In case anyone wants to try to see Telstar 401, below are the times when I saw it the last five nights, all from light-polluted sites, without binoculars. The first four I saw eight flashes each night. A while ago I only saw four flashes, due mainly to clouds: U.T.C. Date and Time 12/05 1:35:19-1:48:26 12/06 1:25:21-1:38:28 12/07 1:14:44-1:27:50 12/08 1:07:12-1:20:18 12/09 1:02:46-1:08:22 (cloud interference) Usually the middle four are the brightest I think, although a couple of times the first one has been very bright. It's now flashing below and right (west of) Mars. Dec. 10 UTC (Tuesday PM local time) if not cloudy I will look for it beginning about 6:50 PM CST/7:50 EST. We don't know how different its flash time might be for EST zone (or a long ways north or south of here, either). We are about to lose it to twilight here, in just a few nights. The strategy is to stare at the right general area for four or five minutes (minimum two minutes at a stretch) until you see the first flash. Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA ----------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from SeeSat-L, send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@satobs.org List archived at http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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