This morning I observed Superbird A, 1989- 41 A. Rob's prediction for the place was right on the spot. The time of the first flas was about 2.5 minutes earlier than the time Rob predicted fot the 16th; so in fact it was 4.5 minutes earlier as it is suppossed to 1 minute later eacht day. It was a pity that some clouds interfeered, so in the end I missed the fainter lashes inbetween, until a cloud totally blocked my view. I waited about 8 minutes longer for the clouds to dissapear, but didn't see any flashes then. The observation: In PPAS: 89- 41 A 00-08-18 03:15:09 LB 206.5 0.2 18 11.47 FF, 3->i, sm, f, 5 The time is of the last flash. Timings Time in UT 0 03:11:42.91 11.30 03:11:54.21 11.55 03:12:05.76 11.40 03:12:17.16 11.44 03:12:28.60 11.52 03:12:40.12 11.45 03:12:51.57 11.46 03:13:03.03 11.47 03:13:14.50 11.43 03:13:25.93 11.47 03:13:37.40 11.59 03:13:48.99 11.44 03:14:00.43 11.60 03:14:12.03 11.37 03:14:23.40 22.85 03:14:46.25 23.18 03:15:09.43 It was my first obsrvation of Superbird A, but I'm going to observe it more. Greetings and clear, dark skies Leo Barhorst Medemblik 52.767 N 5.09 E 2 m ASL ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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