Without a prediction I managed to find Superbird A (89-041A, 20040) by the light of the Moon and with very high humidity in the air. As I wrote a couple of nights ago, once you've found it, then you pretty much know when and where to find it a night or two later. I was clicking my stopwatch from 2:53:44.3 to 2:58:46.7 June 1 UTC. The last five were 22.4-second cycles. I was using my 8x42 binoculars. ISS did a pretty nice pass, and Mike had a prediction for the Progress, which was 42 or 43 minutes after ISS. For 10-15 seconds, USA 81 (92-023A, 21949) was one of the brightest objects I saw last night. The last two times it's done that bright, madly-flashing phase here, it's been just before shadow entry. Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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