Superbird A ( 20040 ) seen from 3:08:26 to 3:17:03 UTC ( Dec 31 ) 2 flashes from it http://www.kfetter.com/satvideo/flashing-geosat/20040.wmv ASC 1 ( 15994 )flashed for a few minutes, didn't seem as nice as the last time I observed it. Bright flash at around 3:32 UTC ( Dec 31 ) http://www.kfetter.com/satvideo/flashing-geosat/15994.wmv At between 3:37 to 3:38 UTC ( Dec 31) Telstar 402R flared to around Mag 7. I call it a flare, as it last much longer then a flash. So Telstar 402R is still slowly rotating. Will have to use the scope on it again, since I can see fainter that way. And finally my report, on my Discovery of NSS 7 flashes. While watching for Telstar 402R for flares are flashes, at 5:01:26 UTC ( Dec 31 ) I noticed a bright flash near the bottom right of the video. I aimed there to check to check, incase something was flashing there. I hadn't used the larger file of satellites tle's, just a file on flashing geo objects I have observed, so I didn't check at that time, to see if a object was there. Once I observed my seconds flash, I knew it was a real object, and not noise as I call it. I then used the bigger tle file, and was able to confirm it was NSS 7 ( 21989 ). Ah another geo sat is flashing nicely:) I had put the wrong catalog number in my last message, and was going to correct it, with this message. Mike let me know anyways in the mean time, of my mess up. Thanks anyways mike. Observed flashing from NSS 7, from 5:01:26 to 5:15:07 UTC ( Dec 31 ) 92- 32 A 06-12-31 05:13:55 KF 36 mag +6->inv It gave much brighter flashes before that time. No leo sat observing, because of those darn white things!!!!! Kevin 44.6062 N 75.6910 W __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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