Hello, I stumbled across some interesting information about some specific satellite histories and info about their current magnitude etc. I suspect the info is old but may be useful in some ways and is informative. E.g. part of two excerpts: "Vanguard 1 is very faint visually, between tenth and fifteenth magnitude." "Centaur 2 is a very interesting satellite. It is tumbling with a period of 20 seconds, with a three magnitude swing from maximum to minimum." Has anyone on the list seen Vanguard 1 lately? I've tried but cannot see it here at 42 degrees N. Never has a good amount of altitude above the horizon for me. See: ORBITING EARTH SATELLITE HISTORIES [Submitted by Ron Baalke] http://bozo.lpl.arizona.edu/ftp/software/space/satelite.txt Tom Iowa USA ..... ----------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from SeeSat-L, send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@satobs.org List archived at http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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