Below are my data for two evenings. The last click on Nov. 15 is 30 minutes earlier than three nights previously. I got a more complete observation on Nov. 15, including six flashes seen without binoculars in spite of the very bright moonlight. Both were from the Ney Museum location. 93-077A, 22927, Telstar 401 -- November 12, 2005 UTC Ck Split. Time UTC.. Mag. Using 02 ------ 4:01:26.39 +2.0 Binoculars 03 94.68 4:03:01.07 +1.0 1x (no binoculars) 05 94.59 4:04:35.66 +1.0 1x 06 283.84 4:09:19.50 +3.5 B (previous two not seen 1x, too faint) 07 94.70 4:10:54.20 +4.0 B 08 189.09 4:14:03.29 +5.0 B (previous not seen, maybe due to Moon glare) 09 189.36 4:17:12.65 +6.5 B (next two not seen, too faint) 93-077A, 22927, Telstar 401 -- November 15, 2005 UTC 04 ------ 3:24:54.50 +4.0 B 05 94.40 3:26:28.90 +3.5 B 06 94.77 3:28:03.67 +3.0 1x 07 94.51 3:29:38.18 +1.0 1x 08 94.36* 3:31:12.54* +1.0 1x 09 94.46 3:32:47.00 +1.0 1x 10 94.53 3:34:21.53 +2.0 1x 11 94.71 3:35:56.24 +3.5 1x 12 94.25 3:37:30.49 +4.0 B 13 94.78 3:39:05.27 +5.0 B 01 94.86# 3:40:40.15# +4.5 B (definitely brighter than previous one) 02 94.56 3:42:14.71 +6.5 B 03 94.50 3:43:49.21 +6.0 B (def. brighter than previous) 04 189.28 3:46:58.49 +6.5 B (previous one not seen, too faint; next two not seen) * accidentally stopped watch on click 07; restarted at 3:31:00.00 # stopped watch at 3:39:30.00; restarted at 3:40:00.00 A few nights ago Yuri 3B (91-060A, 21668) was observed, low in the west. One that got away: On Saturday evening Nov. 5 local time (Nov. 6 UTC), from the Canyon of the Eagles dark-sky site, I saw a bright 1x geosynch flash; told Mike, and he saw it too. Its flash period was just a fraction over 60 seconds. It faded pretty rapidly. It was at about the location of ASC 1 (85-76C, 15994). Mike later found that Italsat 1 (21055, 91-003A) was at almost the same position. Since then, I haven't been able to see any sign of either ASC 1 or Italsat 1 and wonder if it was an unknown object or possibly the lost PAS 1 (24891, 97-040A). I know Mike tried both ASC 1 and Italsat 1 with the telescope at least one evening, without success. So if you see one with an almost exactly one-minute flash period, please report it! Oh, this one was seen at about RA 1:40, Dec -10 (2000) at about 4:40 Nov 6 UTC. 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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