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Double NOSS observation
Greetings,
I would like to pass along a rather unusual double NOSS pass I observed last night (03-04-05 local CST). I was waiting for my first sighting of NOSS 3-3 (A) and (C). They were moving S to N, about 23° up in the East, as seen from my front yard. I picked them up just before they passed under Regulus at about 18:38:15 CST. The (A) satellite was a little brighter than the (C) satellite, and both were about 1° apart, and I thought this is great to finally seen them! Earlier as I was planning my observations, I had noticed that NOSS 3-1 (A) and (C) were going to be in the same area, moving N to S as seen from where I was. Sure enough at about 6:38:59 CST, I saw NOSS 3-1 (C) in front of NOSS 3-1 (A) moving above NOSS 3-3 pair! While I have seen the 2-# NOSS as they passed overhead, this is the first time I saw 4 NOSS in one binocular eyepiece field. Is this a great hobby or what! Bill Arnold |
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Bill Arnold wrote:
I would like to pass along a rather unusual double NOSS pass I observed last night (03-04-05 local CST). ... at about 6:38:59 [PM] CST, I saw NOSS 3-1 (C) in front of NOSS 3-1 (A) moving above NOSS 3-3 pair! ... Is this a great hobby or what! Wow! I wish I had seen them! What great luck, Bill -- getting good weather when something that neat was happening. Here we have had the cloudiest winter in a very long time. Have you tried to see any geostationary satellites this season? This is when may of them are at their very brightest, quite a few reaching magnitude +5 and +6 for some minutes before and after their pass through the Earth's shadow. Each season at least a couple of them brighten enough to be seen without binoculars. Also, a few brighten about 3 hours of RA before shadow entry. Ed Cannon - - Austin, Texas, USA (Remove "donotspam".) |
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