>You know that several times I had the opportunity to observe geostat sats >accidentally. >A friend of mine has a 500 mm telescope. If we aim it south at -7 deg declination, >wow! >As his mount is not motorized, and as magn. 16 stars are easily visibles, >it's a game to "walk" a little and to survey the stars which seem to "move". >Amazing, but it's allways the star with no motion in the field which seems to >be moving... >It's a question of references and of perception. >Several geostat. sats are flashing. >Actually, theire magnitude generally varys of several magnitudes within >one minute. >Most of them are between 13 and 15 magn. >They are all in a very narrow band. >Michel Saint-Laurent My pleasure, avec plaisir, Alphonse alphonse.pouplier@skynet.be http://users.skynet.be/alphonse/ Main coord.: Wepion (Belgium) +50d25m27s 4d51m42s East phone: ..32 (0)81 460122 fax : ..32 (0)81 460567 Aux. coord.: Esparron de Verdon (France) +43d44m19s 5d58m12s East phone: ..33 (0)4 92 771407