24836, Iridium 914 97- 30 A 03-04-29 02:34:19.0 EC 44.6 0.3 5 8.9 0->inv 23323, IRS-P2 (many secondaries were visible) 94- 68 A 03-04-29 03:18:51.0 EC 115.3 0.3 10 11.53 +1->inv 27006, Meteor 3M-1 Rk 01- 56 F 03-04-29 04:41:58.0 EC 40.6 0.4 4 10.2 asymm 2ndary 06797, Intelsat 4-7 Rk 73- 58 B 03-04-15 03:59:33.0 EC 171.7 0.3 52 3.30 22997, Shi Jian 4 Rk; easy to see in twilight without binoculars, range 1600 km; difficult to time -- broad maxima 94- 10 C 03-04-15 01:41:13.0 EC 204.7 5.0 28 7.3 +2->inv asymm 2ndary On April 29 UTC the NOSS 2-2 trio went right over Pollux (beta Gem) and were easy to see with my 10x50s at a range of over 1900 km. I clicked the leader close to the star at about 4:29:45.75. This was from right outside my apartment: 30.3086N, 97.7279W, 150m. NOSS 2-2 has been visible without binoculars on some of the current southbound passes -- wish weather would be more cooperative. Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, 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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