PPAS reports from Monday evening

From: Ed Cannon (ecannon@mail.utexas.edu)
Date: Thu Apr 29 2004 - 05:16:09 EDT

  • Next message: Ted Molczan: "TJM obs of 2004 Apr 29 UTC"

    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
    
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