Last night I happened across what appeared to be a geosynch flashing to about +4 (at least two flashes seen one-power) with a period of about 10 seconds! I'm pretty sure that it was ETS 6 (23230, 94-056A), which was at a range of about 32,000 km at the time I first saw it. Unfortunately my stopwatch lost its mind before I could even think of getting any of the data -- other than having reviewed a number of 10-second cycles. So there went my times on the two flaring geosynchs that I had seen earlier, the exact time of a bright fireball flash (I managed to see the smoke/plasma trail.), the UNID crossers, etc. Anyway, I first saw what was probably ETS 6 very near, a fraction of a degree east of, theta Aquilae. I did see an apparent flaring (+7?) geosynch at the same position as the one last night, at very close to the same time. But I also saw one earlier very near 3 Aquarii. There were four stars instead of the little triangle that it had been the previous night. But soon it was easy to see which one did not belong there. This one was almost as bright as 3 AQR (+4) and certainly brighter than nearby 4 and 5 AQR when I first saw it. I wish I knew what time it was then.... Location 30.314N, 97.866W, 280m. Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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