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