In spite of the moonlight, I found Gorizont 14 (17969) last night not far from delta Virginis; PPAS report: 87- 40 A 02-02-26 05:18:41.1 EC 1038.1 0.3 12 86.51 +5.5->inv Before that while still on campus I went out in twilight to look for flashes from Orion 3 on its first pass but didn't see any. However, I did see a bright flare/glint from a northbound satellite, which I later found was matched well by a DMSP (95-015A, 23533), which has been reported also by others recently. Cosmos 1980 (88-102A, 19649) did a -2 flash at about 1:28:37.5. I've noticed DS-1 Rk (25510) tumbling recently and got three cycles last night. Its intrinsic magnitude seems brighter than most Deltas. PPAS: 98- 61 C 02-02-26 01:06:24.3 EC 110.6 3.0 3 37 +2.5 max Iridium 24 (97-082B, 25105) keeps doing at least a few bright flashes on at least one pass each evening; usually at least one of the flashes seems to be at least -6 magnitude. Intelsat 512 Rk (16102) from Saturday evening local time: 85- 87 B 02-02-24 01:26:56.7 EC 104.4 0.5 25 4.17 mag +3.5->inv Locations for all of the above either UT Austin campus or E. Ney Musuem grounds (approx. 30.30N, 97.73W, 150m). ETS 6 pass coming tonight (early Feb. 27 UTC). A big bad cold front is getting here -- our low Wednesday AM may be -5 Celsius. Chilly, moonlit satellite observing tonight! Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Tue Feb 26 2002 - 04:59:54 EST