Greetings, Found: One geosynchronous satellite that I cannot identify. Three nights I have seen it, and it appears to be flashing a few minutes earlier every evening. Using 16x70s, from So. Cal. light polluted skies I can observe it for about half an hour each night. Last night (actually this morning) it became visible about 7:10 and I lost it around 7:40 UTC. The flash period isn't quite regular, with spacings of 42.5 and 45.5 seconds. Some of the flashes near the midpoint were at least mag 4. Not very well timed positional obs from the following nights: 2005/08/26 0:50:00 UTC; RA 0:27.6 Dec -11.18 2005/08/28 0:40:40 UTC; RA 0:19.2 Dec -13.09 2005/08/29 0:38:14 UTC; RA 0:21.4 Dec -13.13 I have flash timings and some additional positions if anyone desires them. Steve LaLumondiere 33.820, -118.316 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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