Hi all, My first observations since March 1995, so I don't know about accuracy and all... The stopwatch used was an antique (non-electronic) model too. Many thanks to Sue for providing predictions. Observations were made at the Teide, Tenerife, Spain. 76- 19 A 98-07-29 22:06 BDP 71.0 1.0 16 4.43 rapid flashes at end 94- 74 B 98-07-29 22:12 BDP S, mag +4.5 -> +5 97- 17 B 98-07-29 22:15 BDP 78.1 1.0 10 7.81 mag +4 91- 28 B 98-07-29 22:22 BDP S, mag +4.5 73- 69 J 98-07-29 22:28 BDP 289.9 20 1 290 95- 21 A 98-07-29 22:37 BDP 29.9 1.0 8 3.7 flashing?, sa 98- 17 A 98-07-29 22:37 BDP S 91- 76 C 98-07-29 22:54 BDP S, mag +3 ERS 2 (95- 21 A) and SPOT 4 (98- 17 A) appeared in one field of view, SPOT 4 was trailing ERS 2 by about 15 seconds along the same path. [I guess this is an indication of why it was possible to observe ERS 1 at close range using SPOT 4's cameras, see Allen Thomson message of yesterday -- they're approximately in the same orbital plane]. ERS 2 flashes were very small amplitude, I probably saw non-typical flashes. Cheers, Bart PS: How much of the currently used prediction software will suffer from the year 2000 problem? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bart De Pontieu -- bdp@lmsal.com -- http://www.lmsal.com/TRACE Solar Physicist at Lockheed Martin Solar & Astrophysics Lab, Palo Alto bart@satellite.eu.org -- www2.satellite.eu.org/satintro.html !!!!! Join us at Eurosom 3, Edinburgh, UK, 24/25 October 1998 !!!!! ----------------------------------------------------------------------