BY Obs Jan 18

From: Brad Young (allenb_young@yahoo.com)
Date: Sun Jan 18 2009 - 18:44:38 UTC

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    Beautiful night at RMCC Observatory. Loused up obsreduce again...I'll email Ted. So, I couldn't predict any highfly classifieds except 23893. 
    
    Star party at RMCC Observatory included a Scout troop, who loved seeing flashing NOSS 2-3 (A). Short quick bursts of 3 flashes to mag 7 at times, all 3 within a second. Couldn't get a good period on triple flashes becuase I wanted to show as many folks as I could, they were all very interested. However, I couldn't answer what made it flash...what is the consensus on the reflective surface of this object?  
    
    Not sure why positions reduce poorly, but I am very sure of 1st and 3rd positions becuase of bright field stars.  
    
    Earlier, the another member directed the crowd to view an Iridium flash (which occurred the night before), but had forgotten a perfect ISS pass, which occurred while the audience was in the closed dome (the one with the broken telescope). So the Iridium was a dud, although we could see its spare following right with it, which made for a good converstaion. This unplanned flashing spy satellite really helped the "mood" of the audience.
    
    23893 96 029A   8335 E 20090118014946210 57 25 0656188+123532 17 F
    23893 96 029A   8335 E 20090118015051460 57 25 0659264+140906 37 F
    23893 96 029A   8335 E 20090118015143750 57 25 0701817+152271 37 F
    
    PPAS:
    
    Finally saw Kitsat!
    
    99- 29 A 09-01-18 00:31:42   BY                       S; 7 36x RED
    77- 41 B 09-01-18 02:29:56   BY  250.3 0.4  22 11.38  F; 4->inv 1x
    04- 22 C 09-01-18 03:27:25   BY                       S; 9 36x
    88-109 C 09-01-18 03:43:20   BY                       S; 11 36x
    
    TULSA2:
    COSPAR 8335 +35.831, -96.147 1100 ft
    
    
    
          
    
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