I find that Intelsat 501 ( 12474 ) has different flash periods, for different surface causing the flashing For example, for video I still have for a few minutes of it, I observed flashing at roughly All times UTC ( Mar 29 ) 9:22:35 9:23:50 9:26:20 9:27:35 So one flash would be followed by another by roughly 1 min 15 seconds, with a gap of 2 min 30 sconds, to the next series of flashes ( the one's seperated by that 1 m 15 seconds of time ) Video of one of the flashes, the brightest http://www.kfetter.com/satvideo/Intelsat501/12474-0.wmv Sat at 16 h 12 m R.A -14 deg 51 min Dec 27 arc minute wide feild of view Video of Bright flash, to Mag 6 http://www.kfetter.com/satvideo/Intelsat501/12474-1.wmv You should hopefully see 2 quick fainter flashes, followed by the bright flash. So different surfaces causing the flash. Sat at 14 h 45 m R.A -10 deg 17 min Dec 3.5 degree Feild of View Based on the video over 1/2 hour, not very reliable for bright flashes, brighter then Mag 7. That was the only one I spotted that was detectable. So not very nice to observe, looking for really bright flashes. Tonight if clear, I'll go record NSS K ( 21989 ) to look out for any bright flashing coming from it. Haven't observed it since Dec 21, 2006 when it was flashing every 36 seconds, nice and bright Kevin 44.6062 N 75.6910 W __________________________________________________ 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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