Abrixas Rk, Quikscat Rk + BWGS TLEs
Mir16609@aol.com
Thu, 2 Sep 1999 00:08:00 EDT
In PPAS format:
99-022 C 99-09-02 01:26:43.2 JDG 56.1 0.5 100 0.561 5.0->inv
99-022 C 99-09-02 01:27:25.3 JDG 6.2 0.5 10 0.62 5.0->inv
The second obs is a 10 flash "reality check".
Abrixas Rk as previously posted, is particularly difficult to time due to a
quick minima. During the pass, which began low in the West, the object
resembled a twinkling star. The observable flashing didn't begin until it
was over Arcturus (280az, 40 el).
In my previous posting on Quikscat Rk I neglected to report that the
brightness of the flashes was about +4.3. Tonight I failed to observe the
object during a 20 deg el pass in the NW
Since there seems to be an increasing interest in flashing objects I decided
to post an extract of my TLE file that contains only the New and High
Priority objects noted in Kurt Jonckheere's post last month:
http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/Aug-1999/0404.html
The file (bwgs-hp.txt) is available at:
ftp://members.aol.com/mir16609/bwgs-hp.zip
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/9787/bwgs-hp.zip
Cheers
Don Gardner 39.1796 N, 76.8419 W, 34m ASL
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