Re: Superbird A for Thursday night, Nov. 1st

From: Jim Nix (nixj@bellsouth.net)
Date: Sat Nov 03 2001 - 15:43:58 EST

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    Hi,
    
        Does the flash window for peak flash times move west or east and at what rate?
    I seem to recall from last year that it moves west at about 4d per diem?
    
    Jim
    
    "Matson, Robert" wrote:
    
    > Hi All,
    >
    > Superbird A is now positioned favorably for nightly flashes for
    > the lower 48 States, Canada and Mexico.  For Thursday evening,
    > November 1st (November 2nd UT), the center of the flash window
    > occurs at the following UT times for the following selected
    > places:
    >
    > 3:17  California coast
    > 3:19  Reno, Las Vegas, Arizona
    > 3:20  Oregon, SW Utah, NE Arizona, SW New Mexico
    > 3:21  Seattle, Salt Lake City, New Mexico, western Texas
    > 3:22  Vancouver, Washington state, Idaho, western Colorado,
    >       western Texas
    > 3:23  Banff, western Montana, western Wyoming, Denver, central
    >       Texas
    > 3:24  British Columbia, Montana, Wyoming, eastern Colorado,
    >       Dallas, Houston
    > 3:25  Alberta & northern B.C., Montana, western Nebraska and
    >       Kansas, Oklahoma, eastern Texas
    > 3:27  Kansas City, New Orleans
    > .
    > .
    > .
    > 3:31  Chicago, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, gulf coast
    >       of Florida
    > 3:32  Michigan, Indiana, eastern Kentucky & Tennessee, western
    >       North Carolina, Atlanta, Atlantic coast of Florida
    > 3:33  Michigan, Ohio, western Virginia & North Carolina,
    >       South Carolina
    > 3:34  Cleveland, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina
    > 3:35  Buffalo, Pittsburgh, western Maryland, northern Virginia,
    >       eastern North Carolina
    > 3:36  Toronto, Rochester, central Pennsylvania, Maryland, Norfolk
    > 3:37  Syracuse, Philadelphia, New Jersey, Delaware
    > 3:38  Albany, New York City, Connecticut, Long Island
    > 3:39  Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island
    > 3:40  Maine
    > 3:41  Maine, New Brunswick
    > 3:42  New Brunswick, Nova Scotia
    > 3:43  Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island
    >
    > Flash location is presently in Cetus, a few degrees to the left
    > of zeta-Ceti (mag 3.74), and slightly lower.  Good luck!
    >
    > --Rob
    >
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