Congrats, Ron ; Iridium 27 , C* 2228 , PPAS
Walter Nissen (dk058@cleveland.Freenet.Edu)
Sun, 11 Jan 1998 12:19:45 -0500 (EST)
Congratulations, Ron! And thanks for reporting here. You're in the
history books now.
You don't give either the topographic coordinates of your OBS, I assume
those you gave more recently, or the 3 names of the object, but I suppose
the names are Irdm 25 = 24904 = 97- 43 B.
Cheers!
Russell Eberst reports flashes from Irdm 27 as bright as mag -2. A couple
of people have reported here. Are others obtaining periods for Irdm 27
and C* 2228?
PPAS(beginning):
Walter I. Nissen, Jr., CDP, dk058@cleveland.freenet.edu, 55 Barrett RD #808,
Berea, OH 44017-1657, USA, 440-243-4980, -81d 51.823', 41d 22.413', 256m, 7x35
97- 51 D 98-01-01 23:41: 5.1 WN 21.4 .6 6 3.56 F, Irdm 27, mag 0?->
92- 94 A 98-01-02 11:11:47.3 WN 115.2 .8 9 12.80 A and M, C* 2228
92- 94 A 98-01-02 11:11:47.3 WN 115.2 .8 3 38.41 A and M, C* 2228
In each triplet of periods, 1 of the periods is slightly longer than the
other 2, making the second computation appear to be more accurate, but the
first is perhaps more suggestive of the overall appearance. The averages
of the sub-periods are: 13.26, 12.55, 12.59s.
97- 51 D 98-01-02 11:19:11.6 WN 49.8 .4 14 3.56 F, Irdm 27, mag 4?->
Cheers.
Walter Nissen dk058@cleveland.freenet.edu
-81.8637, 41.3735, 256m elevation
---
If you are a little late, you won't see it;
If you are a little early, you will see it.