TDRS 10 Rk (27567, a Centaur, not often observed) -- 02- 55 B 04-12-22 00:37:41 EC 112.7 0.2 22 5.12 The period may actually be double that, as the maxima seemed generally to alternate in brightness, although I failed to note the magnitudes. (Maybe the brightest were about +4.0, seemingly kind of faint for a Centaur.) Fleetsatcom 1 Rk (12908, another Centaur), watched without binoculars; its tumble period continues to speed up -- 78- 16 C 04-12-22 00:31:24 EC 116.2 0.3 12 9.69 +2.5->i These two and others (including good old Superbird, 89-41A, 20040) and Comet Machholz (2004 Q2) observed under the bright Moon from in town, from the Ney Museum grounds, 30.307N, 97.727W, 150m. A big cold front is coming -- we're going to have three nights in a row below freezing. It may even freeze where Paul is, about 450 km south of here. 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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