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/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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