Last night, I did a search to see which atlas centaur rockets would pass by. I saw that 28253 would be pass by, a area of sky near 180 degrees from the sun, ie difference of 12 hours R.A So I thought, ah lots of light to reflect off it's body, like what happens to the milstars. So at around 4:52 UTC ( July 12 ) I was observing the right area, and spotted it on the tv screen. It was around mag 8 and appeared to be steady. I didn't notice any flashing. I plan to watch it again tonight, around the same area of sky. That's if the sky impoves. It been hazy, wrecking the view. I then observed bright flashes from Molyina 1-88, between roughly 5:45 to 6:00 UTC. It flashes early every night, at least that what I get from observing it, on 5 different night now. It was flashing near a magnitude 3.3 star called alf her. RA (J2000.0): 17 14 38.86 declination +14 23 24.9 It flashes around there were at least as bright as mag 5. Kevin 44.6062 N 75.6910 W ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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