Thanks to Ed and all who have discussed the NOSS trios... great tips. I didn't know that they were available through Heaven's Above nor did I know that the magnitudes were so dim on most of them! The last time I saw a trio was about four years ago traversing Cygnus and the magnitude was at least 2 or better. This was an amazing site and one of my most exciting passes to date. Now that I know that Heaven's-Above carries the pass info, I'll start looking there for some good ones. Clear skies and bright passes, Penny Fischer-Otte 40.297N -74.359W ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Manager, Space Forum http://www.forumsamerica.com/space Monmouth Mobile Observer's Group Monmouth County, New Jersey http://www.monmouth.com/~govega/mmogindex.htm Penny Fischer's Astronomy Page http://www.monmouth.com/~govega *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ > -----Original Message----- > From: Ed Cannon [mailto:edcannonutaustin@netscape.net] > Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 12:26 AM > To: SeeSat-L@blackadder.lmsal.com > Subject: RE: NOSS Trio > > > [Please note this is sent from a secondary account, a one-day address.] > > Regarding the list of NOSS trios on Heavens-Above, it's worth > mentioning (even perhaps via subscription from a secondary account?) > that you need to keep in mind that that the three trios called > NOSS 2-1, 2-2, and 2-3 are significantly brighter than all of the > older payloads (and the *newer* ones are usually +5 or fainter). > Also, most of the older trios are not in formation any longer. So > in general the best bet is to look for the three newer trios. All > three triangles fit within the 6-degree field of view of my > binoculars. One of the new trios is very closely packed, perhaps > about two degrees. The few of the older ones that I've seen have > almost all been with Mike McCants' telescope -- and of course then > only one at a time as even with the ones still in formation, the > whole formation will by no means fit within a one-degree or smaller > field of view. One time I have seen one of the NOSS 8 objects > flare to one-power brightness; I'm not sure I've ever seen any of > the older ones with my (handheld) binoculars. > > Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA > [The Netscape address is temporary!] > > __________________________________________________________________ > Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Webmail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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