Derek wrote: >But do I need to track along the edge of Earth's Shadow, or will (generally) they flare anywhere along the line, and therefore I can just watch the >Sword? No. You need to track along the edge of the shadow, which for the spring season, will range from eastern Hydra to western Virgo, changing 1 degree each night. Follow that shadow across the sky from east to west during the night. The sats located all along the belt will flare up (I think Ed described it once as a string of pearls) because the sats are stationary, and the shadow is moving. Stay about 5 degrees either side of the shadow, also - the sats are brightest just before they enter the shadow (except for the ones Ed, Kevin, and Bjorn mentioned off about 45-60 degrees). I wish the geosat flare area was in Orion - how convenient. But it will be about 6000 years before precession brings it there. And there may not be any geosats by then. But I'll bet there'll still be Feng-Yun debris :O) TULSA 1 COSPAR 8336: +36.128, -95.988, 650ft ASL ACT Observatory COSPAR 8335: +35.8311, -96.1411, 1100ft ASL Adams Ranch COSPAR 8337: +36.937, -96.65, 700ft ASL Kenton, OK COSPAR 8338: +36.8978, -102.9522, 4400ft ASL ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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