A fellow sat observer, who lives near me, reported the following after I told him to go observe the Intelsat 1R ( 26608 ) geo sat. Wow! I had a look at Intelsat 1R last night, and what an amazing brightness for a GEO! What amazes me is that its brightness was so constant! After several minutes, it showed no signs of dimming! I also had a look at it through the eyepiece and was easily able to see the golden colour! I like where he say's " was easily able to see the golden colour! " :) Why because the sntenna's in this picture http://tinyurl.com/236wlb Are covered in something gold colour, possible kapton. So I was expecting some colour to be seen, if the antenna's where a possible cause to flares, and it has. My video camera, is black and white, so I only see a black and white view. I have seen at least one flash from a geo sat, that had colour to it. Don't remember which one. Only a theory, I had on a possible cause, ok. All I know, is this geo sat is oh so nice, to view :) Kevin __________________________________________________________________ Instant Messaging, free SMS, sharing photos and more... Try the new Yahoo! Canada Messenger at http://ca.beta.messenger.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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