The nice thing about looking for faint galaxies in Virgo is you're bound to run into a flashing geosat (or 2). ETS-6 (23230,94-56A) timed several times to try to nail down the period, plus at first it was an UNID for me. I would say Thursday night it was as bright as I've seen it yet, comparable to the stars in the "Y" formation in Virgo. DirecTV-1 (22930,93-78A) quite bright in 12" Dobsonian, I don't see it in the PPAS database, though. Molniya 3-50 (25847,99-36A) was steady at 10th mag. 125mm, 47X below refer to Meade ETX-125 Mak with 40mm eyepiece. 12", 37X is the 12" Dobsonian with 42mm eyepiece. Note site changes. Classfd.tle reductions to follow. PPAS: Designtn Date Time Obsr Durtn Acc Num Per Remarks 81- 50 B 07-04-20 01:52:16 BY 76.4 0.2 9 8.49 FF mag 6->inv 66- 24 A 07-04-20 01:59:25 BY F mag 7 10s then inv 92- 84 B 07-04-20 02:14:33 BY S mag 9 125mm 47X 02- 55 B 07-04-20 02:20:27 BY 114.9 0.2 26 4.42 AMM mag 8->inv 125mm 47X Note 2 94- 56 A 07-04-20 02:31:04 BY 87.5 0.2 10 8.75 FF mag 7->inv 01- 19 D 07-04-20 02:50:20 BY S mag 9 125mm 47X 94- 56 A 07-04-20 02:56:36 BY 52.3 0.2 6 8.71 FF mag 5->inv 1X 94- 56 A 07-04-20 02:59:57 BY 87.4 0.2 10 8.74 FF mag 4->inv 1X 94- 56 A 07-04-20 03:03:19 BY 35.0 0.2 4 8.75 FF mag 4->inv 1X 94- 56 A 07-04-20 03:05:13 BY 87.4 0.2 10 8.74 FF mag 6->inv 12X b 94- 56 A 07-04-20 03:11:55 BY 87.4 0.2 10 8.74 FF mag 6->inv 12X b 89- 59 A 07-04-20 02:58:00 BY S mag 7 07- 1 E 07-04-20 03:14:10 BY S mag 4.5 78- 68 B 07-04-20 03:29:16 BY 88.4 0.2 17 5.20 FF mag 6->inv 94- 49 C 07-04-20 03:35:55 BY S mag 7 125mm 47X 05- 42 A 07-04-20 03:42:47 BY F mag 3 65- 34 B 07-04-20 04:10:23 BY F mag 3 lasted 5 sec 1X 85- 87 B 07-04-20 04:14:14 BY 61.3 0.2 13 4.71 FF mag 7->inv 12X b 85- 87 B 07-04-20 04:17:56 BY 127.1 0.2 27 4.71 FF mag 7->10 125mm 47X 01- 40 C 07-04-22 01:56:42 BY F mag 4 01- 40 A 07-04-22 01:56:47 BY F mag 4 04- 34 B 07-04-22 02:54:17 BY 9.4 0.2 2 4.7 FF mag 6 75- 91 B 07-04-22 02:56:53 BY 76.5 0.2 9 8.50 FF mag 5->inv 07- 1 D 07-04-22 03:01:17 BY S mag 5.5 91- 61 A 07-04-23 01:51:20 BY 31.7 0.4 1 31.7 MM mag 5->inv Note 3 04- 34 B 07-04-23 02:03:50 BY 71.5 0.2 22 3.25 AA mag 5->6 Note 4 85- 87 B 07-04-23 03:41:01 BY 108.3 0.2 31 3.49 FF mag 6,7->inv Note 1 Notes: 1)Some double flashes may have affected the flash period - obs of 07-04-20 should be used instead 2)Got sick of missing it in binoculars. In telescope it has a very complicated AMM period with sharp drop to minima 3)Got 2 minima and 1 max then it disappeared (as it has before) 4)Doesn't match previous obs or PPAS - low elevation Brad Young TULSA 1 COSPAR 8336 36.1397N, 95.9838W, 205m ASL Designtn Date Time Obsr Durtn Acc Num Per Remarks 02- 37 H 07-04-21 01:57:41 BY S mag 7 92- 23 A 07-04-21 02:13:32 BY 28.8 0.2 27 1.06 FF mag 4 98- 21 B 07-04-21 02:21:56 F mag 2 85- 13 B 07-04-21 02:26:37 BY F mag 4 30 sec 1X 92- 13 B 07-04-21 02:38:15 BY 155.6 0.2 8 19.45 FF mag 5->9 86- 61 A 07-04-21 03:19:19 BY 27.6 0.2 49 0.563 FF mag 4->inv irr 90- 50 C 07-04-21 03:48:18 BY F mag 3.5 90- 50 D 07-04-21 03:45:20 BY F mag 3.5 90- 50 E 07-04-21 03:48:32 BY F mag 4 00- 82 B 07-04-21 03:56:27 BY S mag 4 71- 24 A 07-04-21 03:57:07 BY 9.1 0.5 2 4.6 AA mag 7->8.5 Revisit 93- 78 A 07-04-21 04:31:57 BY 684.3 0.2 10 68.43 FF mag 7->inv 12" 37X 99- 36 A 07-04-21 05:31:12 BY S mag 10 12" 37X Brad Young TULSA 2 COSPAR 8335 35.8311N, 96.1411W, 335m ASL ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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