Obs 7 Jan

From: Mir16609@aol.com
Date: Sat Jan 08 2000 - 17:44:23 PST

  • Next message: RON ATHEY: "ETS-6"

    Hello Everyone.
    
    Busy night.  First the PPAS report:
    97- 82 D 00-01-07 23:29:53.1 JDG  77.1 0.3   6 12.8   2.0->inv
    97- 68 B 00-01-08 01:07:50.8 JDG  59.8 0.3  50  1.20  7->inv
    97- 68 B 00-01-08 01:08:25.0 JDG  12.0 0.3  10  1.20  7->inv
    97- 68 B 00-01-08 01:08:32.1 JDG  12.1 0.3  10  1.21  7->inv
    99-999 A 00-01-08 03:47:11.4 JDG 256.4 0.3  12 21.37  F'fF'fmag+7->+7->inv 
    21.4=13.5+7.9 (Unknown 99001)
    94- 56 A 00-01-08 03:57:17.0 JDG 113.0 0.3  10 11.30  F'fF'fmag-1->+2->inv 
    11.3=2.9+8.4
    91- 46 A 00-01-08 04:07:03.4 JDG 720.3 0.1  14 51.45  6.0->inv
    
    The ISS made a nice southbound pass in the west.  It reached 80 deg el and 
    was +1.0 mag.
    
    Iridium 48 (tum) has made 2 similar passes over he last 2 evenings.  Instead 
    of the usual bright, strobe-like flashes I observed gradual increasing 
    brightness with an occasional flash as peak brightness was reached. I kind of 
    reminded me of Spot 3 wierding out.  The pass at 23:29 UTC 7 January was high 
    (60 deg in the due east).
    
    I did not observe the beginning of the ETS-6 flashes.  I was waiting for it 
    to pass below Rigel (200az, 40el) through the FOV of my scope when I observed 
    its 1x flashes a few degrees to the right. The brightness of both the primary 
    flashes seemed to fade until about 03:57:00 UTC 8 January when the secondary 
    flashes seemed brighter.
    
    Gorizont 23 is actually very relaxing to observe with a DOB.  The splits on 
    my stopwatch were all within 0.14 seconds. 
    
    Cheers
    Don Gardner  39.1796 N, 76.8419 W, 34m ASL
    Homepage: http://hometown.aol.com/mir16609/
    
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