This is similar to Ed Light's question the other day about Helios 1B. I looked up to see Timation 2 Rk (69-082AB, 04159). I saw a very bright object that reached at least zero magnitude and stayed visible without binoculars for a couple of minutes. This was quite a bit like some Topex passes. It crossed some good areas, so I got two pretty good positions. My location was Ney Museum, 30.307N, 97.727W, 150m. The date is 2005/06/08 UTC; coordinates are epoch 2000. 3:19:32.1 13:25:13.5 +55.0 (It "hit" Alcor, 80 UMa). 3:20:41.8 15:01:20.0 +73.5 (estimated, bowl of Little Dipper) It also passed very near (west of) Cor Caroli at about 3:18:45. It seems to be a good match with 69-082AB. But I wonder if it may be unusual for that object to be so bright. I checked several of Russell's 6908226 reports as well as the PPAS database, where there was one report of it being +3 I believe. I found 90007 flashing about 25 minutes earlier than a week ago. NOSS 3-3 pair (05-004 A and C, 28537 and 28541) were visible without binoculars from near Spica to near Arcturus. I had a prediction for a -8.5 Iridium flare. I was glad that I noticed in advance that it was Iridium 16, which was discussed here recently. I saw nothing. 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
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Wed Jun 08 2005 - 04:54:19 EDT