Here are my Orion 3 stopwatch clicks from last night (Wednesday evening local time). It was observed from the BCRC site: 30.315N, 97.866W, 280 meters. The second flash, for which I managed a significantly late click, was at least zero magnitude. But that's the only magnitude that I have (sorry!). 99-024A, 25727, Orion 3 04 10:43.84 3:48:06.15 2006-08-24 UTC 05 14.24 3:48:20.39 (delayed click) 06 13.34 3:48:33.73 07 13.75 3:48:47.48 08 2.54 3:48:50.02 09 11.48 3:49:01.50 10 2.34 3:49:03.84 11 13.81 3:49:17.65 12 13.85 3:49:31.50 13 13.77 3:49:45.27 14 13.79 3:49:59.06 15 4.64 3:50:03.70 16 9.22 3:50:12.92 17 4.54 3:50:17.46 18 13.86 3:50:31.32 19 13.83 3:50:45.15 20 259.66 3:55:04.81 21 13.50 3:55:18.31 22 13.93 3:55:32.24 23 13.56 3:55:45.80 24 13.84 3:55:59.64 25 13.79 3:56:13.43 26 13.74 3:56:27.17 27 13.90 3:56:41.07 28 13.84 3:56:54.91 29 14.21 3:57:09.12 30 27.78 3:57:36.90 The last series, beginning at about 3:55:05, were very easy to see with my 8x42 binoculars and also were tricky due to actually being a very close double flash, with the two maxima so close that at first they were smeared together. As they slowly grew fainter, they became a bit more distinct. Orion 3 is easily capable of negative magnitude flashes, as have been reported in the past. I've seen at least a couple of them in the last week or so. I think that one of them was last night. Ed Cannon - Austin, Texas, USA __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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