ykChia wrote: > By the way, I thought satellite watching is a recent ( last 10 years or so) > hobby. I got a surprise when I found reference to Satellite Observation in my 17th > edition of Norton's Star Atlas which I acquired in 1979!. Not too recent. I've enjoyed watching sats since the first one I saw, Sputnik 3 rocket in 1958. There are other observers here with similar experiences. -- Jay Respler -- JRespler@superlink.net Sky Views: http://njsurf.com/skyviews/ Satellite Tracker * Early Typewriter Collector Freehold, New Jersey