RE: Flashing Geosync from Texas

From: Jeff Umbarger (jumbarger2000@yahoo.com)
Date: Mon Sep 05 2005 - 04:12:13 EDT

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    Ok,
     Then the star I'm talking about is Alpha
Equuleus. It is definitely naked eye visible. Wow, a
horse part. Don't know how anyone came up with that.
Kind of like Microscopium...

- Jeff

--- Stephan Szyman <szymanss@hotmail.com> wrote:

> 
> 
> 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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