Tuesday evening was our first observing weather in eleven nights. Here are some PPAS observations (plus my usual additional first line, of course): 12908, Fleetsatcom 1 Centaur Rk 78- 16 C 05-05-18 02:40:09 EC 148.5 0.3 16 9.28 +2.0->i 28651, Cartosat 1 PSLV Rk 05- 17 C 05-05-18 04:25:15 EC 38.5 0.3 17 2.27 22788, UFO 2 Centaur Rk 93- 56 B 05-05-19 02:22:13 EC 80.6 0.3 9 8.96 +1.5->i I believe that the next two are diverging in flash period: 28243, MDS 1 Fairing 2 02- 3 E 05-05-18 05:05:01 EC 259.8 0.2 34 7.64 28237, MDS 1 Fairing 1 02- 3 D 05-05-18 05:09:55 EC 212.7 0.2 26 8.18 PPAS format: http://www.satobs.org/tumble/flashpm.html#PPASformat USA 129 (96-072A, 24680) did a wonderfully bright Iridium-like flare, at least -3 magnitude, south of Ursa Major last night (i.e., Thursday May 19 UTC, at about 3:54:02-05). This and the following object, and the 05-05-19 ones above, were seen from the Ney Museum grounds. USA 89 Rk (92-086C, 22519) was visible without magnification, near Alpha Hydrae, and the sky conditions were not very good. Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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