Flashing H-2 A debris in the N imaged

From: Björn Gimle via Seesat-l <seesat-l_at_satobs.org>
Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2019 23:52:44 +0200
In my first (and last?) clear midnight in the Perseid period I saw only
two, just outside my wide angle (14 mm, 29 mm equiv.) field.
But I did get 41634 and NOSS 2-2 (D) as strays, observed three days
earlier, and possibly later.
Then my eyes caught a bright long-period flasher descending into the NNW. I
managed to catch it despite the less efficient wide angle, with two flashes
in the first image, and a little lower one single flash in the next.
Identified the the flash positions with IDsat to within 0.02 degrees
off-track, and from the reported time offset I got the (predicted) flash
times,
Period 50.6 s, flashes to about -1 / +2..

http://nova.astrometry.net/status/2853468 (Go to Results Page)
Last flash recorded in:
http://nova.astrometry.net/status/2853470

43674 18 084D   5919   201908092301185   38 15 1324497+765727 39 F
43674 18 084D   5919   201908092302092   38 15 1236541+731851 39 F
43674 18 084D   5919   201908092302598   38 15 1140055+631124 39 F

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Björn Gimle, COSPAR 5919
59.2617 N, 18.6169 E, 51 m
Satellite observation formats described:
http://www.satobs.org/position/IODformat.html
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