All previous observed passes were southwest to northeast. Those showed a steady magnitude other than phase again/distance changes although there was a steeper than expected drop after culmination. This one was basically west to east in the north. Max elevation 19 degrees. Picked it up in binoculars about 00:28:30 (HH:MM:SS) UTC in the Ursa Major (Big Dipper) handle. It seemed to get a bit brighter than initial obs and soon noticeably decreased in brightness. It got brighter and I guess the period at 30 seconds. This is very rough since the brightness change is relatively flat. Brightness did decrease again but it entered the shadow before I could see if it brightened once more. Ron Lee ___________________________________ Sent using PCI Broadband webmail _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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