Paul wrote re: 90019/03-790B -- > ... +7 and then faded ->inv and back to +7 R, ... period ... > ballpark 20 or 30 secs. Thank you to Paul for the points. Low in the west the tumbling was very evident. I don't have data with me but think we got about 34 seconds last night. Mike tracked it from low in the west until shadow entry on both passes. Galaxy 7 (92-072A, 22205) does a few easy flashes both before and after phase shift; the brightest was +1.5. During the phase shift minutes all flashes were visible in binoculars, every 102 seconds. It flashed considerably earlier last night than Friday. Bram wrote -- > Specification of International Identifier and catalogue number > together with name are highly appreciated. I concur with Bram. For me names are an order of magnitude easier to remember. The only numbers I easily remember after seven years of observing and reading reports are 00694 (Atlas Centaur 2) and 97-068B (USA 136 Rk). Well, now that I think of it I also remember 20040 (Superbird A) and 20066 (USA 39, a DSP low in our SW). Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA ----------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from SeeSat-L, send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@satobs.org List archived at http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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