We had a very favorable pass of TiPS (96-029F, 23937) on a very nice evening, and I was able to see it with my 8x42 (Orion Ultraview) as a fuzzy spot moving north, later a couple of flashes from one and/or other of the end masses. This is the third time I've seen it with binoculars; the first two times were with 10x50. While observing Gorizont 29 with 8x42, in same FOV, just a couple of degrees west and slightly south of G29, I saw something else flash about +5 magnitude, very slowly (4 or 5 seconds duration of the flash!). Its flash period was about four minutes. It seems that it may have been Cosmos 2291 (94-060A, 23267) -- needs to be confirmed. The next best nearby candidate was TDRS 6, slightly farther south. BCRC: 30.315N, 97.866W, 280m. Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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