Here-under is my 335th observation report EVER!... but who's counting :-) Watch out for TiPS. it's running early according to tle 97129.48611111 Pos. RA 5h20.9 Dec -79d17m +/- .5deg either way Time 09:02:47.14 +/- 0.5 secs 3rd June 1997 UT. #23937 96- 29F. Vince Gardiner, VAG, Lat = -30.35, Long = +153.082, Alt = 12 m 65- 34 A 97-06-03 10:02 VAG 111.9 0.2 9 12.43 FF mag8->inv 65- 65 C 97-06-03 09:56 VAG 61.5 0.5 19 3.24 FFfFfff mag5->inv dtm 81-116 J 97-06-03 08:28 VAG S mag10 82- 55 B 97-06-03 08:08 VAG LP dtm 87- 53 A 97-06-03 07:30 VAG S mag6 88- 6 A 97-06-03 07:45 VAG 72.4 0.5 8 9.1 FF mag5->inv 90- 10 A 97-06-03 08:14 VAG LP mag6->7 90- 29 J 97-06-03 07:20 VAG S 92- 76 B 97-06-03 07:37 VAG slowly var mag4 93- 70 B 97-06-03 08:44 VAG 51.0 0.5 1 51.0 AA mag4->inv 96- 29 F 97-06-03 09:04 VAG slowly var. mag9 The following object Intelsat 5 #13007 is an interesting one. It has two distinct flash periods as the DRA timings show. 81-119 B 97-06-03 09:18 VAG 97.8 0.5 8 12.2 F'FF' mag5->inv 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 7.13 12.26 19.23 24.57 31.54 36.90 43.97 49.10 61.05 1 68.17 73.48 80.64 85.76 92.69 97.84 Flash periods 0/1 2/3 4/5 6/7 8/9 10/11 12/13 14/15 ave. out at 7.05sec Flash periods 1/2 3/4 5/6 7/8 9/10 11/12 13/14 15/16 ave. out at 5.17secs all flashes were of equal magnitude, but one appears at 5/7th of each rotation. Regards, Vince Gardiner. vgardi@coffs.net.au Coffs Harbour N.S.W. Australia -30.35 +153.082