23466, Tsikada Rk 95- 2 D 03-11-22 01:28:38 EC 80.5 0.5 7 11.5 +4.0->inv I would have started timing it sooner if I had not thought it was about to enter eclipse. I counted three or four cycles about a minute before I started timing it. 12553, NOAA 7 81- 59 A 03-11-22 01:07:45 EC 90.0 0.5 5 18.0 +2.0->inv A few non-specular secondary maxima were visible. 98-026A, 25319, Iridium 69 "?" -- I think that it is flashing with a period of about 35 seconds, based on two definite specular flashes. SPOT 3 (93-061A, 22823) did a very visible pass low in the west, with a couple of specular flashes and long stretches of +3. UFO 2 Rk (98-016B, 25259) wasn't easy; I got odd times. It may have slowed down to 9 or 10 seconds. Managed to see a few maxima of Raduga 33 (96-010A, 23794); not easy due to all of the light pollution at the site -- Ney Museum, 30.307N, 97.727W, 150m. I'm pretty sure I saw some flashes from Orion 3 (99-024A, 25727), though only the first was bright, about -1. ISS did a very nice pass. I was able to see it between the bright lights as I crossed a tennis court. Eleven objects were visible (at least a couple of flashes) without binoculars from the light-polluted site. It's not as good there when the leaves have fallen from the trees, thus allowing a lot more light to enter from the tennis courts and the park and passing cars. Non-obs: Superbird A, ETS 6, and TDF 1. I must have made a miscalculation with respect to Superbird; the sky was okay and the location wasn't difficult. I was looking for it for about 10 minutes beginning about 3:17 or 18, based on Don's report from a couple of days ago. I'm not sure when to look for ETS 6 now and have no idea on TDF 1. I looked quite a bit for ETS 6 but just didn't see it though it was very near where it flashed near apogee maybe three weeks ago. Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA ----------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from SeeSat-L, send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@satobs.org List archived at http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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