Beautifull evening, first quarter moon not too disturbing. Saw all six object from the last Japanese launch. 01- 56 F 03-04-11 21:28:35 LB 108.5 0.2 29 3.74 FfF-F, 3(4)->i Was flashing again on this higher pass. Large spread in flashtimings. Not all of the secondary flashes timed. Using Bjorns Synodic program I get a better fix with P=4.75 sec, but then the number of flashes doesn't fit. Timings: 3.96 4.84 4.63 4.25 2.95 2.96 3.37 2.95 2.73 3.58 3.26 2.27 4.14 2.96 2.73 3.68 3.10 3.14 3.01 3.44 2.84 3.95 4.97 4.66 5.34 3.44 5.46 4.92 4.97 sec. 02- 9 B 03-04-11 20:12 LB S, 5 02- 24 A 03-04-11 19:46 LB almost S, 4 02- 37 D 03-04-11 20:22:58 LB 60.4 0.5 19 3.18 AA, 6->7 Timings: 12.45 7.73 7.72 9.66 8.29 8.19 6.40 sec. Best fit with Synodic is P=3.20 sec. 03- 9 A 03-04-11 20:50 LB S, 4.5 03- 9 B 03-04-11 21:09 LB var, 4->6, lp 03- 9 C 03-04-11 20:59 LB S, 2 03- 9 D 03-04-11 20:32:57.04LB S, 4 03- 9 E 03-04-11 20:31:15.44LB S, 6 03- 9 F 03-04-11 20:34:22.02LB S, 5 03- 9 E, d and F followed shortly after each other and were timed while passing between the same two stars. Object B was variating in brightness with a long period. 78- 18 B 03-04-11 21:53:28 LB 111.9 0.2 30 3.73 FF, 4->i Timings: 3.63 3.61 3.72 3.66 3.67 3.65 3.71 3.72 3.75 3.89 3.67 3.83 3.67 3.91 3.87 3.76 3.90 3.73 4.01 3.62 3.75 4.42 3.29 3.48 3.73 3.62 3.70 3.77 3.56 3.60 sec. With Synodic it get P=3.75 82- 25 A 03-04-11 21:02 LB S, 5 84-106 F 03-04-11 20:26:00 LB S, 5.5 84-123 A 03-04-11 20:19:04 LB 53.4 0.5 2 26.7 AA, 5->7 87- 49 B 03-04-11 20:55:56 LB 90.9 1.0 3 30.3 MM, 4->i Timings: 33.98 56.90 sec. Dtm due to long, flat maximum. 88- 78 A 03-04-11 21:18:14 LB 38.7 0.2 32 1.21 FF, 4->i Timings: 2.33 1.57 1.53 1.36 1.15 1.77 4.56 12.28 12.10 sec At first the flashes were dtm, but the last two timings were each over 10 periods. 94- 23 B 03-04-11 20:43 LB S, 5 96- 17 B 03-04-11 20:41 LB almost S, 5 99- 39 B 03-04-11 19:57 LB S, 3 2003: 141 obs PPAS: 12533 obs Greetings and clear, dark skies Leo Barhorst Medemblik 52.76350 N 5.09114 E 2 m ASL http://www.home.zonnet.nl/leobarhorst/index.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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