• Evening satellite predictions for Austin, Texas, by Mike McCants
• Morning satellite predictions for Austin, Texas
• Iridium Flare Predictions for Austin, Texas (30.30N, 97.75W)  |  or from Heavens-Above
• Heavens-Above satellites and astronomy data for Austin, Texas (30.30N, 97.75W)
• Heavens-Above (Excellent site! — predictions for many satellites for any location)
• NASA Earth Observatory Satellite Overpass Predictor
• NASA "naked-eye visibility" predictions for International Space Station (ISS) (and Space Shuttle when it's in orbit)

• Mike McCants' Satellite Tracking Web Pages (orbital data, prediction software, etc.)
• Some starting points on the Web for getting started in visual satellite observing
• Selected introductions and bibliography
• 75 Satellites Observed without Magnification in Nine Nights and
  41 Satellites Observed without Magnification in Six Nights
• Flashing Geosynchs (tumbling/flashing non-operational payloads, mostly in drifting near-geosynchronous orbits)
• Centaurs and some other tumbling eccentric-orbit objects I've observed
   
• SeeSat-L Hypermail Archive, Members Page, and Home Page
• Visual Satellite Observers' Home Page
• Visual Satellite Observing FAQ
• Austin Astronomical Society Satellites Information
• Sources of Information about Specific Satellites
• Odds of seeing a re-entry (Did I see space junk or a meteor?)
• Launch Manifests and Logs
• Alan Pickup's "SatEvo" Satellite Tracking and Decay Information
• Don Gardner's Home Page
• Jason Hatton's "The High Altitude Satellite Observers Home Page"
• Paul Maley's Satellite Page
• Leo Barhorst Satellite Homepage
• Satellite Imaging with the LX200
• Amateur Satellite Observers of SE Virginia
• Satellite Tracking Web Page (links to various things including elements)
• T.S. Kelso's Celestrak WWW Site
• Space-Track.org (access to orbital data; registration required)
• Willie Koorts' Satellite Links (many links)
• HobbySpace — Satellite Watching
• Usenet newsgroup sci.astro.satellites.visual-observe

• Flaring Geosynchs/Flaring Geosats (Around the equinoxes, operational geostationary or geosynchronous satellites can flare much more brightly than their usual visual magnitude, bright enough to be seen with binoculars and occasionally even without magnification.)
  • February-April, and March Geosynch marathon
  • August-October
  • Björn Gimle's page about this phenomenon

Current Time (USA Central Standard), or More Time Information (from the U.S. Navy)

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The University of Texas at Austin --
approximately 30.286 North longitude by 97.739 West latitude; 500 feet (152 meters) elevation;
CDT = 5 hours earlier than Universal Time (UT) or Greenwich Time (GMT) or "Zulu";
CST = 6 hours earlier