Hi Ed, Paul and List, I wish to amend my report last night on what I thought was TDF-1. After I logged off, I decided to go back to observing the flashes, hoping to extend the baseline for a more accurate flash period. I attempted to reacquire the sat near a convenient star asterism, but it wasn't there -- it was about 2 degrees to the upper right of where I expected. Earlier I had been wondering why the satellite track wasn't lining up with my recollection of its location. Now the answer was clear -- it wasn't TDF-1! I continued timing it 'til 5:51 UT, at which point I was tired and called it quits. (It was still flashing just fine, with another hour before shadow entry.) Flash period was 20.8717 +/- .0002 seconds. Today I did a SkyMap search to determine the identity of the TDF-1 impostor, and it was Cosmos 2282 (#23168, 94038A). Reading messages today, I see that Ed Cannon came to the same conclusion. Checking my GEO flasher message archives, I don't see this one listed, so it's a new one for me. Here's my flash report in PPAS format: From Newport Coast, CA [33.6028 N, 117.8263 W, 200m] COSPAR # 8733 Cosmos 2282 (#23168): 94- 38A 02-09-03 05:51:52.2 RM 5677.09 0.05 272 20.8717 mag +5 --> inv Cheers, Rob ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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