & Colder than a CENSORED in a brass etc. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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
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