A spectacular flasher crossed the field of view on four CCD frames last
night. I've identified it as 94-56A, ETS-6 in a highly eccentric orbit.
I was surprised to identify it as such an old object as the photometric
period is only about 2.3s with alternate flashes brighter.
940560120180703140056109 02 12135599 -05262 2 5
940560120180703140056312 02 12135764 -05320 2 5
940560120180703140056515 02 12135926 -05378 2 5
940560120180703140057119 02 12140070 -05437 2 5
What these numbers mean: http://www.satobs.org/position/UKformat.html
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Peter Wakelin
COSPAR 2018 GUNDLETON, Lat 51.0945N Long 1.1188W 124m
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