At about 2005/05/22 02:58:90 (+/- .1?) it appeared that the Hubble Space Telescope (90-037B, 20850) transited Jupiter. Mike and I were watching from BCRC (30.315N, 97.866W, 280m), both using low magnification as we noticed that HST was heading for the planet. PPAS reports (plus): 22788, UFO 2 Centaur Rk -- 93- 56 B 05-05-20 02:40:20 EC 80.8 0.3 9 8.98 +1.5->i 93- 56 B 05-05-21 02:58:27 EC 98.8 0.3 11 8.98 +2.0->i 12908, Fleetsatcom 1 Centaur Rk -- 78- 16 C 05-05-20 03:03:59 EC 157.5 0.3 17 9.26 +1.0->i 78- 16 C 05-05-21 02:23:09 EC 185.3 0.3 10 18.53 +1.5->i 28096, NOSS 3-2 Rk -- 03- 54 B 05-05-20 03:16:30 EC 114.1 0.2 3 38.0 clicks: 38.00, 13.93, 24.12, 38.10 25621, Globalstar 23 (Each night it did one brightest flash below the Big Dipper [Ursa Major], with a fainter one on each side of the brightest one, but I'm uncertain of the exact time of the brightest flashes.) -- 99- 4 A 05-05-20 03:58:07 EC 103.9 0.2 42 2.474 +1.0->i clicks: 5.22, 2.28, 2.35, 2.51, 2.45, 2.40, 2.51, 5.03, 4.90, 14.95, 2.42, 1.43, 1.05, 1.31, 1.14, 1.36, 1.14, 1.24, 1.26, 1.20, 1.26, 1.23, 21.32, 4.71, 5.00, 4.92, 5.00, 4.88, 4.94 99- 4 A 05-05-22 03:28:19 EC 96.6 0.2 39 2.48 +1.0->i 90002 (unknown near-geosynch seen with Mike's telescope) -- 98-789 A 05-05-20 04:32:40 EC 137.0 0.1 9 15.22 22739, NOAA 13 (tricky; asterisked clicks not included in one-line report due to the third click each night being anomalous; made effort on 5/22 to click only on the primary maxima) -- 93- 50 A 05-05-21 03:59:44 EC 89.6 0.4 7 12.8 clicks: 13.36*, 12.52*, 9.48*, 12.88, 11.35, 12.56, 5.91, 8.94, 12.88, 7.00, 6.00, 6.95, 5.12 -- 3:59:44 93- 50 A 05-05-22 03:49:19 EC 64.8 0.4 5 13.0 clicks: 12.93*, 12.66*, 10.07*, 12.88, 12.96, 13.13, 12.91, 12.89, 16.16* -- 3:49:19 27430, Hai Yang 1 (very low in NW after shadow exit, not easy due to faintness and flat maxima; maxima maybe +6.5 at brightest) -- 02- 28 A 05-05-22 04:57:45 EC 46.7 1.0 3 15.6 clicks: 7.91, 7.19, 8.50, 7.25, 8.11, 7.73 PPAS format: http://www.satobs.org/tumble/flashpm.html#PPASformat Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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