Last night, in spite of moonlight, widely scattered vapor trails and cirrus clouds, and stopping an hour earlier, I was able again to see a dozen geosats with binoculars. One correction regarding the previous night was that, based on three I saw last night, I doubt that I had three in the FOV; I think that one of them was too far away from the other two for that. Site: 30.315N, 97.866W, 280m. There's a detail to consider in going for the ones near shadow-entry. They seem to be mostly earlier in the evening and lower in the sky. As the evening progresses and the shadow climbs higher, the "action" decreases. Regarding the ones that I've consistently seen (last year and this) beginning roughly three hours before their shadow entry, I'd be interested if anyone has a theory to explain them. Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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