Graces flaring? Iridium 24; Superbird A

From: Ed Cannon (ecannon@mail.utexas.edu)
Date: Mon Nov 11 2002 - 03:52:06 EST

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    On the newsgroup a couple of days ago there was a note
    about the Grace 1 and 2 satellites (27391, 02-012A and 
    27392, 02 012B) flaring.  The last two evenings I'm 
    pretty sure that I've seen at least one of them flare 
    but haven't managed to see both.  This still needs to 
    be confirmed.
    
    Iridium 24 (97-082B, 25105) did some very nice flashes 
    the last two nights.
    
    Last night after years I finally got a very good chance
    to show Superbird A to my sister.  She saw a number of
    flashes with her 7x35 binoculars, and also was pretty
    certain that she saw one flash without them.  It was
    flashing near the star 17 Eridani.
    
    Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA
    
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