Hello everyone, Thanks to a clear sky & a bit of luck I managed to observe two interesting geoflashers in recent days. The first was Gorizont 13 (86-90A / 17083), the first time I've seen this particular Gorizont, flashing faintly at mag+10.5 with a period of approximately 82s; 86- 90 A 00-02-03 21:25:05.8 JPH 738.1 0.5 9 82.0 A'A' dtm mag+10->inv 86- 90 A 00-02-04 19:37 JPH 246.3 1.0 3 82.1 A'A' dtm mag+11->inv This was last observed in April 1995, then flashing faintly with a 56s period. This Gorizont only takes 27 days to complete one "lap" of the earth, so it can be easily observed from one location every month. Raduga 27 is still flashing, with the period continuing to go up. However, the rate of increase is slowing (period increasing by 0.376s per day between 25/12/1999 & 01/01/2000; 0.115s between 23/1/2000 & 04/2/2000). Here are my recent observations of this object Observing from Approx. 52.7N, 2W, 180M) 91- 14 A 99-12-25 19:31 JPH 737.0 1.0 8 92.1 F'F' vm mag+7->inv 91- 14 A 99-12-28 18:20 JPH1304.9 0.2 14 93.21 A'A' mag+6->inv 91- 14 A 00-01-01 18:04 JPH1136.8 0.5 12 94.73 A'A' mag+6->inv >From 43.692N, 7.246E,30M 91- 14 A 00-01-23 18:16 JPH1412.2 0.2 14 100.87 F'F' mag+6->inv 91- 14 A 00-02-04 21:21:09.1 JPH1836.4 0.2 18 102.02 A'A' vm mag+8/10->inv Currently the flashes are only visible after about 21:00UT from my site. I failed to see it at 19:00UT last night (5-Feb-2000), clouds prevented me from observing later in the night to see when the flashes first become visible. Current elements for these objects: Gorizont 13 1 17083U 86090A 00024.21312186 -.00000121 +00000-0 +10000-3 0 02130 2 17083 009.0205 045.5891 0015655 146.5547 213.6111 00.96725295025426 Raduga 27 1 21132U 91014A 00031.75970310 .00000124 00000-0 00000+0 0 2887 2 21132 5.6114 65.9973 0005667 201.3262 158.7030 1.00305029 32714 Best wishes & clear skies, Jason P.S. I've added two more pages with observing lists to the High Altitude Satellite web page, one on Molniya's & another on Long March 3 rockets. These are accessible from the links on the web page below; http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hangar/1668/lists.htm ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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