> Tonight (the 15th) I saw a rather bright flasher with the naked >eye. When I first saw it, it was just southeast of being directly >overhead. I grabbed my 7x50 binos and saw that it had a >bright-dim-bright-black pattern that was very stable in its repeat >cycle. In my estimation, the brights were easily at or above >magnitude 2. It was about 2 to 2.5 seconds between bright flashes >(roughly measured with my wristwatch). I lost it just up from >Casseopeia; considering its track, it would have passed near the moon >and would have passed through Casseopeia. It was about 9:37pm to >9:39pm local CDT, or 02:37 - 02:39 UTC. I live at 38.47N, 90.63W. >Can someone help me identify it? Could it be this? Place: ESSAI Latitude: +3828 Longitude:26923 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- COSMOS 887 R 1 09638U 76128B Ref.Date: 1997 175.22861235 = 24 / 6 / 1997 n=13.77348309 Height.: 948- 992 Km Magnit.St.: 5.5 15/ 7/97 Az.: Alt.: Sun: Hgt.: Dist.: Magn.: Alpha: Delta: Const.: 2h25m 0s 351d 3d -10d 961Km 3330Km 7.4 5.0h +53.3d Cam 2h26m 0s 350d 7d -11d 960Km 2950Km 7.1 5.1h +57.1d Cam 2h27m 0s 350d 11d -11d 959Km 2574Km 6.8 5.4h +61.4d Cam 2h28m 0s 349d 17d -11d 957Km 2205Km 6.5 5.8h +66.4d Cam 2h29m 0s 347d 24d -11d 956Km 1850Km 6.1 6.7h +72.0d Cam 2h30m 0s 344d 34d -11d 955Km 1519Km 5.7 9.0h +76.6d Cam 2h31m 0s 339d 47d -11d 954Km 1235Km 5.2 12.4h +72.2d Dra 2h32m 0s 322d 65d -12d 954Km 1038Km 4.8 14.2h +55.6d UMa 2h33m 0s 249d 75d -12d 953Km 982Km 4.7 14.9h +31.8d Boo 2h34m 0s 201d 59d -12d 952Km 1089Km 4.9 15.3h +8.6d Ser 2h35m 0s 190d 42d -12d 951Km 1321Km 5.4 15.6h -8.9d Lib 2h36m 0s 186d 30d -12d 951Km 1625Km 5.8 15.7h -21.2d Sco 2h37m 0s 184d 21d -12d 950Km 1966Km 6.2 15.8h -30.0d Lup 2h38m 0s 182d 15d -12d 950Km 2327Km 6.6 15.9h -36.7d Lup 2h39m 0s 181d 10d -13d 949Km 2699Km 6.9 16.0h -42.0d Sco 2h40m 0s 181d 5d -13d 949Km 3078Km 7.2 16.1h -46.4d Nor My pleasure, avec plaisir, Alphonse alphonse.pouplier@skynet.be URL:http://users.skynet.be/alphonse/ To be on my list: Send "subscribe alphonse" to listbot@interlink-bbs.com Main coord.: Wepion (Belgium) +50d25m27s 4d51m42s East Aux. coord.: Esparron de Verdon (France) +43d44m19s 5d58m12s East