From the musuem grounds (30.307N, 97.727W, 150m) I was able without magnification to see flashes from Superbird A (89-041A, 20040) at the following times: 3:29:12.9 Nov 7 UTC 3:29:35.6 3:29:58.3 (brightest one, I think) 3:30:21.0 3:30:43.8 It was just above zeta and chi Ceti; I could see zeta (+3.7), and it was at least that bright. (Its flashes are so quick, it's hard to say.) After I didn't see the sixth flash, I switched to binoculars, and besides Superbird A another one flashed higher up in the field of view! It was Gorizont 14 (87-040A, 17969), and it was doing half-period flashes, every 43-some seconds. For a little while I wasn't able to tell whether any of them was brighter or fainter. Earlier, 1:30:20.5 to 1:32:42.5 I was able to catch a few of the flashes of Intelsat 512 (85-087A, 16101), every 21.32 seconds. Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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