Good pass of NOSS 2-3 Rk Sunday morning. These elements: NOSS 2-3 r 9.8 3.0 0.0 4.8 v 1 23907U 96029 B 97307.71595203 .00015300 00000-0 19489-3 0 01 2 23907 63.4265 167.4030 0128001 149.5588 210.4412 15.49602768 04 yields these (ex post facto -- so as to get corresponding) Quicksat predictions: 30.321 -97.773 900. Mt Bonnell, Austin, TX 2000 3.0 5 F F T T T *** 1997 Nov 16 Sun morning *** Times are AM CST *** 1819 611 H M S Tim Al Azi C Dir Mag Dys F Hgt Shd Rng EW Phs R A Dec 23907 NOSS 2-3 Rk 96 29B c 2.0 5 56 17 .4 46 189 336 1.8 13 7 288 183 390 2.4 83 841 -13.7 5 57 12 .4 73 120 C 273 1.2 13 7 285 195 297 3.0 92 1010 20.8 5 57 29 .4 69 78 232 1.3 13 7 284 198 303 2.8 96 1049 32.3 I'm sorry this is a bit rough, but anyway, at 5:56:17 CST (11:56:17 UTC) it should have been in Cetus, but I observed it in Leo. It "grazed" (hard to split at one power) what I believe was zeta Leo. Then at 11:57:29 it went between Mizar and Alkaid (zeta and eta Ursa Major), but it was supposed to have been between Leo and Ursa Major. So it appears to me it was running 56 to 60 seconds early and a little off the predicted track. I also timed 17 cycles, but unfortunately omitted the minute(s) of the timing.... I'm pretty sure, though that it was 1:55.3 (115.3 seconds for 17 cycles -- 6.78-second period) and not 2:55.3. I think I've been hearing around Austin recently that its period is about 7 seconds. Also, given its low height (456 km/285 miles at culm.), I doubt that I was able to observe it for almost 3 minutes.... Ed Cannon ecannon@mail.utexas.edu Austin, Texas, USA