Jeff U. reported: >Saw 4 unaided geosat flares last night between 0500UT and >0800UT Oct 13 (table gives visible start time of flare): > >Time(UT) RA (2000) Decl Mag >0508 1hr 4 min -5.0 3.0 >0531 1hr 20 min -5.0 3.5 >0711 1hr 27 min -5.0 3.0 >0741 1hr 20 min -5.0 3.0 > >Location Plano TX, USA +33.06946(N), -96.76807(W) >Central Daylight Time (GMT - 5 ), 700 ft. MSL Note that at latitude 33N, the Clarke Belt is at about declination -5.3 or -5.4 (except that low in the east and west it's a little farther north due to parallax). For some of them more precision in time and RA is needed to be more certain of the ID, but the above seem likely to be: 26761 01-018A XM-1 (probably not 27820 03-024A AMC-9) 24936 97-050A GE 3 26624 00-076A Anik F1 (probably not 23846 96-022A MSAT 1) 26724 01-012A XM-2 Several more should be visible with even small binoculars. 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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