Last night Mike found and I also watched the object 90060, which is probably a DSP in a failed, eccentric orbit. In just a few minutes it went from from flashing to flashing brightly to rapid one-power flashes (at a long range) to then going almost steady and not very bright in the telescope and then began to flash again. It's recommended! Not very long before time to get ready to go observing, I found that we were going to have a very low pass of the NavStar 58 Delta (29488, 06-042C). It went over south of here at an orbital height of about 90 miles (144 km) and was moving very rapidly with a brightest magnitude of about +1. Mike found ASC 1 (85-076C, 15994), and I was able to see a few flashes with 10x42 binoculars - with very long waits in between those flashes. In haste I left my apartment without my observing briefcase, which contains my 8x42 and 12x60 binoculars, red flashlight, and Bright Star Atlas 2000! Mike loaned me his very nice new red flashlight and my former Wal-Mart US$30 10x42 roof-prism binocular (which is surprisingly useful for being such a low-end model). I had managed to carry the Sky & Telescope Pocket Sky Atlas as well as my Herald-Bobroff atlas, although I didn't open the latter. Tonight it's raining. Merry Christmas and/or Happy Holidays to all! Ed Cannon - Austin, Texas, USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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