I found Yuri 3B (91-060A, 21668) flashing pretty brightly (brightest maxima at least +4.0) last night. It was asymmetrical, so I'm not sure what its flash period is: first flash 2:28:41.90 August 19 UTC 73.37, 72.90 73.46, 72.95 73.42, 72.95 73.46, 72.92 73.44, 73.07 73.33, 73.00 73.39, 72.96 73.48, 72.90 2:48:12.90 ended obs The flashes were quick, all of the above visible in binocs. Mike found Tele-X (89-027A, 19919) with the 13-inch (330mm) telescope. I was able to see a few of the flashes with my 10x50s. The main flashes were either two or three times 68.5 seconds. Many long tumbles at about 34.25 seconds were easily visible, maybe +10. My clicks were 3:55:40.7 to 4:12:52.9. Orion 3 (99-024A, 25727) did some neat double flashes, about every 21.5 seconds, 4:28:47.35 to 4:29:29.7, with three more non-doubles. I found Telstar 402 (94-058A, 23249) with 10x50s, from 2:19:43.2 to 2:21:23.9; some were at least +5.0; it was fading out when I let it go. Location was BCRC, 30.315N, 97.866W, 280m. Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA ----------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from SeeSat-L, send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@satobs.org List archived at http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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