In PPAS format: 00- 06 B 00-02-21 00:28:53.1 JDG 11.1 0.3 20 0.56 +2.0->+4.0 00- 06 B 00-02-22 00:13:50.5 JDG 26.5 0.3 50 0.53 +2.0->+4.0 00- 06 B 00-02-22 01:58:17.4 JDG 22.3 0.3 20 1.12 +3.0->inv Last evening I observed the 2 sides of a Cosmos 2369 Rk pass. As it ascended to the right of Polaris (10az, 35el) it was flashing like EGP but brighter. I had my scope set to pick up the pass as it went through the top of Ursa Major (40az, 50el). At that point and for the balance of the pass the brightness seemed steady (maybe slight variations between +2.0 and +2.5). This evening the pass had the same pattern. Lots of seemingly irregular flashes early (ascending to the right of Polaris) and steady at a +2.0 mag later. For the second pass this evening I tried to just time the primary flashes as it passed R->L over Jupiter in the west. Overall the flashes were irregular - like EGP or Spot 3. Did this object experience an explosion of some sort? The flashing was sharp - not like the gradual change typical of a tumbling rocket booster Cosmos 2369 r 10.4 3.9 0.0 3.9 d 1 26070U 00006B 00051.14570953 -.00000189 00000-0 -73434-4 0 144 2 26070 71.0047 285.6051 0018688 257.0090 102.8946 14.14645807 2379 Cheers Don Gardner 39.1796 N, 76.8419 W, 34m ASL Homepage: http://hometown.aol.com/mir16609/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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