hello, [processing some not yet reported stuff] on Jan 2 Bram Dorreman reported 2 seconds interval flashes from TurkSat 1C or 2A during his geosat equinox observations of October 2002. On Jan 4, I tried both TurkSats to see if one of them was still showing flashes. Around 22h UT I saw two objects in my field of view, magnitude +12.5 and +13. No flashes were seen, so Bram probably had a favourite geometry to see flashes during the equinox of a reflective area which is otherwise not aligned properly. Be prepared for the next equinox run, which starts within some weeks ! regards, Kurt >Subject: Observations of geosat past equinox from 51 degrees north > Concerning period is after the autumn equinox in 2002 from my > The observations are date and time ordered. > The columns are: > - original log time (hh:mm UT) > - international satellite designation (yyyy-nnnc) > - maximum brightness estimation > - minimum brightness estimation > - name or note a) thru h) > - UT of observation > - Right Ascension of observation > - declination of observation > Last three values were input to program FINDSAT to identify. > > If you copy and paste following table with font Courier New to > another document, you 'll have a properly formatted list. > > Int.design. max min notes UT RA decl > mag mag hh:mm:ss hh mm.mm ° > 2002-10-10 > 20:39 unk 7.5 9.0 d)e) 20:38:45 00 55.55 -7.27 > > d) One of 1996-040B (23949) Turksat 1C > 2001-002A (26666) Turksat 2A > e) varying 199.3 s for 100 max, stop time 20:39.5 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@satobs.org http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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