Again a clear night, although at 03.00 UT the moon showed up from behind houses and trees and there was some haze. 90- 4 B is probably accelerating! 69- 9 A 97-05-24 23:24:38 LB 123.2 0.2 22 5.60 FF, mag 2->inv Probably half period. 81- 8 B 97-05-25 00:18 LB almost S, mag 3 Picked this up as an UNID; id-ed with Skymap and Alldat.tle 85- 94 G 97-05-24 23:05:19 LB 121.5 0.5 4 30.4 AA, 4->inv Slowly going up 87- 11 A 97-05-24 22:28:02 LB 50.2 0.2 10 5.02 FF, mag 3->inv Going up slowly 87- 27 B 97-05-25 00:28:15 LB 87.2 1.0 1 87 MM, mag 3->5 Observed S or with long period 87- 60 A 97-05-24 23:20:24 LB 69.8 0.5 12 5.82 AA, mag 4->inv 87- 60 A 97-05-25 01:03:37 LB 58.3 0.5 10 5.83 AA, mag 4->inv Nice flasher. Showed some irregular behavior at the end of first obs 88- 20 A 97-05-25 00:38:24 LB 85.1 0.2 6 14.19 FF, 3->inv, 1 fl mag -1 The flash to mag -1 lasted about 2 seconds 89- 80 C 97-05-24 23:33 LB S, mag 7 Remains steady 90- 4 B 97-05-24 23:48:48 LB 46.0 0.5 4 11.5 AA, mag 5->inv To be watched closely. Is it accelerating? Was 14 sec 970501 and 11.9 yesterday! 90- 81 K 97-05-24 21:07:37 LB 102.2 0.2 8 12.77 Ff, mag 3(5)->inv No distinct flashpattern evolution 90-111 B 97-05-24 23:12:03 LB 60.5 1.0 2 30.3 MM, mag 4->inv Dtm, very flat maximum 91- 59 B 97-05-24 23:00:12 LB 82.5 0.5 4 20.6 AA, 6->inv, 1 fl mag 3 Periods measured: 22.59 20.09 18.57 and 21.20 seconds. 91- 81 B 97-05-25 00:59:03 LB 98.8 1.0 1 99 MM, mag 3->inv S or long period observed. 92- 12 B 97-05-24 22:40:54 LB 59.2 0.2 20 2.96 FF, mag 6->inv5 Half period? 92- 20 B 97-05-24 22:13:45 LB 168.9 0.5 4 42.2 AA, mag 4->inv Going up slowly 92- 23 A 97-05-25 00:09:09 LB 47.9 0.2 40 1.20 FF, mag 4->5, dtm Going up very slowly. Was dtm due to small amplitude. 92- 30 J 97-05-25 01:15:30 LB 79.6 0.5 4 19.9 AA, mag 3->inv Going up; was very bright opposite the sun 92- 73 B 97-05-24 22:20:44 LB 66.6 0.5 4 16.7 AA, mag 6->inv, Irr Irregular flash pattern: 13.12 19.31 18.04 16.16 seconds 92- 73 B 97-05-25 00:05:38 LB 55.2 0.5 2 27.6 AA, mag 4->inv Was easy measurable. 92- 83 B 97-05-24 22:52 LB var, mag 4->7 Thanks to the TLE posted yesterday to SeeSat-L I was able to observe USA 86. At 22:52:41.1 it was at RA=12h57m d=+56; Epoch 2000; between Epsilon and 78 UMA. At 22:54:01.4 it was at RA=09h20m d=+69; Epoch 2000; between 24 and Sigma2 UMA. 93- 20 B 97-05-24 23:56:58 LB 17.8 0.5 1 17.8 AA, mag 4->inv 93- 20 B 97-05-25 01:45:14 LB 92.6 0.5 6 15.4 AA, mag 4->inv The last obs was irregular; timed every 2nd flash: 27.86 28.35 and 36.35 sec. 93- 36 B 97-05-25 00:01:58 LB 85.7 0.5 2 42.9 AA, mag 3->inv To be watched, could be going down 93- 59 B 97-05-24 22:31 LB S, mag 2 Bright sat 94- 77 B 97-05-25 01:34:34 LB 107.1 1.0 1 107 MM, mag 3->inv Long period now 94- 85 B 97-05-24 21:38:21 LB 49.7 0.5 10 4.97 AA, mag 5->inv 94- 85 B 97-05-24 21:45:25 LB 46.2 0.5 14 3.30 AA, mag 6->inv 94- 85 B 97-05-24 23:54:25 LB 43.3 0.5 10 4.33 AA, mag 5->7 Second obs probably wrong N. To be watched; seems to be going down. 95- 12 B 97-05-24 21:35:13 LB 134.0 0.5 2 67.0 AA, mag 4->7 Decresing long period? 95- 17 B 97-05-25 00:15 LB S, mag 5 Orbcom 2 satellite 95- 32 B 97-05-24 22:37:56 LB 68.3 0.5 1 68.3 AA, mag 3->inv, sm, mag 5 Going up 95- 72 C 97-05-24 21:24 LB S, mag 5 Remains S 96- 17 B 97-05-24 21:48:52 LB 52.9 0.5 2 26.4 AA, mag 4->7 Difficult; sometimes (almost) S. 97- 17 B 97-05-24 21:03:04 LB 109.7 0.2 50 2.194 FF, mag 3->inv 97- 17 B 97-05-24 22:48:08 LB 159.2 0.2 72 2.211 FF, mag 4->inv Going up slowly -- Greetings and clear skies Leo Barhorst Alkmaar The Netherlands 52.65 North 4.767 East 1 m ASL Member of Seesat-L ------------------------------------------------------------ Every day I wonder about the things I see in the (night)sky