Two geosats without magnification

From: Ed Cannon (ecannon@mail.utexas.edu)
Date: Mon Oct 07 2002 - 05:39:43 EDT

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    Last night (a repeat performance for the third night in a 
    row, I believe) GE 1 (24315, 96-054A) was about +4.0 
    (brighter than 3 AQR (+4.4, RA 20:47:42.6, Dec -5.02, 2000), 
    faintly visible without binoculars for several minutes.
    
    Even brighter was Intelsat 709 (23915, 96-035A), which for a 
    few minutes was brighter than +3.6 iota Ceti (RA 00:19:26.6, 
    Dec -8.82, 2000).
    
    BCRC observing site:  30.315N, 97.866W, 280m
    
    We were clouded out early last night.
    
    Regarding the previous night I wrote:
    
    >one of these two close ones:
    >20872, 90-091A, SBS 6, or 
    >20873, 90-091B, Galaxy 6
    
    Mike reminded me that SBS 6 was the brighter one of those two
    (by a lot).
    
    Regarding the fast flasher, Cosmos 2157 Rk (21734, 91-068G, a
    SL-14 R/B), last night Mike observed it with his 200mm scope 
    and got a 2-second or 4-second flash period, depending on 
    interpretation.  So it may not qualify for Dan's list of the 
    fastest ones.  I don't know what the date was on the 1-second 
    notation that I had on my magnitude file.
    
    Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA
    
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