Return-path: X-Andrew-Authenticated-as: 7997;andrew.cmu.edu;Ted Anderson Received: from beak.andrew.cmu.edu via trymail for +dist+/afs/andrew.cmu.edu/usr11/tm2b/space/space.dl@andrew.cmu.edu (->+dist+/afs/andrew.cmu.edu/usr11/tm2b/space/space.dl) (->ota+space.digests) ID ; Mon, 11 Dec 89 01:31:04 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: Reply-To: space+@Andrew.CMU.EDU From: space-request+@Andrew.CMU.EDU To: space+@Andrew.CMU.EDU Date: Mon, 11 Dec 89 01:30:44 -0500 (EST) Subject: SPACE Digest V10 #335 SPACE Digest Volume 10 : Issue 335 Today's Topics: Re: COBE Update 12/1/89 (Forwarded) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 9 Dec 89 14:27:13 GMT From: cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!hutto!henry@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Henry Melton) Subject: Re: COBE Update 12/1/89 (Forwarded) In article <2408@cunixc.cc.columbia.edu>, mnd@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Mohib N Durrani) writes: > In article <2312@jato.Jpl.Nasa.Gov> baalke@mars.jpl.nasa.gov(RonBaalke) writes: > > COBE UPDATE > > ... The COBE may be viewed by > >the unaided eye, atmospheric conditions permitting, at > >approximately 5:35 p.m. each afternoon as it approaches from the south. ... > > I presume this is for the West Coast. Where and when (approx) might it be > visible from the East Coast (say from New York - if it is not polluted (:^)). COBE is nice, especially for a novice satellite viewer like me. It shows up like clockwork ar about 6:15 each evening here just north of Austin Texas. It varies in brightness and is quite easy to spot. (As long as the moon and clouds co-operate :-) -- Henry Melton ...!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!hutto!henry 1-512-8463241 Rt.1 Box 274E Hutto,TX 78634 ------------------------------ End of SPACE Digest V10 #335 *******************