In the evening the clouds cleared and it became a wonderfull night for observing. No moon and some wind avoiding the forming of fog. I stayed up untill 02:0 UT when the sky became to bright. 00- 6 B 00-06-01 21:53:36 LB 146.2 0.2 140 1.044 FF, 3->i Just a short part timed due to the obs of 92- 30 J Timings each 10th flash: 10.36 10.51 10.42 10.48 10.23 10.47 10.43 10.43 10.55 10.58 10.42 10.47 10.48 10.35 sec. 65- 98 C 00-06-02 00:53 LB almost S, 4.5 79- 30 B 00-06-01 23:27 LB almost S, 5.5 83- 31 B 00-06-02 00:14 LB S, 6 87- 11 A 00-06-02 00:38 LB almost S, 5 87- 20 B 00-06-01 22:12:41 LB 84.3 0.5 4 21.1 AA, 6->i 87- 87 B 00-06-01 23:03 LB S, 5.5 87- 98 B 00-06-01 22:45 LB almost S, 5.5 88- 50 A 00-06-01 22:56 LB S, 5 90- 4 B 00-06-01 23:33 LB S, 8 90- 17 B 00-06-02 01:02:38 LB 132.3 0.5 4 33.1 AA, 4->i 90- 78 B 00-06-01 23:39 LB almost S, 5 91- 76 C 00-06-01 23:44:25.81 LB S, 6 91- 76 E 00-06-01 23:44:27.42 LB S, 6 91- 76 D 00-06-01 23:44:35.48 LB S, 6 Passed RA=11:50 d=+55 (a dim star NE of Gamma Uma) Shape of formation changed from triangle to a row during the pass due to the changing viewing angle. 92- 12 B 00-06-02 01:31:05 LB 174.5 0.5 10 17.5 AA, 4->i 92- 30 J 00-06-01 21:49:05 LB 116.7 0.2 20 5.84 FF, 6->i 92- 36 B 00-06-01 23:30 LB S, 7 92- 76 B 00-06-01 21:22 LB lp, var, 3->i 92- 76 B 00-06-01 23:05 LB S, 5 92- 94 A 00-06-01 22:39:42 LB 117.8 0.5 17 6.93 AF, 5(4)->i 93- 1 B 00-06-02 00:03:04 LB 140.7 0.5 1 140.7 AA, 5->i 93- 61 A 00-06-01 21:12 LB almost S, 5 94- 41 B 00-06-01 23:55 LB S, 5 94- 85 B 00-06-01 22:00 LB almost S, 7 95- 32 B 00-06-02 00:58:17 LB 91.2 0.5 4 22.8 AA, 4->i 95- 72 A 00-06-01 21:38 LB S, 5 96- 4 B 00-06-02 01:43:22 LB 70.5 0.5 10 7.1 AA, 4->i 96- 51 B 00-06-01 21:44 LB slowly var, 4->7 96- 52 C 00-06-02 01:10:21 LB 158.5 0.5 4 39.6 AA, 5->i 97- 64 B 00-06-01 23:59 LB S, 7 98- 51 D 00-06-01 20:55:55 LB 66.9 0.2 30 2.23 Ff,4->i, fl -6 + -1 While waiting for 89-59 B I saw this bright sat pass in the same trajactory and on the time 89-59 B was due. With the help of Skymap I determined it was Iridium 79, tumblimg along. It flared to mag -6; some others were mag -2; most mag -1; inbetween it was mag 4 to inv 98- 55 B 00-06-01 21:58 LB S, 6 98- 72 C 00-06-01 23:14:40 LB 103.9 1.0 2 52.0 MM, 5->6 99- 31 E 00-06-01 21:41 LB S, 6 99- 41 E 00-06-01 23:10 LB S, 5 99- 68 A 00-06-01 22:48 LB S, 5 Greetings and clear, dark skies Leo Barhorst 525 obs in 2000 52.767 N 5.09 E 2 m ASL 10263 obs in PPAS ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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