The evening was about as nice as it gets at BCRC. With 8x42 binoculars I saw two objects about one degree apart at the same time, fairly low in the east. Times are UTC; coordinates are 1950. 2004-10-11 02:51:56 RA 1:01 Dec -5.0 --> 23816 96-015A Intelsat 707 2004-10-11 02:53:17 RA 1:07 Dec -5.0 --> no candidate BCRC location: 30.315N, 97.866W, 280m. I used Findsat with the geo.tle, mccants.tle, and eccen.tle files. I hope to get another chance Monday evening (tonight) to try to see it again, if possible! On two evenings now I've been able to see Kevin's geosat with 8x42. On both occasions I got it very near, just above (west of) the same star at about (roughly) 0:28, -3.5 (1950). 2004-10-10 03:28:17 2004-10-11 03:24:17 PAS 1R (26608, 00-072A) was still visible at 1x but probably only +3.5, not quite as bright as the previous two evenings. The poor flashing geosynchs are feeling neglected, although I have seen the DSP USA 39 (20066, 89-046A) with 8x42 the last two nights, as always very close to 04:00 UTC. 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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