STARSHINE has been observed last night and it may be spinning up. Here is the report from George Varros. Paul "I had a 72 degree high pass two hours ago. It was pretty cool. I video taped it and have 10 flashes! There were two groups of two flashes 1/1/2 seconds apart. A few flashes occur with Jupiter in the FOV for a good light comparison. Station Name: Mount Airy, Maryland George Varros UT Date/Time of Observation: 02/15/00 23:34: 2.000 Elevation: 35 Azimuth: 280 Magnitude: 0.000 Observation Method: Video Comments: 10 flashes recorded on PC-23-C video camera with 8mm f/1.2 lens. Flashes occurred at: 23:34:02 dim 23:34:03.25 dim 23:34:13 bright 23:34:19 bright 23:34:20.5 bright 23:34:27 bright 23:34:36.5 bright 23:34:49 bright 23:34:56 bright 23:35:16.5 bright It was quite a sight! The close timimg of the '23:34:02 and 23:34:03.25' flashes along with the '23:34:19 and 23:34:20.5' flashes may be due to spinup. " ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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