Rob Matson (ROBERT.D.MATSON@cpmx.saic.com) wrote: > Mon, 28 Dec 1998 13:28:30 -0800 > > Has anyone ever observed a bright glint from ASTRO-D (#22521)? Under another subject, I reported a +0 phenomenon from that one (which I discovered back then is officially -- in some places at least -- called "ASCA") in the last paragraph of this message: http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/Aug-1997/0411.html > Monday night also saw a bright 1-second flash from "ASCA" (93-11A, > 22521 -- The Satellite Formerly Known As Astro-D according to > http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/asca/asca2.html and other sites) > near its culmination at alt 78 degrees. It may have been as bright > as nearby mag. 0 Vega. Predicted mag. was 3.3-3.4 .... I think I've seen it do that another time or two, but I don't think that any of them was brighter than possibly -1. Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA