First, here are some PPAS (plus) observations: 12908, Fleetsatcom 1 Centaur Rk 78- 16 C 05-05-23 02:45:40 EC 296.8 0.3 32 9.28 +2.0->i 78- 16 C 05-05-26 02:22:08 EC 353.3 0.5 19 18.60 +3.0->i 28096, NOSS 3-2 Rk 03- 54 B 05-05-25 03:15:17 EC 76.0 1.0 2 38.0 Timings: 14.06, 23.94, 38.00 17369, Cosmos 1818 87- 11 A 05-05-25 04:06:29 EC 125.9 2.0 11 11.4 87- 11 A 05-05-26 03:35:57 EC 183.1 1.5 16 11.4 +3.0->i 28476, GPS 56 Rk2 (PAM) ----- lots of uncertainty here! ----- 04- 45 C 05-05-25 05:32:13 EC 100.2 5.0 2 50 ? or maybe 04- 45 C 05-05-25 05:32:13 EC 100.2 5.0 8 12.5 ? Timings: 14.83, 13.54, 12.88, 9.83, 13.29, 10.43, 15.90, 9.49 However, on another hand 04- 45 C 05-06-01 02:29:50 EC 49.4 2.0 6 8.2 Timings: 8.00, 16.34, 9.03, 7.04, 9.00 00694, Atlas Centaur 2 63- 47 A 05-05-26 04:03:40 EC 348.2 9.9 5 70 +3.0->i 28237, MDS 1 Fairing 1 02- 03 D 05-05-28 04:04:58 EC 409.2 0.3 50 8.18 28243, MDS 1 Fairing 2 02- 03 E 05-06-01 02:57:58 EC 190.6 0.2 25 7.62 +4.5->i 28643, DART Pegasus Rk 05- 14 B 05-05-31 03:23:37 EC 68.4 2.0 4 17.1 Timings: 9.52, 7.43, 8.12, 9.38, 16.62, 17.32 24836, Iridium 914 97- 30 A 05-05-31 04:23:21 EC 112.9 0.1 9 12.55 Timings: 12.49, 12.60, 12.48, 12.52, 12.54, 12.54, 12.56, 12.57, 12.63, 1.34 (double flash at end) 28651, Cartosat 1 PSLV Rk 05- 17 C 05-05-31 04:33:04 EC 47.4 0.3 18 2.63 +6.0->i 27819, Cosmos 2398 Rk 03- 23 B 05-06-01 03:41:06 EC 42.2 1.0 2 21.1 27430, Hai Yang 1 (a very bright pass in the NNW) 02- 24 A 05-06-02 04:42:56 EC 136.9 1.0 9 15.2 -2.0->i Timings: 3.72, 7.06, 4.10, 3.53, 7.70, 4.31, 3.99, 7.01, 4.17, 3.59, 7.50, 4.09, 3.86, 6.15*, 5.19, (* probable early click by mistake) 3.98, 11.35, 3.65, 6.83**, 4.75, (** possibly one of the -2 flashes) 3.55, 11.70, 3.94, 7.28, 3.88 PPAS format: http://www.satobs.org/tumble/flashpm.html#PPASformat Other things. An Iridflar predicted zero magnitude flare of Iridium 80 (98-051C, 25469) on June 2 UTC did not happen. (It was not penumbral, which can make a big difference.) Grace 1 and 2 (02-12A and B, 27392 and 27392) flared to +1 magnitude together low in the northwest at about 3:37 or 3:38 on June 2 UTC -- very impressive! Much of this pass was quite bright. ROCSAT 1 (99-002A, 25616) flared to +1 magnitude at about 2:18:06 June 1 UTC, when it was in the southeast. I believe all of the above were observed from BCRC, 30.315N, 97.866W, 280m. Brad Young wrote further that the flashing object he saw was visible without binoculars, about +4.0, and appeared to be stationary in azimuth relative to the stars. Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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