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Yesterday, under poor visibility, I had a negative obs for objects A,B,C and 
E.  Object D (25738) gave 9 primary flashes between 01:59:26.0 and 02:00:06.1 
UTC, 20 May.  The flash was about a +4.5.  On occasion I believe that I 
observed a secondary flash.  Partly cloudy skies prevented a better obs.

This evening I had negative obs for objects A,B, and E.  Object D was 
flashing but my intervals were all over the place.  Towards the end of the 
pass they were about 3 seconds apart.  Flashing was observed from 01:56:53 to 
01:58:29 UTC. 21 May.  The pass was southbound in the eastern sky.  The max 
brightness was no better than +5.0.

Object C (25737) was a negative obs until it passed through the Big Dipper 
(gamma UMa) at 02:18 UTC. I observed 2 flashes about a +4.5 mag spaced 5-7 
seconds apart.  

Spot 3 just made another pass with flashes that were irregular in both timing 
and brightness.  It was a northbound pass that peaked at 225az, 75el.  The 
brightest flashes were around 02:48:30 UTC, 21 May.  This object could easily 
pass for a broken Iridium.

Cheers
Don Gardner  39.1796 N, 76.8419 W, 34m ASL
Homepage: http://hometown.aol.com/mir16609/

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