Superbird B1 (92-010A, 21893) is about to get away to the west. Last night it was about 18 degrees above the WSW horizon. My clicks began at about 5:43:18 UTC and ended at about 6:29:38. I tried a couple of times to see it without binoculars but did not, probably due to moonlight and atmospheric extinction. Its flash period has shortened to about 65.7 seconds, with many half-period flashes visible. While I was timing it, in between a couple of maxima, I saw a very bright (possibly -6?), green fireball going down in the north that fragmented as it faded out not far above/left of Polaris. Steve Newcomb's message about Lacrosse 5's lunar transit reminded me that from the Ney Museum site on January 9 UTC NOSS 3-1 A (01-040A, 26905, the trailer) crossed the Moon. Of course I couldn't see it as it transited, but I tried to click during the transit -- now if only I can figure out which click it was. The pair were also flaring just before that time, one of them to +1. Ney Museum is 30.307N, 97.727W, 150m. Last Saturday evening (Jan. 8 UTC) from BCRC I timed GStar 4 (90-100B, 20940), low in the WSW, from about 3:34:00 until 4:17:20 with a flash period of about 296 seconds -- yes, 4 minutes, 56 seconds. It was a long wait, resting my elbows on the telescope shed roof, waiting for the second flash after seeing the first one. Ed Cannon - Austin, Texas, USA __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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