Well, USA 129 was right on the money. I have no idea why I thought it was off.. Seriously.. Not a clue.. Anywho.. There were at least five big bright sats before it, one of which was Iridium 80 with a bright flare.. Iridium 80 was closely followed by some other naked eye sat.. This sat followed nearly an identical path of a big bright sat, that at 4:18 UT was about 10 degrees below Arcturus (in an ALT AZ view). It was a definite WOW! After months of not doing much, tonight's hour was just great. Perfect sky. A little cold and windy, but there were a lot of sats in a short period.. Both USA 129 and OTV-1 passed by M13, first time this year that's been seen.. OTV was around mag 2.5 on a 88 degree pass.. Had a couple bats mowing the sky.. Earlier today a huge swarm of bees (500 bees?) flew across the driveway 50 feet from the front door, circling a 10ft diameter tornado.. Just a great day.. I did miss Lacrosse 5 in a sky way to bright to even see the Big Dipper.. Bring on tomorrow, and it's 12 degree jump in temperature! Derek -----Original Message----- From: seesat-l-bounces+breit_ideas=poyntsource.com@satobs.org [mailto:seesat-l-bounces+breit_ideas=poyntsource.com@satobs.org] On Behalf Of Derek C Breit Sent: Friday, May 28, 2010 9:35 PM To: SeeSat-L Subject: Check USA 129 I just saw it.. Around 1 second late, but off track.. Maybe over 1/2 a deg.. (Not enough Binoc FOV practice..) It is (or was) quite a festival of bright satellites! More in awhile.. Have Binoc / Stopwatch timing coming, but the Spaceplane is coming first.. Derek _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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