Superbird + UNID

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Hi All,

Clear weather finally allowed some satellite watching
last night.  Superbird A flash peak was on time at
6 May 20:59 PDT (7 May 3:59 UT) with peak flashes of
at least magnitude +3.  Measured flash period was
23.12 +/- .02 sec.  PPAS report:


Superbird A (#20040):
89- 41A 99-05-07 04:03:12.4  RM 115.61 0.1 5 23.12  mag +3 --> inv

Right at the end of Superbird's flashes, I picked up a very dim, slow
moving satellite going left to right through the head of Hydra.  A
SkyMap search today reveals that it was NOAA 2 (#06235).  The
predicted magnitude was only +9.4, but I estimate it was 2
magnitudes brighter than this.  --Rob

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