Observing location = Tuckahoe State Park, MD (Delmarva No-Frill Star Party) 38.9842 E 75.9292 W 50m ALS Superbird A obs in PPAS format: 89-041 A 00-09-30 03:26:14.43JDG 446.4 0.3 39 11.45 +1.5->inv 89-041 A 00-10-01 03:25:50.15JDG 423.5 0.3 37 11.45 +2.0->inv See: http://www2.satellite.eu.org/ppas/node6.html#SECTION00600000000000000000 for a description of the format The phase shift for the first obs was about 03:22 UT, 30 Sept. The 2 predicted Iridium flares were on time and to the predicted brightness. Both were a few degrees above and to the right of Polaris. Iridium 11, 23:42:32 UTC, 29 Sept; -8 mag Iridium 3, 23:36:23 UTC, 30 Sept; -2 mag Bright UNIDs: Rubin-Rk (26406, 00039C), R->L under beta-Peg at 00:04 UTC 30 Sept, Flashing nicely at +3.0->5.0 Cosmos 2333 (24297, 96051A) L->R under beta-Peg at 00:18 UTC 30 Sept, steady at +3.5 mag Cosmos 756 Rk (08128, 75076B) L->R under zeta-Cyg at 23:48 UTC 30 Sept, steady at +3.0 mag Note: I'm not used to observing at a good dark sky location so my estimates may be on the bright side. The few geosyncs that I plotted for eclipse entry did not seem to brighten. During the evening I kept an eye on the geosync eclipse area and believe that I observed a few at 1x at about +6.0 mag in that area. I'll have to devote more time to those objects at next year's star party. Cheers Don Gardner 39.1799 N, 76.8406 W, 100m ASL http://hometown.aol.com/mir16609/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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