Hello Ed, Last Wednesday and Thursday I tried to observe geosats for the second time in my life. The first time was some time in or around 1980 and was not successful. I used 10 x 60 binoculars on a tripod. One can not observe without a tripod. Results: Wednesday 2002-10-09 from about 20:25 until 22:05 UT: 8 steady objects all magnitude about +8. Thursday 2002-10-10 from about 20:20 until 22:10 UT: 9 steady objects all magnitude about +8 and one flashing object with a period of almost exactly 2 seconds, magnitude 7.5 -> invisible. I have to elaborate these observations. I did some position/time recording. Which program is suitable to predict (afterwards) the geosats, so that I can identify those I observed? From Friday 2002-10-11 on it is cloudy here. Your message gives me hope that I can continue looking for geosats. Unfortunately the Moon is getting brighter and higher and the weather is not cooperating. More news to follow. Bram Dorreman, COSPAR 4160 (Achel 1): 51° 16' 45.5" N (51.2793 N), 5° 28' 36.6" E (5.4768 E) -----Original Message----- From: Ed Cannon <ecannon@mail.utexas.edu> To: SeeSat-L@satobs.org <SeeSat-L@satobs.org> Date: zondag 13 oktober 2002 10:19 Subject: Some geosats still flaring at +30 latitude >Last night some geosats were still flaring here. I saw >at least half a dozen with 10x50 binoculars. How are >they doing farther north? > ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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