Hey All,
While watching local midnite geosat flares I saw
a geosat flaring at 7:30:00 UT around 1 hr 16 min RA
and -5 deg 17 min Dec. By 7:34 UT a second flare was
occurring less than 1 deg to the first ones west. By
7:35 UT both were flaring at +1.5mag - spectacular!
They looked much like the compact optical double just
west of Aldebaran only more separated and brighter.
You could see the orientation of the Clarke Orbit! By
7:41 UT they were both invisible. Oh the joys of
October local midnite geosat flare season!
Jeff Umbarger
Plano, TX USA
Lat: 33.0695N
Lon: 96.7681W
UTC - 5hr
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