Hi Don and others, I observed Gorizont 14 Monday evening with a period of 86.763 s, last flash at 20h23m50.4 s UT Feb 3. I will check later if it is possible to fit Don's max between my Jan 30 and Feb 3 obs. This evening (Feb 5) I tried again to observe 87- 40 A (Gor 14) low (12 degrees) in the West between the trees and with some light pollution. Around 19h UT it was near the moon and I couldn't see anything brigher than +10. I tried again later between 21h20 and 21h50 with no succes. As this one is moving westwards 10 degrees a day, it will be lost for Europeans from now one I suppose. --- BUT, there is Gorizont 16 = 88- 71A = which is already visible from a big part of US now, having a very stable period (going down only 0.005 seconds a day during the last week). I observed it again on Feb 3 last flash 21h56m43.0, and today Feb 5 last flash 21h19m49.5 s, first flash 19h16m55.2, period of 98.319 seconds, max magnitude between +7 and +9.5. This one is drifting slowly with one degree a day, so it is the ideal one to be observed (semi-) simultanously during the next weeks !! Because of the long and stable period, I can calculate pretty accurately all flash times during the last week or so and extrapollate for the next days. So we can compare with some US-data if available for one of the next days. I will send more details of my obs later, need so sleep now. Latest element from Mike's geo.tle : Gorizont 16 1 19397U 88071A 03031.79350425 -.00000170 +00000-0 +10000-3 0 05073 2 19397 008.9919 043.9730 0014260 229.7362 130.2200 00.99986343052889 Kurt. Don wrote : Subject: Gorizont 14 Obs > In PPAS format: > 87-040 A 03-02-03 00:56:09.32JDG 520.5 0.5 12 43.38 +7.0->inv > Don Gardner 39.1799 N, 76.8406 W, 100m ASL > http://hometown.aol.com/mir16609/ > http://www.howardastro.org/ > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' > in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org > http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html > ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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