Re: (Very) bright geosync satellite

JAY RESPLER (jrespler@injersey.com)
Sat, 20 Jul 1996 18:46:23 -0400 (EDT)

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> (Very) bright geosync satellite
> 
> I observed UNK960713 again on July 18. It brightened from mag 9.1
> (22:30 UTC) to mag 7.3 (23:38).

This is hard to observe since it only gets to 1 deg. above my eastern 
horizon.  Can't you put it a little more west for me please?     :)

 Jay Respler
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