Well, how disappointing! We -- Mike, Fred, and I -- were not able to find Double Star 1 with binoculars or finder scope! (Mike thought he saw a couple of flashes.) Maybe it's due to the Sun being too far north now. I had such high hopes based on previous passes observed. Intelsat 506 is flashing with a period of about 106 seconds. It appears that it does two or three flashes, then a phase shift (2.5 cycles), and then two or three more flashes. It seems that one or two of the flashes on each side of the phase shift are very bright. It's currently low in the WSW and drifting to the west and flashing around midnight local time (5:00 UTC). Intelsat 506 1 14077U 83047A 04098.93504760 .00000072 00000-0 10000-3 0 6930 2 14077 9.3898 45.7169 0002902 163.0523 196.9222 0.99162458 43713 So many objects, so little time and energy to observe them.... Mike has been trying hard to find 97-068B (25035), a lost flashing Centaur. Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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