What a month! And not half over yet. 11/08-09 of course included transit of Mercury, which I showed to several passers-by in my downtown neighborhood. Good cause to discuss with them that yes, I am that guy skulking about in the night with binoculars, and yes, it is actually for honorable (or at least not illegal) reasons. Then on to a perfect night for satellites and comets; the weather could not have been better. Actually hot during transit, then no wind and pristine skies that night. Got first timing during the "previous day" (before 0h), a hallmark of winter. This and seeing Venus after 12:00 pm next Spring are quirky things I enjoy. Also started looking for eccentric objects using Highfly. So far have seen several easily in 10 x 50's: 28477 Breeze-M Deb Tank 19884 TDRS 4 IUS 27706 GPS 52 PAM r/b 21226 SL-12 r/b (Aux) Hinode (29479) was a wonderful bluish color and flared twice: yy-nnncc yy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss ooo ss.s s.s nnn ff.fff comments 06- 41 A 06-11-08 23:58:39 BY 1 +0.5 flash, blue 06- 41 A 06-11-08 23:58:59 BY 1 +1.5 flash Cosmos 2105 was seen as one small flash (6 mag) while following an UNID that turned out to be 27373 (Iridium 91). 90- 99 A 06-11-09 0:08:44 BY 1 +6 Yaogan 1 was very active: yy-nnncc yy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss ooo ss.s s.s nnn ff.fff comments 06- 15 A 06-11-09 0:15:10 BY 59.0 0.3 7 8.4 +4, one +2.5 flash (#3) Others: yy-nnncc yy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss ooo ss.s s.s nnn ff.fff comments 63- 14 A 06-11-09 0:52:27 BY 49.8 0.3 7 7.1 +5.5 maxs 01- 40 C 06-11-09 1:24:53 BY 1 -3 flare 01- 40 A 06-11-09 1:25:10 BY 1 +1 flare 70- 67 A 06-11-10 0:23:35 BY 1 +5 UNIDs and classfd.tle to follow. Brad Young TULSA 1 COSPAR 8336 36.1397N, 95.9838W, 205m ASL ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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