Cannot post timings / positions till later, but it might be best to post this now for tonight's opportunities. Approximate data in []. First, it was nice just to be able to see anything at all after weeks of bad weather. Last night's conditions were poor, very humid with passing clouds and lots of high thin cirrus lit by the moon. But at least it wasn't RAINING. Double pass of ISS and Atlantis was spectacular - after missing so many it was well worth the wait. Almost overhead, ISS seemed a little brighter than before, with Atlantis trailing by [50] sec and slightly more westerly track (as expected with the burn mentioned yesterday). Both followed to shadow ingress, mags -2, -0.5 respectively. Then, with AMS-1 (9415), I think I did see Ed's object! Trying to see it, I did not time flashes or positions of 9415 (very irregular, at one point it flashed to +2 twice and then disappeared for 20 sec). The "object" was VERY dim (mag 7 or more), but it had two characteristics that lead me to think it was real. One, it did not move respective to the main body when I changed angle of binoculars or averted vision, unlike ghosts which do. Also, it did not change brightness with AMS-1; when AMS-1 flared, it was not brighter, and seemed to still be visible during dim periods for main body. The two timings below [later] are only when I was > 50% sure I saw it. Very intriguing, we definitely need to keep looking. I guess even as debris, Space-Track would not post elements since main body is classified. THEN, MetOp-A slightly brightened to equal [Pi? Her] and as it did, was passed by faster, brighter UNID, [which I need to id]. MetOp-A "flare" was about a second, timing [later] is start of flare, where it changed from orangish to an almost gunmetal glint. Last but not least, I discovered a "NOSS pair" in far north. Saw Cosmos 1154 r/b (11683) 1X at 3:29:51.14 16h20 +68, followed by Cosmos 1271 r/b (12465) which I noticed in binocs while tracking the then UNID. Sure had me fooled - thought I had found an unknown NOSS pair! Brad Young TULSA 1 COSPAR 8336 36.1397N, 95.9838W, 205m ASL ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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