DMSP 15 (25991): I was able to see its flashing very well and decided to time it for fun -- four sets of ten cycles each -- and got the expected result of 1.9 seconds (which, for newcomers, is the nominal scanning speed of one of the sensors on DMSP satellites) -- 99- 67 A 04-04-27 03:39:36 EC 75.9 0.1 40 1.896 Fleetsatcom 4 Rk (12069) appears to have slowed down 0.9 second in the last six months, and .3 in the last two, including Leo's observation on February 23 -- 80- 87 B 04-04-27 03:33:52 EC 223.6 0.3 16 13.98 80- 87 B 04-02-23 19:43:11 LB 342.0 0.2 25 13.68 FF, 5->i 80- 87 B 03-10-03 02:11:57 EC 143.9 0.5 11 13.08 Cosmos 2082 Rk (20625), somewhat longer baseline than a few nights before -- 90- 46 B 04-04-27 02:13:04 EC 205.6 5.0 9 23 +2->inv Unknown westward-drifting near-geosynch object 90003, a bit of a challenge with 8x42, and I think it may have gotten too faint for them soon after this -- 99-503 A 04-04-27 04:46:21 EC 209.5 0.1 10 20.95 +6.5->inv Gorizont 29 (22907) was quite easy with the 8x42 binoculars -- 93- 72 A 04-04-27 05:12:48 EC 951.8 0.2 12 79.32 +4.5->inv Location was BCRC: 30.315N, 97.866W, 280m. OT: Tuesday AM I went to a hilltop site to try to see comets 2004 F4 (Bradfield) and 2002 T7 (LINEAR), but the conditions were not good enough. I could see several stars of Andromeda near the right spot but just could not see 2004 F4 due to cirrus and possibly thin fog (never mind city lights and the beginning of twilight), and it was worse farther south where 2002 T7 was supposed to be. Opportunities for morning observing will be rare here for the next few months, but I'm hoping at least to see 2001 Q4 (NEAT) within a couple of weeks or so. 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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