After rain on Xmas eve it cleared in the afternoon. But an almost full moon, high in the sky, and some clouds made observation a bit difficult. During the night it cleared more and this morning it was completly clear, but cold at -3 degrees C. Luckely no wind. Bright full moon interferred with obs. Saw ISS making a S, mag 1 pass in the south. Came in FOV at the end of 04-46 B obs. 01- 56 F 04-12-26 06:24:30 LB 88.9 1.0 1 89 MM, 4->6 Timing: 88.92 sec. Long period, but fits well in flashgraph. 04- 22 B 04-12-26 05:26 LB S, 4 04- 35 C 04-12-25 17:34 LB 160.3 0.5 6 26.7 AA, 4->i, sm Timings: 55.05 28.97 23.98 52.28 sec. 04- 35 C 04-12-26 05:10:16 LB 32.1 0.5 1 32.1 AA, 4->i 04- 35 C 04-12-26 06:44:25 LB 100.0 0.5 2 50.0 AA, 3->6 Timings: 48.20 51.78 sec. 04- 35 D 04-12-25 16:38 LB almost S, 5 04- 37 C 04-12-25 17:53 LB var, 6->i 04- 46 B 04-12-25 16:23 LB var 3->5 Obs in still bright sky; no timings possible. 04- 46 B 04-12-25 17:58:14 LB 32.8 0.5 3 10.9 AA, 3->i Timings: 22.72 10.09 sec. 04- 46 B 04-12-26 06:10:56 LB 347.5 0.5 9 38.6 AA, 3->6 Timings: 41.00 41.18 37.56 33.77 39.22 41.14 41.51 41.49 30.68 sec. At the end of this obs ISS came in FOV. 80- 3 B 04-12-25 17:11 LB S, 5 84-109 B 04-12-25 17:39 LB almost S, 6 85- 79 B 04-12-25 17:00:46 LB 129.0 0.5 6 21.5 AA, 4->6 Timings: 24.36 18.91 23.07 20.41 19.82 22.40 sec. 87- 98 B 04-12-26 06:28 LB S, 4 89- 89 A 04-12-26 05:28 LB S, 6 91- 32 A 04-12-26 05:59:14 LB 69.6 0.5 3 23.2 FA, 4->7, N? Timings: 20.41 49.20 sec. UNID IDed with Skymap. NOAA 12 was observed before, see PPAS. It was then I, S, and flared sometimes. 92- 67 A 04-12-26 04:45:43 LB 133.3 0.2 9 14.81 Ff, 4(5)->i Timings: 14.66 7.50 7.38 7.55 7.13 7.54 7.31 14.91 14.78 14.79 14.80 14.93 sec. Picked up this sat while waiting for 65-65 C. IDed with Skymap. Molniya-3 42 has been observed before by Russel Eberst and Ed Cannon. Russel saw it 00-09-18 and it was var 6.4->9.9; Ed observed it in Nov 2001 at 12.17 sec and in Dec 2001 at 24.11 23.18 23.16 with sm. 92- 76 B 04-12-25 16:56 LB S, 5 92- 93 B 04-12-26 06:37 LB almost S, 5, 5 93- 61 A 04-12-26 05:15:12 LB 106.7 0.5 2 53.3 AA, 3->6, N? Timings: 63.83 42.86 sec. 99- 25 C 04-12-25 16:30 LB S, 6 2004: 694 obs PPAS: 13749 obs Greetings and clear, dark skies Leo Barhorst, Medemblik NL Cospar 4252 52.76350 N 5.09114 E 2 m ASL http://www.home.zonnet.nl/leobarhorst/index.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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