On Oct 11 I wrote: > This morning, before going to work, I observed this flashing > Zenit-2 rocket. The flashing was more clear this morning than > yesterday's. The two flashes could been seen good and the minima > were alternate just visible and well defined. > Using PPASext gives good results, although the timings are a bit > irratic. Yesterday's obs is probably double period. > > The URL explaning the numbers : > http://www.satobs.org/tumble/flashpm.html#PPASformat > > 04- 21 B 04-10-11 04:08:37 LB 113.4 0.2 120 0.945 FF, 3->i > Timings every 10th flash: 10.17 9.71 9.94 9.97 9.97 9.78 8.03 > 8.97 10.26 8.99 8.97 8.68 sec. > This report needs to be corrected. A total of 114 flashes gives a much better fitting; and P becomes 0.995 sec. The correct PPASreport is: 04- 21 B 04-10-11 04:08:37 LB 113.4 0.2 114 0.995 FF, 3->i Greetings and clear, dark skies Leo Barhorst, Medemblik NL Cospar 4252 52.76350 N 5.09114 E 2 m ASL http://www.home.zonnet.nl/leobarhorst/index.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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