Brian, It would very interesting if give us the motion that the satellite had. By your description I havefound two mean candidates: Atlas centaur R/B (Norad: 03598) CZ-4 DEB (Norad: 26454) Saludos, Javi -------Mensaje original------- De: skywise Fecha: 07/04/05 23:26:32 Para: SeeSat Asunto: Help ID slow flasher Last night (July 3) while setting up my scope to try to view Tempel 1 I happened upon a slow moving flasher. It was pure chance as I had just pointed the scope a little higher in the sky than Spica and was about to start star hopping when I saw a flash. I was able to follow it for about 15 minutes. Details, My location: -118.0W 33.8N Time: 21:30 - 21:45 PDT (0430-0445 UT July 4) Flash timing: two flashes/cycle, about 10s and 53s apart, timing could be off as I counted in my head Sky location: Above Spica in altitude, maybe a little towards south in azimuth, roughly 40 deg altitude and 220 deg azimuth at 2140 PDT Observation was at 40x in 6" Newt. Flashes were easily brighter than Spica. I tried looking for it visually 1x but no luck. By 2145 PDT flashes faded in the scope to invisibility. Limiting magnitude in the scope was approximately mag 9. Sat was not visible between flashes. I tried ID'ing with what TLE's I have access to but no joy. Thanks for the help. Brian -- http://www.skywise711.com - Lasers, Seismology, Astronomy, Skepticism Seismic FAQ: http://www.skywise711.com/SeismicFAQ/SeismicFAQ.html Blog: http://www.skywise711.com/Blog Sed quis custodiet ipsos Custodes? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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