Obs July 6
James Nix (nixj@bellsouth.net)
Tue, 06 Jul 1999 03:40:59 -0500
Obs Jul 6, 1999
IOD:
23862 96 029D 8935 E 19990706035526500 27 25 1416259+185469 58 S+060
10
23936 96 029E 8935 E 19990706035533030 27 25 1416119+185487 58 S+060
10
notes:
D two secs early on Mike's latest, E on time but cross track is off by 5
arcmin, E's traj is almost identical to D's. Missed C,....tommorrow.
Iridium Flares:
Three Flares from Iridium's 38 (-4.0), 41 (-8.0 wow!), 43 (2.0),
thirty eight almost eclipsed Spica, will post the photos when they come
out.
General:
While waiting for TiPs I observed an UnId (72058S) 13 secs before TiPs
was due. Id'd as 72058S, it was 4 secs early and one order of mag brighter
(9.5) than prediction. TiPs, due 13 secs later was a no show at mag 8.5,
nothing TiPs-like observed for approx. one minute before or after, have
they
got stealth mode on that thing?.
Iridium Tumbler:
Ir 44 t good flashes
22:18:25.93 -4.0
29.91 -3.0
40.40 2.0
44.28 -1.0
53.52 3.0
55.40 3.0
56.34 ?
58.00 ?
19:07.00 -1
08.00 3.0
15.00 3.0
23.00 -1
Again, I will post data from the past few weeks on Iridium tumblers at the
Data page
at my website, it may not be available for a week or so though.
Interesting un-related phenomenon:
Whenever a police siren sounds in the distance the local Coyotes start up,
and
I notice that I am surrounded.
Clear & Dark
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