Obs Sept 5

From: Mir16609@aol.com
Date: Wed Sep 06 2000 - 14:07:33 PDT

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    PPAS Obs:
    99-022 C 00-09-06 00:59:18.75JDG 136.1 0.3  53  2.57  +2.7->5.5
    
    Abrixas Rk (25723, 99022C) remains as one of the more entertaining flasher in 
    LEO.
    
    Iridium 68 made a nice predicted +1 mag flare at 0:04:46 UT, 6 Sept, near 
    Polaris.
    
    Orion 3 (25727, 99024A) was a non-obs for both passes (0:16 and 2:04 UTC, 6 
    Sept.).  
    
    Astro D (22521, 93011A) is making visible evening passes in the USA now.   It 
    seemed to be in a slow roll last July and may be worth a look now.
    http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/Jul-2000/0213.html
    
    As OFEQ 3 (23549, 95018A) nears decay it continues to be brighter (~4.5 mag) 
    and moves more quickly across the sky (mm=15.6222).  I did not see any 
    evidence of tumbling just yet.  It may be more apparent with a binocular obs 
    as opposed to last evening's scope obs.
    
    Cheers
    Don Gardner  39.1799 N, 76.8406 W, 100m ASL
    http://hometown.aol.com/mir16609/
     
    
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