08746, LES 8. On 9-21 I wasn't able to see the brightest ones due to an interfering cloud. The larger uncertainty on 9-20 was due to stopping and restarting the stopwatch during the obs. 76- 23 A 05-09-20 02:09:15 EC 938.3 0.5 8 117.3 +1.5->i 76- 23 A 05-09-21 01:52:39 EC 931.1 0.2 8 116.39 +1.0->i 76- 23 A 05-09-22 01:51:52 EC 693.0 0.2 6 115.50 +3.5->i 76- 23 A 05-09-23 01:30:34 EC 915.7 0.2 8 114.46 +2.0->i It's just about to go into evening twilight from here. 12445, Intelsat 502 Centaur Rk. Very asymmetrical. 80- 98 B 05-09-23 02:36:14 EC 124.0 0.3 7 17.72 +4.5->i timings: 17.73, 5.14, 12.53, 17.68, 5.22, 12.90, 17.43, 5.20, 12.97, 17.22 PPAS format: http://www.satobs.org/tumble/flashpm.html#PPASformat We have STP-R1 and the Minotaur going over here tonight, but it appears that it will be cloudy due to Hurricane Rita to our southeast. Still no flaring geosats, but last night's sky was very hazy (an "ozone action day"), and I was in town at the Ney Museum. The last few times there, I've seen some large flocks of southbound migrating birds. In at least one case they crossed with a satellite I was watching. They're illuminated from below by the city light and are easy to see. Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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