A nice sunny autumn day. Clear evening, with some clouds low in the northwest. Venus in the southwest, moon in the south and Mars in the east. Observed four of the Iridiums of the 97-30 launch; 3 of them nice flashers, but difficult to get a proper period. The URL explaning the numbers : http://www.satobs.org/tumble/flashpm.html#PPASformat 78- 18 B 05-11-08 17:19:14 LB 58.9 0.2 15 3.92 Ff, 4(5)->i Timings: 3.79 3.90 3.82 4.13 3.89 4.06 3.85 3.85 3.96 3.94 3.96 7.89 3.96 3.86 sec. Two strange somewhat longer periods. 78- 42 A 05-11-08 17:18:18 LB 102.8 0.5 2 51.4 Aaa, 4(5)->i Timings: [6.84 21.04 25.27] [5.80 20.98 22.83] sec. 82-118 A 05-11-08 17:25:28 LB 157.3 0.5 8 19.7 AA, 4->i; 2 flashes, 2 Timings: 7.42 9.33 19.94 41.47 14.10 14.58* 6.63* 43.82 sec. * = sharp flash mag 2. 83- 22 A 05-11-08 17:36:20 LB 110.0 0.2 12 9.17 Ff, 3(4)->inv Timings: [4.79 4.58] [4.32 4.34] [4.67 4.60] [4.70 4.05] [3.24 2.25 3.77] [2.97 2.21 4.42] [2.49 2.22 4.49] [2.41 2.35 4.39] [2.50 6.61] [2.73 6.55] 9.32 [5.05 3.99] sec. 85- 20 A 05-11-08 17:47 LB almost S, 4 87- 60 A 05-11-08 17:22:48 LB 45.1 0.5 4 11.3 AA, 5->i Timings: 12.61 10.30 11.23 10.97 sec. 87- 74 G 05-11-08 17:59:13 LB 137.8 0.5 4 34.4 AA, 5->i Timings: 33.64 32.95 36.78 34.42 sec. 97- 30 A 05-11-08 17:11:28 LB 209.1 0.2 15 13.94 FF, 3->i Timings: [9.00 6.23] [7.48 6.21] [8.05 5.78] [7.79 6.10] [7.47 6.44] 55.28 [4.93 9.14] [4.71 7.79] [6.24 2.42 4.74] [9.22 6.31] 14.01 13.80 sec. The last two timings with naked eye in the North. 97- 30 E 05-11-08 17:51:12 LB slowly var 3->5, 1 fl Saw 1 flat maximum. 97- 30 F 05-11-08 17:35:03 LB 160.6 0.5 12 13.39 Ff, 2(4)->i Timings: 12.94 [5.21 8.87] [3.24 9.90] [3.95 9.33] [4.27 8.00] [11.96 1.41] [6.80 2.96 4.95] [5.35 3.63 4.43] [5.11 4.62 3.67] [5.07 4.89 3.76] [4.75 3.90 4.42] [6.20 2.59 4.46] sec. Timed some more flashes, but hard to fit in. 4.08 4.32 13.48 1.71 3.20 13.49 13.45 15.32 sec. The last 6 timings with naked eye in the north. 97- 30 G 05-11-08 17:15:28 LB 70.8 0.5 6 11.8 AA, 4->i Timings: [5.36 6.04] [9.58 2.43] [2.85 3.14 5.68] [3.56 3.30 4.92] [3.25 3.39 5.15] [6.20 5.90] sec. 99- 45 B 05-11-08 17:27:17 LB 106.4 0.5 12 8.87 AA, 4->i Timings: 8.91 8.49 9.21 8.67 8.72 9.18 8.84 9.24 8.69 18.10 8.34 sec. 2005: 828 obs PPAS: 14419 obs Greetings and clear, dark skies Leo Barhorst, Medemblik NL Cospar 4252 52.76350 N 5.09114 E 2 m ASL http://www.satlist.nl/index.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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