Superbird A, 7 Apr 00 UT

From: Ron Lee (ronlee@pcisys.net)
Date: Fri Apr 07 2000 - 14:18:12 PDT

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Superbird A continues to become less and less consistent
compared to a few years ago.   The classic ramp up in
brightness with a dozen or so equally bright flashes
during the phase shift is not apparent now.

I first saw a flash in binoculars about 02:59 UT on 7 Apr.
After starting the stopwatch and tape recorder I observed
for about 6 minutes.  The latter portion exhibited the 
standard bright-faint pattern.  But deciding when the 
phase-shift occurred is difficult because the initial portion
was not as predicted or I missed a few. 

Using my previous methods, I would get a POSSIBLE phase
shift time of about 03:01:35 UT.  Probably the brightest
flash was at 03:01:58 UT.  So I guess I am within a cycle
or so regardless.

I just miss the original pattern.

Ron Lee

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