Last night (early January 13 UTC) Mike McCants and I and at least one other person saw Telstar 401 (93-077A, 22927) beginning at about 3:45:10. The first four flashes were without magnification. I last saw it with my binoculars at about 4:03:08, about 49 minutes earlier than three nights ago. This would make it 16-17 minutes earlier each night. At least three or four of the flashes were visible without magnification. Some Intelsat 502 (80-098A, 12089) flashes, at least +4 at brightest, were observed from about 4:00:50 to 4:18:32, with a period of about 264-265 seconds. In Mike McCants' telescope, a half-period tumble, and other ones, were visible, making it more interesting and not such a long wait. There were from a dark-sky site, at Canyon of the Eagles, Texas, 30.890N, 98.427W, 333m. Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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