hi jeff
I don't know about your target object, but I think the star must be
HIP105174 or one near it, in equuleus ("the little horse")... mag. 9.18,
distance 539 LY.
the nearest principal (bayer/flamsteed) star is kitalpha (alpha equulei) aka
Al Kitah al Faras, in arabic, "part of a horse."
clear skies!
stephan szyman
chicago IL USA
41.6840N, 87.7000W; 188 msl
>Hey All,
> For the last several nights I have been seeing
>bright (Mag. 0) flashing geosync (I believe it is a
>geosynch because it holds it's position) with a flash
>period of 2 min 11 sec. At 5:07:02 UT it flashed about
>3 deg. south of a star at 21hr 18min RA and +5.3 deg.
>Dec. (What star is this and, more importantly, what
>constellation does it belong to???). The sat flashed
>from about 5:02 UT to 5:18 UT and stopped being naked
>eye visible and then returned flashing with a period
>of 3min 55sec at 5:36:56 UT and 5:40:51 UT. Any idea
>on what this satellite is?
>
> Regards,
> Jeff Umbarger
> Plano, TX USA
> Lat: +33.0695(N)
> Lon: -96.7681(W)
> UT - 5hr (CST)
>
>
>--- Jeff Umbarger <umby@sgi.com> wrote:
>
> > 12:07:02 3 deg south of ? 2:11 flash period Last
> > flash 12:17:56. 1st flash
> > 12:02:40
> >
> > Sent from my Treo wireless
> >
>
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