In message <1.5.4.32.20031019100319.0076636c@mail.utexas.edu>, Ed Cannon <ecannon@mail.utexas.edu> writes >USA 160 A and C went from west to south. For the entire >pass the trailer, A (26905, 01-040A), was two or three >magnitudes brighter than C (26907, 01-040C), and part of >time I could not see A at all. However, twice during >the pass A flashed very brightly (maybe +1?), much >brighter than C, which was about +4 at the brightest! >The times of those flashes were about 1:33:43.0 and >1:37:25.5. My reports on both 16 and 17 October indicated unusual appearances on the low western passes. A brightened from +6 to +4 for a few seconds on 16th and on 17th for the first 30s or so I could see only one object and kept scanning ahead and behind to locate the other. At times during the pass C was a good 3 mags dimmer than A. Perhaps more obs should be attempted before the current evening visibility period ends. Ed, thanks for adding the International Identifier when you use USA numbers; I wish everyone would. Perhaps I am the only person unable to remember USA numbers. -- Peter Wakelin ----------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from SeeSat-L, send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@satobs.org List archived at http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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