Mark, Last night (Feb 3) I observed ETS-6 from 9:06 EST at delta Ceti until about 9:30 (2:06-2:30 UT). It began 1x power flashes at mag3 or mag2 maybe brighter about every 10 sec with much less intense flashes about every 2 seconds from delta Ceti until about halfway between delta Ceti and omega Eridani. I stopped seeing bright "unaided-eye" flashes at about 2:14 UT. I watched it in the scope as it passed through Orion, flashing all the way, but nothing spectacular. I believe it was to pass into eclipse at 2:52 UT. So as you observed and posted a few weeks ago (and now I reveal that I at that very same moment on Jan 7 had also been watching, but did not post) it seems to be doing its flashes well ahead of eclipse, then nothing. Regards, Wayne http://morgan.botany.uga.edu/wayne/astronomy.htm "Mark A. Hanning-Lee" wrote: > > I looked briefly for ETS-6 between 18:24-18:26 = 2/4 2:24-2:26 UTC but > did not see it at 1-power. I haven't seen it for a while; when should I > expect 1-power flashes on the evening of 2/6 local time? I look forward > to recovering it. > ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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