hi jeff I don't know about your target object, but I think the star must be HIP105174 or one near it, in equuleus ("the little horse")... mag. 9.18, distance 539 LY. the nearest principal (bayer/flamsteed) star is kitalpha (alpha equulei) aka Al Kitah al Faras, in arabic, "part of a horse." clear skies! stephan szyman chicago IL USA 41.6840N, 87.7000W; 188 msl >Hey All, > For the last several nights I have been seeing >bright (Mag. 0) flashing geosync (I believe it is a >geosynch because it holds it's position) with a flash >period of 2 min 11 sec. At 5:07:02 UT it flashed about >3 deg. south of a star at 21hr 18min RA and +5.3 deg. >Dec. (What star is this and, more importantly, what >constellation does it belong to???). The sat flashed >from about 5:02 UT to 5:18 UT and stopped being naked >eye visible and then returned flashing with a period >of 3min 55sec at 5:36:56 UT and 5:40:51 UT. Any idea >on what this satellite is? > > Regards, > Jeff Umbarger > Plano, TX USA > Lat: +33.0695(N) > Lon: -96.7681(W) > UT - 5hr (CST) > > >--- Jeff Umbarger <umby@sgi.com> wrote: > > > 12:07:02 3 deg south of ? 2:11 flash period Last > > flash 12:17:56. 1st flash > > 12:02:40 > > > > Sent from my Treo wireless > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: >http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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