After almost two weeks of clouds, it was a clear night again. Stayed up all night. First obs was in the dusk, with just a few stars visible, when 1999- 39 B made a nice pass. The last obs was when it was almost too bright again, when I saw 2000- 06 B at dawn. MIR, 1986- 17 A made two passes at 20:12 and 21:47 UT; both times it was S, mag 1. 00- 4 B 00-05-05 21:33 LB S, 5 00- 6 B 00-05-06 02:43:32 LB 42.6 0.2 50 0.852 FF, 3->i Timings every 10 flashes: 8.40 8.34 8.67 8.33 8.86 sec 00- 15 A 00-05-05 20:40 LB S, 7 65- 65 C 00-05-05 23:45:00 LB 39.7 0.2 30 1.32 Irr, FF, 4->i Timings: 15.82 1.43 1.00 1.45 1.35 1.70 1.20 2.93 1.30 3.47 1.24 1.15 2.88 1.57 1.20 sec 76- 19 A 00-05-05 23:32:38 LB 46.0 0.2 20 2.30 FF, 5->i 76-118 J 00-05-06 00:48 LB S, 5 78- 18 B 00-05-05 20:29:59 LB 33.3 0.2 10 3.33 FF, 4->i 80- 3 B 00-05-05 20:52 LB var, 6->i 83- 42 B 00-05-05 21:37 LB S, 7 84- 1 J 00-05-05 22:32 LB Irr, 8->i This old flasher is still flashing, but Irr. Timings: 23.69 15.33 18.09 sec 84-123 A 00-05-05 21:12:50 LB 283.8 0.2 6 47.31 FF, 2->i 85- 79 B 00-05-05 23:10:25 LB 27.6 1.0 1 28 MM, 5->7 87- 20 B 00-05-06 02:16:06 LB 88.0 0.5 4 22.0 AA, 5->i 87- 49 B 00-05-05 22:14:36 LB 52.4 0.5 2 26.2 AA, 5->i 89- 28 B 00-05-05 22:12 LB almost S, 6 89- 59 B 00-05-06 00:31 LB alost s, 6 90- 10 A 00-05-06 00:23 LB S, 5 90- 10 A 00-05-06 02:01 LB S, 5 90- 13 A 00-05-05 21:35 LB S, 6 90- 78 B 00-05-06 01:04 LB almost S, 5, 1 fl, 2 90-111 B 00-05-05 22:43:22 LB 113.9 1.0 2 56.9 MM, 4->8 91- 7 B 00-05-05 22:47 LB S, 5 91- 41 B 00-05-05 22:37 LB almost S, 5 92- 8 B 00-05-06 01:00:42 LB 97.9 0.5 2 48.9 AA, 4->i, sm, 5 92- 30 J 00-05-05 23:29:30 LB 81.8 0.5 7 11.7 AA, 6->i Timings: 12.22 11.07 11.93 11.31 11.79 11.86 11.63 sec 92- 30 J 00-05-06 01:28:05 LB 104.3 0.5 9 11.6 AA, 5->i Timings: 11.27 11.09 12.39 11.65 11.21 12.29 11.59 11.14 11.70 sec Also this old one is still flashing; last year in april I timed it at 86 and 45 sec, so has it accelerated or did I observe every flash tonight? 92- 38 B 00-05-05 23:16:30 LB 27.6 1.0 1 28 MM, 5->7 92- 76 B 00-05-06 02:35:58 LB 137.8 1.0 1 138 MM, 3->i 93- 8 B 00-05-05 22:09:05 LB 134.0 0.5 2 67.0 AA, 5->i 93- 8 B 00-05-05 23:52:10 LB 137.6 0.2 2 68.8 AA, 5->8 93- 36 B 00-05-05 23:22 LB var, 6->i 93- 61 A 00-05-05 20:22:30 LB 115.3 0.2 6 19.22 FF, 3->i 94- 24 B 00-05-06 01:14:49 LB 127.4 0.5 6 21.2 AA, 5->i Timings: 21.01 21.63 42.19 42.58 sec 94- 83 B 00-05-05 23:04:30 LB 118.2 0.5 4 29.5 AA, 5->i 95- 2 A 00-05-06 00:51 LB S, 7 96- 17 B 00-05-05 21:22 LB almost S, 5 96- 51 B 00-05-06 01:32 LB S, 5 96- 71 B 00-05-05 21:49 LB S, 6 97- 10 B 00-05-06 00:01 LB S, 4 97- 28 C 00-05-06 02:04 LB almost S, 5 98- 45 B 00-05-05 23:35 LB S, 4 98- 45 B 00-05-06 01:18 LB S, 4 98- 55 B 00-05-06 01:07:00 LB almost s, 6 98- 72 C 00-05-06 01:51:45 LB 81.8 0.5 2 40.9 AA, 4->i 98- 76 B 00-05-05 00:38 LB S, 5 99- 22 C 00-05-05 21:18:50 LB 161.8 0.2 80 2.023 AA, 3->i Timings every 10 flashes: 14.53 14.53 14.79 14.61 14.54 14.46 14.56 14.92 99- 37 E 00-05-06 02:25 LB S, 4 99- 39 B 00-05-05 20:05:05 LB 255.9 0.2 80 3.199 AA, 3->i Timings every 10 flashes: 31.85 31.50 31.97 32.71 32.22 31.03 32.36 32.28 sec 99- 57 C 00-05-05 21:25:18 LB 37.0 0.5 10 3.7 AA, 5->6 99- 68 A 00-05-05 21:30 LB almost S, 5 99- 68 B 00-05-05 22:57 LB almost S, 4 99- 70 C 00-05-05 22:24 LB S, 5 99- 72 A 00-05-05 21:56:34.22LB S, 3, RA=15:10 d=+37 Second postion at 21:57:02.62 RA=21:40 d=+43 Greetings and clear, dark skies Leo Barhorst 399 obs in 2000 52.767 N 5.09 E 2 m ASL ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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