Last night I was able to watch ASC 1 (85-76C, 15994) for five hours, from 3:08:06 until 8:07:25, except for a period of 28-plus minutes, 4:41:00-5:09:22, when I could not see it. As I'm watching it with binoculars, I'm more uncertain than usual of my estimates of its brightest maxima, but at least some of them are at least +3.0. Outside my apartment, in almost the exact azimuth of where it was, there's a very bright streetlight. I should say that it was still flashing brightly when I gave it up; it was looking like it could go on the rest of the night! It looks like its flash period is a little bit less than 7:44.50, but I haven't done the math. I hope everyone understands that this is not your usual type of observing. I first found it from outside my apartment. Then during one 7.75-minute period I went over to the museum grounds. I stayed there for a couple of hours, but when I got too chilly and hungry over there, I came here, and every five to six minutes I'd go back outside and watch for the next flash. In between flashes I ate something, started my PC, got online, read e-mail, listened to the TV news, etc. While at the museum grounds I made some effort to try to see Insat 2D, which was not far away from ASC 1, but I didn't find it. 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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