First, two corrections to my September PPAS reports, thanks to Bram Dorreman for spotting them: 15054, Cosmos 1554 Rk2 (84-47H, not 87-47H) 84- 47 H 04-09-20 01:40:00 EC 21.9 0.3 7 3.13 25725, Milstar 3 Rk (Centaur) -- (not 25724, 99-23A!!) 99- 23 B 04-09-08 01:48:00 EC 54.8 0.3 24 2.28 All of the following October PPAS reports were from locations around Austin, BCRC or Ney Museum. See the PPAS report format: http://www.satobs.org/tumble/flashpm.html#PPASformat I'm a little puzzled by a 0.13 second change in Iridium 914 in only three days. Both of these were spectacular displays low in the west, satellite southbound. 24836, Iridium 914 97- 30 A 04-10-09 02:29:15 EC 92.9 0.3 8 11.61 10.32, 1.28 10.27, 1.27 10.38, 1.31 10.27, 1.27 10.42, 1.23 10.38, 1.24 10.46, 1.14 10.55, 1.12 97- 30 A 04-10-12 02:20:14 EC 82.2 0.3 7 11.74 1.23 10.43, 1.23 10.45, 1.27 10.52, 1.22 10.51, 1.22 10.46, 1.26 10.51, 1.27 11.81 22788, UFO 2 Rk 93- 56 B 04-10-10 03:38:33 EC 104.5 0.3 12 8.71 24842, Iridium 911 (can be tricky to time) 97- 30 G 04-10-15 01:18:28 EC 109.9 0.4 20 5.50 55.79, 15.17, 5.83, 5.50, 5.29, 5.88, 5.61, 5.22, 5.62 28243, MDS 1 Fairing 2 02- 3 E 04-10-15 01:41:44 EC 153.5 0.3 20 7.68 28415, Shi Jian 6 Rk 04- 35 C 04-10-16 00:59:15 EC 177.5 0.4 10 17.75 94-056A, 23230, ETS 6 (spotted by Fred, visible with 8x42 for at least 26 minutes) 94- 56 A 04-10-16 01:30:31 EC 985.6 0.2 104 9.477 +5.0->i 80-004A, Fleetsatcom 3 80- 4 A 04-10-16 02:46:13 EC 738.2 0.2 11 67.11 +4.5->i 55.85, 11.25 55.83, 11.26 55.87, 11.27 122.96, 11.31 (For this 122.9 and below, I wasn't looking.) 55.76, 11.27 55.82, 11.29 122.95, 11.19 55.91, 11.27 55.87, 11.17 55.88, 11.31 28237, MDS 1 Fairing 1 02- 3 D 04-10-16 02:21:31 EC 130.0 0.3 16 8.13 10779, Intelsat 4A6 Rk 78- 35 B 04-10-31 01:19:01 EC 70.9 0.4 15 4.73 +5.0->i 25621, Globalstar 23 99- 4 A 04-10-31 01:55:43 EC 165.4 0.3 68 2.432 +5.5->i At one point on Oct. 31, about 1:20-21, I had four objects, two of them flashing Centaurs, at once (or very nearly so by a little sweeping) in the field of view of my 8x42 binocular: 25078, 97-077B, Iridium 44 (southbound) 17589, 87-027A, Cosmos 1833 (southbound) 22788, 93-056B, UFO 2 Rk (eastbound) 10779, 78-035B, Intelsat 4A-F6 Rk (eastbound) The latter two, the two Centaurs, passed very close to each other at about 1:20:50. 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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