Observations 960331

Leo Barhorst (leobarhorst@pi.net)
Sun, 31 Mar 96 22:44:58 PST

This evening I observed the following satellites. There were qiute some 
clouds, but later on the sky cleared. Kyakutake was good visible, even its tail.

63- 30 A 96-03-31 19:43:34   LB  135.8 0.5   4 34.0   AA, mag 7->inv
Difficult to see. I timed all four flashes and it seems it has two periods
one of about 28 seconds, the other about 40 seconds:
0 - 28.72 - 37.44 - 27.88 - 41.74

86- 37 B 96-03-31 19:14:51   LB   59.4 0.5   2 29.7   AA, mag 5->inv
89- 17 B 96-03-31 19:19:02   LB   74.7 0.5   4 18.7   AA, mag 4->7
90- 81 K 96-03-31 19:56:57   LB   78.2 0.5   2 39.1  'Aa'A, mag 4->inv
I've measured on the bright max; in between the max is about mag 5

92-  8 B 96-03-31 20:14:07   LB   78.5 0.5   8  9.8   AA, mag 4->inv
Measuring every second flash gives:
0 - 19.88 - 19.34 - 19.87 - 19.38
Again two periods, albeit not so far apart as with 63 30 A

92- 36 B 96-03-31 20:03:07   LB   31.1 0.2   8  3.89  FF, mag 4->inv
Keeps on flashing very nice.

Clear skies and happy observing
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Name: Leo Barhorst              Alkmaar (Neth)  52 deg 38 sec N
                                                                           4 deg  47 sec E
E-mail: leobarhorst@pi.net    also a member of Seesat-L
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