The latest data I processed for this object are from Sep.2002, so my predictions were about 1.5 h off (I have not yet added Ed's observations). Still, it seems to me that it would flash 6 min earlier (same RA?) per day. 20 d W of Ed, flashes 15 min earlier than Ed's, at +0:03 in RA. For Don at 39N, 77W, flashes 20 min after Ed's, at +0:12 in RA. Don might also see the "backside" of the flashes, some 3.5 h earlier, if the cone angle is 78 degrees as calculated then. /Björn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Cannon" > Telstar 401 (93-077A, 22927) is flashing in the evening again. > It would be nice if someone some hundreds if not a thousand > or two km from Austin could see it flashing also. I expect > at least half a dozen up to possibly ten one-power flashes > tonight roughly around 8:40-9:00 PM CST (2:40-3:00 UTC), but > we don't know when, relatively, it will flash in locations > far away from here. The episodes Saturday and last night > were just to the east of the belt of Orion, roughly RA 6:00, > Dec -4 (2000). It flashes about 10-15 minutes earlier from > night to night. The flash period is now about 101.5 seconds, > ten seconds shorter than in November-December. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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