I have received a few private communications regarding my PPAS reports on flaring geosats. They have brought up several good points: 1. My reports do not lend themselves well to the derivation of phase angle / etc because they are not positional nor at shadow entry. 2. They do not quantitatively aid in predicting where to find flares opposite the shadow edge or "purple dot" position. 3. They don't represent the visual appearance (they aren't really steady, overall) and I would add that my annotation of FGS (flaring geosats) will be lost in the PPAS reports. My responses: 1. This is true, and can't be rectified. However, all of the objects have Space-Track or classfd.tle tle's. 2. The reports were intended to be qualitative, hopefully a catalyst for future observers. My first experience with these objects was astonishing and I was unprepared for the number, ease, and beauty of these objects. I am posting reports so that others (and future readers) will be ready to see what I have seen, using other resources of course, in parallel. 3. I hope that either a PPAS observing code is added or a definitive judgment can be made to use a more appropriate code than "S" with the soon-to-be forgotten FGS note. Any thoughts? I still have a bunch to report - naked eye comets, space shuttles, and the natural gas industry continue to delay them, but afford the opportunity to report in a more informative way, if one can be settled on. Brad Young TULSA 1 COSPAR 8336 36.1397N, 95.9838W, 205m ASL ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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