On Dec 21 UTC I missed the second part of Intelsat 512's flash event. A while ago tonight (Dec 22) a few minutes after it had faded out I looked back at it just in case, and it was indeed flashing brightly again. So the entire event lasted about 14 minutes (with an invisible gap in the middle, during which there was a phase shift). The brightest flashes of both parts were about +3.5; I think they would have been visible without binoculars except for the moonlight. So, the first part began at about 6:01:02.8, and the second part ended at about 6:15:09.0 Dec 22 UTC. The first part was was roughly 12 minutes later than what I observed last night. Site was Mt. Bonnell, 30.321N, 97.773W, 230m (a hilltop park in Austin). Mike McCants recovered 90006 high in the west at about 2:30 Dec 22 UTC, but I don't have more details. It is an interesting telescopic object, with its flashes and flickers. In spite of cirrus at the time, I was able to show some passersby a very bright Iridium 36 antenna flare followed by a solar panel flare, through the cloud. Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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