PPAS - 97-21B

From: Ed Cannon (ecannon@mail.utexas.edu)
Date: Tue Mar 29 2005 - 03:53:00 EST

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DFH3 2 Rk (or Zhongxing-6 Rk: 24799, a Long March 3A) - 
observed easily without magnification at a fairly constant 
range of about 1,650 km, more or less; brightest maxima 
might have been +2.5:

97- 21 B 05-03-28 02:04:58   EC  172.4 1.5  13 13.3   +3.0->i

Observed from Mt. Bonnell, a hilltop park in town.

Here are five previous obs:

97- 21 B 04-11-07 01:58:16   EC  138.9 4.0  12 11.6   +4.0->i, note b1
97- 21 B 04-12-21 19:23      AR                11.0   R, +7->inv
97- 21 B 05-01-01 17:20:26.0 AR   96.4 1.0   6 16.1   A, +7->i, note b2
97- 21 B 05-01-02 17:18:16.6 AR  149.4 1.0   9 16.6   A, +7->i, note b3
97- 21 B 05-02-07 05:31:50.4 BD   97.1 0.3   5 19.4   R; +9.0->11.0; tel

Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA

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