Jun 3 obs
vince gardiner (vgardi@coffs.net.au)
Wed, 04 Jun 1997 06:39:34 +1000
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