I have also noted usual things with NOSS 2-2 lately. Tony Beresford said: > Notes: first observation is identified as Noss 2-2 (E) though i saw no > sign of the other components of triplet, with my > 7x50 bin., and the observed > object was brighter than expected. The last three passes I've seen of NOSS 2-2 triplet have been unusual. I have reported #2 and #3 below in IOD format. I did not report the 1st recent pass because I was so perplexed by its behavior. On the first pass I believed it was object "C" that appeared 2 mags better than predicted and seen easily 1x. On that pass I saw one of the other components trailing but just barely and couldn't discern which it was due to faintness in my 10 x 50's. The second pass, reported below was unusually dim and only one component was seen (seems to fit "E" best). On my last pass with "E" as the visible one, neither of the other components were visible. That pass southward through Orion was especially nice because NOSS 3-2 r/b (28096) passed very near NOSS 2-2 E, going NE against "E"'s SE motion. 1st pass: too uncertain on timings 2nd pass: 21809 91 076E 0000 G 20060208012311000 57 5 0645000+08000 18 S+070 05 Last pass: 21809 91 076E 0000 G 20060216021137000 57 5 0532000-00240 18 S+040 05 21809 91 076E 0000 G 20060216021152000 57 5 0538000-02480 18 S+040 05 Magnitude estimated in comparison to sigma Ori. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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