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Starshine (was Re: (meteorobs) Is any interesting activity expected in the heavens this week?)
Pat (wd8laq@amsat.org) reported seeing starshine shortly after deploy
from the shuttle. He said that he saw all three objects (Shuttle, ISS,
and Starshine) and that Starshine was "flashing as bright as Venus"
which sounds pretty neat. I haven't had a chance to try for an eyeball
sighting yet myself...
Will
Wayne T Hally wrote:
>
> Normally this is a rather slow time of the year meteorically. However,
> during the last two years there has been some actiity reported from the
> June Lyrids, so they are worth keeping an eye out for. The peak, if any,
> should be on the 16th with a radiant at RA 278 (18h 31m) and Dec +35, or
> about 3 degrees from Vega (in the direction of Sagittarius). In addition,
> the Sagittarids produce a few meteors an hour from the area of Scorpio and
> Sagittarius.
> Regrading the Starshine satellite, it has been released, and can, in
> theory be observed. Unfortunately, as I understand the info received so
> far, it has turned out to be dimmer than expected, and is not spinning as
> fast as expected which has led to a slower flash rate. I have looked for it
> twice without any success, but they were all very low elevation, dim
> passes. For info on the project see:
>
> http://www.azinet.com/starshine/
>
> For visibility predictions see:
>
> http://www2.gsoc.dlrdot de/satvis/
>
> Good Luck!
>
> Wayne
>
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> From: NAtlantis@aol.com[SMTP:NAtlantis@aol.com]
> Sent: Sunday, June 13, 1999 7:57 PM
> To: meteorobs@jovian.com
> Subject: (meteorobs) Is any interesting activity expected in the heavens
> this week?
>
> I am hoping that there is some meteor activiy worth looking at while the
> moon
> is new. Apart from sitting for hours hoping for some nice sporadic
> activity
> does anyone have any suggestions? What is the story with this new NASA
> SUNBURST(?) satellite? Is it easily observed without assistance, if so
> where
> and when? Thanks in advance for any input.
>
> John
>
> BTW I noticed that there are some interesting impact related titles
> available for bargain bin prices at the Barnes and Noble super store. I
> picked up:
>
> 1. Fire on Earth (John & Mary Gribbin, 1996, St. Martins Press, NY) < $10
> (hard cover)
> 2. COMETS Speculation and Discovery (Nigel Calder, 1994ed, Dover
> publications, NY) < $10 (hard cover).
> 3. Rain of Iron and Ice (John S. Lewis, 1996, Helix Books) ~$5 (soft
> cover),
> <$10 (hardcover)
>
> Popular press to some of you... perhaps entertaining enough for many
> others.
> I have found interesting and enlightening text in each of them.
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