Superbird A, Gorizont 23, Centaur, newsgroup

Mike McCants (mikem@freeside.fc.net)
Fri, 20 Mar 1998 10:15:13 -0600 (CST)

Rob Matson wrote:

>8:07:30 MST - central Colorado (incl. Denver, Colo. Springs, Falcon)
>9:10pm CST - Dallas/Ft. Worth, Houston

Ed Cannon and I observed it for a while Thursday night and these
times matched our observation quite well.

Gorizont 23 was timed at 49.93 seconds, so it continues to decrease.

The 97-68B Centaur flashed to about magnitude 7.5 near our zenith
at a range of only 9000 miles.

I posted an article to the newsgroup and my ISP has received
one post from England asking if there is a web site that will
generate bright predictions, but I have not seen any posts
from the other subscribers who also claim to have posted
the "first" post to the newsgroup.

Mike McCants