Found Intelsat 512 (85-087A, 16101) flashing brightly every 21.4 seconds, as well as some half-period flashes, from 0:53:10 to 1:01:10 UTC Nov 5. Don't know when it started, but Mike McCants said that its maxima were down to +11 by 1:05. Brightest maxima were +3.5 if not +3.0. I believe that its flash window is about 13 minutes later per night. I was able to observe very bright (+2) flashes from ASC 1 (85-76C, 15994) every 7:44.50 from 3:09:22 to 5:18:25 (with a 51-plus minute break between leaving the BCRC observing site and finding it again after I got to my apartment). As 7:44.50 * 186 equals 86,397 seconds (3 seconds short of one day), it appears that it will flash at almost the same times tonight, except perhaps shifted in phase. It was still going strong when I called it quits. 3:09:22 UTC Nov 5 (times rounded off) 3:17:07 3:24:51 3:32:36 3:37:47 fractional time 3:40:20 fractional time left site, found it again after getting home 4:31:58 4:39:42 4:47:27 4:55:11 5:02:57 5:10:41 5:18:25 Also saw Gorizont 14, Superbird A (between ASC 1 flashes), and a couple of bright flares from LEOs. Obs site was BCRC -- 30.315N, 97.866W, 280m (except for the few ASC 1 flashes I saw from outside my apartment). Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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