Saw PAS 1R (26608) last night from 2:58:52 - 3:05:13 UT, ramping up evenly from ~+7 mag to +5 and back to inv in my 10x50 binoculars. Magnitude compared to 21 & 23 Hydrae that it was near. Not sure how to report such a sight...PPAS format? First long term flaring geosat I'd seen and it was quite a different event than the "flashers" like Telstar 401 from earlier this winter. Hope to try again tonight. Is there posted in the archives or on Web a short discourse on why this geosat "flares" and the others "flash"? Brad Young +36.1, -95.9 Tulsa, OK USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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