Observing Program of the BWGS

Bart De Pontieu (BDP@MPE.MPE-GARCHING.MPG.DE)
Sat, 30 Dec 1995 00:37:59 +0100 (CET)

Observing Program of the BWGS
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The Belgian Working Group Satellites has been active in collecting flash
period measurements since 1987. Our priority list contains over 200
satellites. 

New in the archive :

1. Overview of BWGS program (including recent observations)
 
Send a message with Subject: archive get program/program.*
to SeeSat-L-request@iris01.plasma.mpe-garching.mpg.de
Send a message with Subject: archive get program/satdec95.txt
to the same address, to get accompanying notes by Tristan Cools (Satorama).

2. PPAS-updates 10 and 11 

Send a message with Subject: archive get ppas/ppas5-10.obs
to SeeSat-L-request@iris01.plasma.mpe-garching.mpg.de
or similarly with Subject: archive get ppas/ppas5-11.obs
to the same address
to get the most recent update to our database of Flash Period 
Observations (PPAS). 

Priority codes :

b       flashing object for beginners
d       difficult to measure
S       steady object, potentially flashing in the future
?       flash period is unknown or uncertain
-       long flash period (>40 s)
!       top-priority object
	regular object
x       additional code for DRA project 

Changes in this month's program :

82-055B/13260: deleted because steady
83-001B/13758: slightly going down ?
83-048B/14084: deleted, S
83-108B/14451: also accelerating ?
86-030B/16682: deleted, steady
87-003B/17296: long period
87-057B/18161: beginners object now
91-007B/21090: deleted
91-042A/21422: deleted
92-053B/22081: long period, deleted
92-093B/22285: steady, deleted
93-016B/22566: deleted
95-008B/23502: steady or flashing ?
95-012B/23527: still not many observations !
95-017D/23548: previous listed as 95-017B, now corrected
95-046C/23659: where are the observations ?
95-052B/23677: no observations yet !
95-058B/23705: 0.4s as predicted !
95-059B/23711: deleted because S

Observers of October-November 95 :

ANO:    Antero Olkkonen, Ristiina, Finland
DB:     David M. Brierley, Colorado Springs, USA
JA:     Jan Aelbrecht, Belgium
KAH:    Kai Hamalainen, Lappeenranta, Finland
KD:     Kurt Dequick, Oostende, Belgium
KJ:     Kurt Jonckheere, Oostende, Belgium
LB:     Leo Barhorst, Alkmaar, The Netherlands
FW:     Frank Weissferdt, Selters, Germany
MM:     Mike McCants, Austin, Texas, USA
MR:     Mike Rosseel, Belgium
MVP:    Michel Van de Putte, Ronse, Belgium
RE:     Russell Eberst, Edinburgh, Scotland
TC:     Tristan Cools, Brugge, Belgium
WN:     Walter Nissen, Ohio, USA
WV:     Willy Verhaeghen, Wetteren, Belgium

Total number of observations: 582

Part of the archive from the late Horst Kohnke has been added to PPAS5-10.  
That explains the high number of observations the last 2 months.

Next deadline for sending in observations: January 5, 1996

New Observers: Jan Aelbrecht and Michel Van de Putte.
								
Cheers,
    Tristan Cools (tcools@nic.INbe.net)
  & Bart De Pontieu (bdp@mpe.mpe-garching.mpg.de)