SuperBird A observed

From: Edward S Light (edlight@juno.com)
Date: Fri Mar 31 2000 - 20:28:33 PST

  • Next message: Stephmon@aol.com: "Re: Identify, please!"

    We just saw the aptly-named SuperBird A (20040 = 89-041A) merrily
    flashing
    during its leisurely pass across Virgo. Unfortunately, I don't have the
    official reporting format handy, but we timed 39 cycles from 2000 April
    01
    03:05:00 to 03:12:27 UTC (times +/- 1s) making the period 447 +/- 2s / 39
    =
    11.46 +/- 0.05 s.
    
    The brightest flashes easily exceeded eta Vir (V=3.89) in brightness and
    even resembled gamma Vir (2.74), while fainter ones only reached 5th mag.
    
    It's always a thrill to see something almost 23500 miles (37800 km) away
    with our naked eyes!
    
    Thanks, SeeSat, for the heads up!
    
    
    Clear and dark skies!
    
    
    Ed and Darlene Light
    Lakewood, NJ, USA
    40.1072 N, 074.2317 W, 69 ft (21 m)
    
    -----------------------------------------------------------------
    Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe'
    in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org
    http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
    



    This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Fri Mar 31 2000 - 20:34:33 PST