I thought I'd try to see ETS 6 (94-056A, 23230) and, even though the range was about 24,000 km, there it was! Some of the flashes might have been +4.0. PPAS report: 94- 56 A 03-10-21 03:18:57 EC 433.3 0.2 46 9.418 +4.5->inv GMS-4 Rk (89-070B, 20230) is a very fast flasher, but after trying twice in the last few nights I'm still uncertain of its flash period; it may be about .8 sec. Brightest maxima were maybe +3.5. It's an H-1 upper stage. Here are a couple of more: Galaxy 7 (many half-period flashes visible around phase shift; last flash I could see with 10x50s was about three minutes earlier than the previous night) 92- 72 A 03-10-21 03:04:33 EC 2045.0 0.2 10 204.50 +1.5->inv MER-B Delta Rk (broad maxima) 03- 32 B 03-10-21 00:53:32 EC 152.9 4.0 4 38 Site was E. Ney Museum grounds, 30.307N, 97.727W, 150m. I was thinking that 90019, with its mean motion of 11.968 and some drag, may be making two passes per night for quite some time and probably has been for a while. Someone was bound to see it eventually, with so many chances and it being pretty bright. Having a six-plus-degree field of view does help one to see interlopers. Nice weather helps also! 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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