A three hour window between 2200 and 0100 BST last night gave me a chance to check out the geo arc between 19 east and 11 west 11 slots , in total 24 birds observed. Of note were Nilesat 101 and 102 which appeared very dim ...poss mag 14 Amos one and two were for a while hard to separate , but then moved slightly apart to reveal the individual spacecraft. Eutelsat W3A is still at 1.7 east on test and was probably the brightest of the satellites seen ..mag 10-11 Over at 11 west Experess 3A was a new catch for me...mag 12 Unfortunately I had a list of birds to locate before moving back to 25 east to find Superbird.By then the expected front had moved in and cloud had thickened , so Superbird A will have to wait until the next clear spell. Regards, John ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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