Unk Flasher Again

From: Jari (finn1@telus.net)
Date: Fri Aug 16 2002 - 02:24:56 EDT

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    As per my obs of an unknown flasher at 05:48 14 Aug UTC during a pass by
    Cosmos 1697 r  #16182 85097B and Cosmos 1980 r #19650 88102B, i looked for
    them again. Although not timed i looked at the predicted time of 05:17:20 16
    Aug UTC just above (E) of Alkaid in Ursa Major and saw Cosmos 1697 r, dim as
    per my last obs of it. Cosmos 1980 r was due at 05:18:40 approx 5 deg above
    Alkaid and since my 10x50s have a 5.5deg FOV i moved them up about 5 deg and
    started scanning at 05:18:05 +/- 3 sec (i checked my watch). About 10-15 sec
    later i picked up a faint object in the right area but this one was
    flashing. My previous obs of Cosmos 1980 r had it bright and steady. I
    followed this object and it was headed to the NW, at times giving an est mag
    4 flash but being invisible most of the time. During one of those periods of
    not seeing it i quickly scanned around it's projected path and saw a bright
    flash from it near either Merak or Dubhe at 05:20:20 +/- 3 sec. I couldn't
    be sure of which star it was or i may have caught a quick glimpse of the
    star at the edge of the FOV when i was looking around but from my estimates
    the object was headed NW, approx Az 340 deg. I tried to look for 1x flashes
    from it once i lost it but no luck. I then scanned North and saw a bright
    Cosmos 1980 r where it should be however i did not see it prior to this
    faint flashing unk. As before nothing seems to match.
    
    Jari
    49.40N
    125.00W
    30m
    
    
    
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