Ed Cannon posted: >I received a credible private report from Boulder, >Colorado (40.015N, 105.270W acc. to Heavens-Above; >roughly about 1670 meters above sea level), of a near- >stationary flashing object being watched *without* >magnification for an hour, from about 4:00 to 5:00 on >Nov. 4 UTC. The flash period was 20-22 seconds. The >position is uncertain beyond it likely being in the >southwest >Has anyone tried to observe Cosmos 2282 (94-038A, 23168) >lately? I observed Cosmos 2282 last night from BCRC (30.3N, 97.9W) flashing to about magnitude 6.5 or 7 from 3:02UT until 3:22UT (Nov. 6 UT). It was almost due south of me, so it would be a little east of south as seen from Colorado. 62 cycles in 1248.7 seconds = 20.140 second period. Ed observed a period of 20.87 on Sept 3 and 20.79 on Sept. 10. Jason Hatton observed a period of 20.61 on Sept. 26. So it would seem that it is continuing to speed up at a rate close to 0.01 seconds per day. 94- 38 A 02-11-06 03:22 MM 1248.7 0.1 62 20.14 +7->inv Mike McCants Austin, TX ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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