Saw a "blinker" right on time as predicted by Ed Cannon from his observations. I presume it was LES 8, from where/when he reported it and my extrapolated time and position. Maybe I should say I saw it LES night! Timings(UT) 2:09:16 2:11:14 2:13:11 2:14:11 (a faint "secondary flash") 2:15:08 2:17:06 2:19:03 2:21:00 2:22:57 2:22:54 2:24:54 2:26:51 2:28:49 2:30:46 2:32:43 2:34:41 Magnitude (approx) +2.5 gradually declining to +7 on last one, except "secondary flash" was also ~+7 mag. First 3 observations 1X (naked eye) then switched to 10X50 binoculars. Positions: X,X,X,X, 19h22 +5.5, X, 19h25 +5.6, 19h27 +5.7, 19h29 +5.8, 19h31 +5.8, 19h33 +5.9, 19h35 +6.0, 19h37 +6.0, 19h39 +6.0, 19h40 +6.1 (X means no position for that timing) Ed, can you or Mike check my positions and see if that was indeed LES 8? My location data below. I can safely surmise from the data that the earth still turns 1/2 degree in about 2 minutes. Thanks for the alert to watch for it and I'll try again tonight, earlier again to suit. Position: Tulsa, OK +36.154, -95.993 650 ft MSL Brad Young, PE Domain Engineering 918.582.4280 voice 918.582.4283 fax 406 S Boulder, Ste 234 Tulsa, OK 74103 USA -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.1/104 - Release Date: 9/16/2005 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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