In PPAS format: 99-022 C 99-09-02 01:26:43.2 JDG 56.1 0.5 100 0.561 5.0->inv 99-022 C 99-09-02 01:27:25.3 JDG 6.2 0.5 10 0.62 5.0->inv The second obs is a 10 flash "reality check". Abrixas Rk as previously posted, is particularly difficult to time due to a quick minima. During the pass, which began low in the West, the object resembled a twinkling star. The observable flashing didn't begin until it was over Arcturus (280az, 40 el). In my previous posting on Quikscat Rk I neglected to report that the brightness of the flashes was about +4.3. Tonight I failed to observe the object during a 20 deg el pass in the NW Since there seems to be an increasing interest in flashing objects I decided to post an extract of my TLE file that contains only the New and High Priority objects noted in Kurt Jonckheere's post last month: http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/Aug-1999/0404.html The file (bwgs-hp.txt) is available at: ftp://members.aol.com/mir16609/bwgs-hp.zip http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/9787/bwgs-hp.zip Cheers Don Gardner 39.1796 N, 76.8419 W, 34m ASL Homepage: http://hometown.aol.com/mir16609/ Internet Phone domain: mir.selfhost.com | stickman1@burkittsville.org