After a cold night, the water around my livingboat is frozen, it was clear before the morning. At dawn clouds came in. Clouds low in the southwest moved away, not quite in time, but I could observe the last flashes of Superbird A. When trying to observe 02-58 F, a NOSEE, I noticed a bright UNID. With Skymap later ID as 90-81 D. The 2 payloads of the 2005-48 launch were NOSEE, but the Kosmos-3M stage was a surprise. A nice flasher. The URL explaning the numbers : http://www.satobs.org/tumble/flashpm.html#PPASformat 02- 58 F 05-12-29 06:26 LB S, 5.5 Did see it on its 2nd pass tonight. 05- 48 C 05-12-29 05:51:39 LB 229.3 0.2 80 2.866 FF, 5->i Timings: 2.82 5.54 3.10 2.60 2.83 2.64 3.02 2.96 2.87 2.84 2.96 2.72 3.18 2.63 2.83 2.97 2.97 2.77 3.01 2.82 2.68 2.90 3.01 2.80 2.72 3.00 2.82 2.91 3.01 2.31 3.30 2.86 3.06 2.74 3.16 2.59 2.81 2.95 3.21 2.40 2.93 2.97 2.73 2.81 2.90 3.06 2.65 2.93 2.77 2.80 3.02 2.91 2.86 2.74 2.97 2.70 2.97 2.73 2.96 2.84 2.96 2.82 2.82 2.92 2.90 2.87 2.87 2.75 3.06 2.81 3.04 2.72 2.98 2.87 2.81 2.80 2.86 2.85 2.99 sec. Saw it first low in the north, it was very dim and a bit irr. Later in the pass the flashes became brighter and more distinct. From the >100 timings I used the last 80. 81- 59 A 05-12-29 05:22:00 LB 130.2 0.5 8 16.3 AA, 4->7 Timings: 15.26 14.83 17.41 16.62 16.42 15.82 17.19 16.63 sec. 86- 61 A 05-12-29 04:59:17 LB 60.6 0.2 30 2.02 'FFF-'F, 4->i Timings: 2.43 1.76 2.19 2.05 2.05 4.56 1.81 2.10 2.01 1.87 2.16 1.99 17.32 2.25 1.79 2.27 1.96 4.00 1.95 2.08 sec. In the middle a train of rapid flashes. 87- 60 A 05-12-29 06:16:55 LB 116.2 0.5 5 23.2 AA, 4->7 Timings: [12.52 11.26] [11.06 11.71] [11.87 10.67] [11.58 12.70] [12.25 10.65] sec. 89- 41 A 05-12-29 03:51:49.06LB 110.6 0.2 5 22.12 Ff, 4(6)->i Timings: 22.11 22.12 [11.17 10.94] 22.19 22.07 sec. Its period is still going down slowly. Low in the southwest in between Alpha Ori and the belt stars. 90- 81 D 05-12-29 04:45:03 LB 93.1 0.5 18 5.17 AA, 3->6 Timings: 5.04 5.23 5.18 5.69 4.49 5.83 5.02 5.18 5.07 5.21 5.17 5.72 4.75 5.40 5.02 4.98 5.39 sec. According to PPAS-2005-11 last reported in 1995 as S, + 5. Has to be checked. Could have been 1971-111 B, but this sat was last reported flashing in 1975, then S till 1992. 98- 72 C 05-12-29 06:12 LB almost S, 4 99- 34 A 05-12-29 05:04:19 LB 90.2 0.2 26 3.47 Ff, 5(6)->i Timings: 2.90 6.93 25.97 3.03 2.19 4.31 3.94 2.56 10.37 3.80 3.16 3.28 3.66 6.75 3.39 sec. 2005: 902 obs PPAS: 14493 obs Greetings and clear, dark skies Leo Barhorst, Medemblik NL Cospar 4252 52.76350 N 5.09114 E 2 m ASL http://www.satlist.nl/index.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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