Superbird A + other high flashers

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>Comstar 2 Rocket = 9329
>Flashing with assymetric period
>76- 73 B 97-12-27 23:16      KJ  461.5 1.0  11 42.0   =24.0+18.0 asymm, AA
>76- 73 B 97-12-28 20:34:26.2 KJ  587.1 0.2  14 41.94  asymm half period
>Last observed by Daniel Karcher in '91 with 19.8 seconds (half period),
>so going up nicely

I saw this twice in 1993.  Periods 20 and 22 seconds.


>Comstar 3 Rocket = 10976
>78- 68 B 97-12-29 00:49      KJ  489.9 0.2 100  4.899 FF, mag +8.5->inv
>Last observed in '83 by Pierre Neirinck with 4.45 seconds period

Last seen by me in 5/92, pd 5 sec., and 2/93 pd 5 sec.  

Jay Respler
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