Earlier today, Ulli Hanke wrote ... >Subject: NOSS 2-3 r > >Hi All, > >last night (05/20/98, 00:04) I saw NOSS 2-3 r precisely as predicted (with >STPLUS and an elset from Ted Molczan with epoch 05/08/98, 2:18:08 UTC). It was >flashing with an period of about 5 sec (wild guess !). >Is anything known about that ? > While we usually do not try to time varying satellites, a check of our records reveals that we saw this object, presumably 23907 = 96-029B = NOSS 2-3 R/B, on 4 different occasions from February to July 1997 and only noted it obviously varying once (1997 Feb 09 23:56 UTC) with a period of about 2 1/2 seconds. Each time we saw it it reached magnitude +2. Clear and dark skies! Ed Light Lakewood, NJ, USA 40.107 N, 074.232 W, +21 m