These are from the last three evenings: 21426, Molniya 1-81 -- some double flashes -- 91- 43 A 05-08-24 02:23:42 EC 201.0 0.5 10 20.10 21533, Gorizont 23 -- 91- 46 A 05-08-24 04:27:45 EC 829.6 0.1 13 63.82 +5.0->i 23420, Molniya 1-88 -- 94- 81 A 05-08-25 02:23:22 EC 179.0 0.2 23 7.78 13124, Cosmos 1348 -- tricky one, low in the WSW, needs bigger binoculars in order to see more flashes -- 82- 29 A 05-08-25 04:07:26 EC 59.4 1.0 2 29.7 +5.0->i timings: 2.64, 26.59, 3.69, 26.43 28353, Cosmos 2406 Rk -- 04- 21 B 05-08-26 03:08:19 EC 97.2 1.0 8 12.1 +3.0->i 22788, UFO 2 Rk -- 93- 56 B 05-08-26 03:26:16 EC 163.8 2.0 18 9.1 +3.0->i 12069, Fleetsatcom 4 Rk -- a couple of odd secondary flashes -- 80- 87 B 05-08-26 03:42:34 EC 179.0 0.3 11 16.27 +4.0->i 28452, Fengyun 2C Rk -- nice one! (tricky at full phase) -- 04- 42 B 05-08-26 04:21:41 EC 224.9 0.2 106 2.121 +3.5->i PPAS format: http://www.satobs.org/tumble/flashpm.html#PPASformat I'll supply more detailed timings to anyone interested. Distant flashing surprise -- Wednesday evening Mike was re-pointing his telescope at Polaris and nearby saw a flash, then two more. The object was moving very slowly. Some of the flashes were as bright as +6, not hard with my 8x42 binoculars. It was Viking (86-019B, 16614) at a distance of about 9,000 miles (14,400 km)! The few clicks I got were at 4:11-12 August 25 UTC. Summer of 2004 one some passes it did some zero magnitude flashes (from much closer, of course). 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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