Mike and I did see that great pass by the Breeze (Briz?) tank (26377, 00-029C) Saturday evening. It was brightest (+2.5?) in the north-northwest, when the phase angle was worse and the range was larger than later in the pass. It went from alt 44, az 321 to alt 49, az 116 in one minute. I really like seeing the low, fast, bright passes like that one! Now here are the PPAS reports: 28452, Fengyun 2C Rk -- very nice object on this pass (may have been +3.0) -- 04- 42 B 05-08-21 04:00:15 EC 186.6 0.3 87 2.145 +3.5->i 22788, UFO 2 Rk -- asymmetrical -- 93- 56 B 05-08-21 02:35:31 EC 162.3 0.5 18 9.02 timings: 8.58, 9.56, 8.51, 9.31, 36.08, 8.48, 9.53, 8.59, 36.11, 9.16, 8.55, 9.87 12069, Fleetsatcom 4 Rk 80- 87 B 05-08-21 02:39:42 EC 129.2 0.4 8 16.2 20646, Molniya 3-38 90- 52 A 05-08-22 03:39:33 EC 306.5 0.2 48 6.386 +5.5->i 25569, Nadezhda 5 Rk 98- 72 C 05-08-22 03:45:26 EC 119.7 1.0 4 29.9 PPAS format: http://www.satobs.org/tumble/flashpm.html#PPASformat Our pass of HST (20580, 90-037B) earlier tonight was pretty unusual. It flashed brightly (-3?), then quickly again, then got fainter. Then on to the east it slowly brightened more and more over 30-45 seconds to almost -1. Mike watched NOAA 14 (23455, 94-089A) for a long time, and in the north it flared brightly and I turned to see it and it flared again to negative magnitude, at about 2:56:47 and 2:56:52 UTC (22 August). NOSS 2-1 trio (90-050C, D, E; 20691, 20692, 20642) have been visible without binoculars the last two evenings. 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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