Re: ASTRO-D glint?
Ed Cannon (ecannon@mail.utexas.edu)
Wed, 30 Dec 1998 00:21:49 -0600
Rob Matson (ROBERT.D.MATSON@cpmx.saic.com) wrote:
> Mon, 28 Dec 1998 13:28:30 -0800
>
> Has anyone ever observed a bright glint from ASTRO-D (#22521)?
Under another subject, I reported a +0 phenomenon from that one
(which I discovered back then is officially -- in some places at
least -- called "ASCA") in the last paragraph of this message:
http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/Aug-1997/0411.html
> Monday night also saw a bright 1-second flash from "ASCA" (93-11A,
> 22521 -- The Satellite Formerly Known As Astro-D according to
> http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/asca/asca2.html and other sites)
> near its culmination at alt 78 degrees. It may have been as bright
> as nearby mag. 0 Vega. Predicted mag. was 3.3-3.4 ....
I think I've seen it do that another time or two, but I don't
think that any of them was brighter than possibly -1.
Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA