Thanks to a tip from Louis, a friend of mine in the Netherlands, tonight, for the first time, I saw a NOSS trio pass over. At about 22:16:30 local time just above Leo high in a partly cloudy sky as seen from my backyard in town I spotted NOSS 2-3 C, D,& E (as far as I know) in my night vision monocular. They formed an elongated triangle that was moving slower than what I expected. [I'm used to watching the fast moving ISS.] They were around magnitude 6, easily seen in my night vision monocular and with my 7 x 35 binoculars. Quite a treat! I put a shortcut to the page in Heavens-Above so I can readily check on more passes in the future. Clear skies! Tom NE Iowa USA ..... ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/sat/seesat/seesatindex.html
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