Superbird A (89-041A, 20040) on Dec. 15

From: Ed Cannon (edcannonsat@yahoo.com)
Date: Thu Dec 15 2005 - 03:01:02 EST

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    Superbird A (89-041A, 20040) on December 15, 2005 UTC.
    
    I'm not sure which of these two PPAS reports is technically
    correct.  (I think that since it begins with three 22+ second 
    cycles, probably 22+ seconds is the actual flash period.  The
    PPAS data-entry software decided on two versus three decimal
    places in the flash period.)
    
    89- 41 A 05-12-15 03:05:15.7 EC  243.3 0.1  11 22.12  +3.5->i
    89- 41 A 05-12-15 03:05:15.7 EC  243.3 0.1  22 11.058 +3.5->i
    
    Timings (UTC):
    -----  3:01:12.44
    22.02  3:01:34.46
    22.08  3:01:56.54
    22.13  3:02:18.67
    11.12  3:02:29.79
    10.96  3:02:40.75
    11.15  3:02:51.90
    11.01  3:03:02.91
    11.08  3:03:13.99
    11.08  3:03:25.07
    11.10  3:03:36.17
    11.01  3:03:47.18
    11.07  3:03:58.25
    11.09  3:04:09.34
    11.07  3:04:20.41
    11.03  3:04:31.44
    11.05  3:04:42.49
    11.11  3:04:53.60
    11.11  3:05:04.71
    11.01  3:05:15.72
    
    I was puzzled that it didn't end with at least one 22-second 
    cycle.  I believe that the third flash may have been the very 
    brightest one.
    
    It was observed from the Ney Museum site, 30.307N, 97.727W, 
    150m, using the 8x42 binocular.
    
    Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA
    
    
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