Last night was the second great night in a row. Mike McCants recovered 97-68B (25035, USA 136 Centaur) as it was coming north from perigee. I was able to find it in my binoculars, about +6 I guess. It's still flashing <grin>. I don't know the exact numbers, but it was several (possibly up to ten) minutes early on this elset: Centaur Rk 1 25035U 97068B 99016.92061084 .00000000 00000-0 00000+0 0 02 2 25035 64.5800 281.1640 7023000 265.4800 94.1617 2.02916000 07 A number of other fun things were observed. There was a one- power flare, about +2 when I first saw it just north of the bowl of the Big Dipper (UMa). It lasted for several seconds around 5:02 on 16 July UTC, and that appears to have been SPOT 2 (20436, 90-5A). A series of one-power flashes from that one's younger sibling, SPOT 3. Very nice -5 or -6 flare by Iridium 63 at about 3:32:52, as predicted by Iridflar. Additional observations of 99001. I happened to point my binoculars just right to see a +3 or +4 eastbound meteor streak through the field! I also saw a one-power meteor about +1. Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA