After a hot summerday, the night was warm and clear. After 22 UT the moon interferred. I got up early and saw another pass of 04-21 B. But the moonlight disturbed even more and I stopped observing. Saw this mornings launch of Messenger to Mercury and I'm now watching the spacewalk from the ISS on Nasa TV. 01- 56 F 04-08-02 21:02:21 LB 86.9 1.0 2 43.4 MM, 4->7 Timings: 40.82 46.05 sec. Long flat maxima. 02- 21 A 04-08-02 21:41 LB S, 4.5 02- 21 B 04-08-02 21:44 LB almost S, 4 02- 54 C 04-08-02 22:08:02 LB 125.5 0.5 10 12.6 AA, 5->i Timings: 12.32 12.52 12.23 12.40 12.10 13.74 11.90 12.14 12.38 13.80 sec. 03- 9 C 04-08-02 21:09:39 LB 1 flare mag 2, rest S 4 At first the sat was almost S, 3 but at the above time it flared to mag 2 and was then S, 4 for the rest of the pass. 04- 12 C 04-08-02 20:52:59 LB 220.7 0.5 30 7.36 AA, 4->i Timings: 15.10 7.63 6.68 6.88 7.39 7.14 8.00 7.59 7.87 7.19 7.12 7.57 6.34 7.64 7.50 8.40 6.25 7.78 6.71 7.84 7.82 6.67 7.35 7.22 7.53 7.49 7.03 7.98 6.98 sec. P is probably around 14.7 sec, with two sets of flashes. 04- 12 C 04-08-02 22:27:24 LB 90.1 0.5 13 6.93 Aa, 2(3)->i Timings: 6.16 7.08 7.23 6.61 6.77 7.04 7.10 7.56 6.13 7.27 6.92 6.44 7.77 sec. Much lower P than on previous pass. 04- 21 B 04-08-02 21:54:02 LB 73.0 0.2 110 0.663 FF, 5->i Timings: 6.18 6.69 6.31 6.50 6.22 6.73 7.22 6.46 6.62 7.06 6.97 sec. Low pass (15 degrees elevation) in the north, difficult to follow. 04- 21 B 04-08-03 01:28:20 LB 150.7 0.2 230 0.655 FF, 5->i Timings: 6.33 6.45 6.46 6.49 6.40 6.45 6.55 5.68 6.53 6.49 7.18 6.21 6.56 6.52 6.32 6.60 6.42 6.60 7.03 6.91 6.83 6.84 6.89 sec. A higher pass (20-30 degrees elevation) from the north to NW. The next pass would be almost overhead, but after 03 UT and the sky would be too bright. 78- 18 B 04-08-02 21:24:05 LB 83.1 0.2 22 3.78 Ff, 4(5)->i Timings: 5.98 5.28 2.57 2.63 2.90 2.71 8.09 3.10 2.66 6.57 5.30 1.88 3.13 6.91 8.35 3.68 3.80 3.71 3.81 sec. At first irratic timings; used the four last timings for the period. 81- 50 B 04-08-02 21:32:27 LB 182.2 0.5 3 60.7 Aa, 4(5)->i Timings: 60.51 60.88 60.84 sec. 81-119 B 04-08-02 21:36:13 LB 1 flare to mag 4 Just saw one flash from it before it went into earthshadow. 87- 11 A 04-08-03 01:40:28 LB 105.3 0.5 10 10.5 AA, 4->i Timings: 8.67 10.16 10.93 9.60 11.22 10.92 10.36 12.68 8.57 12.15 sec. 2004: 410 obs PPAS: 13466 obs Greetings and clear, dark skies Leo Barhorst, Medemblik NL Cospar 4252 52.76350 N 5.09114 E 2 m ASL http://www.home.zonnet.nl/leobarhorst/index.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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