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Tonight I observed a near zenith, exactly south to exactly north, pass of
Iridium 14 which gave a number of mag 0 to -2 flashes.

I was watching it in binoculars and when it was about 20 deg from zenith, on
the south side, it split the NOSS 2-3 C/D/E triple which made a nice sight.

Then when it was about 20 deg on the north side of zenith two other sats
criss-crossed very close to Ird 14. I was able to ID one of them as Cosmos
1372 (13243, 82-52A). The other sat seemed to be moving at about the same
velocity as Cosmos 1372 and was flashing with about a 2-3 second period. I
was unable to ID this one. Can anyone help?

  Ralph McConahy
  34.8829N  117.0064W  670m

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