I got a lucky break, thin and broken cloud cover, and was able to observe Cosmos 2406 Rk (04-021B, 28353). At first, as Ed Light and two on s.a.s.v-o have reported, at first it seemed fairly steady. But farther north it began to flash rapidly, too fast for me to count well. Here are seven attempted sets of ten cycles each (June 23 UTC), then I lost it behind trees: 8:43:31.8 -- 5.41, 5.69, 6.05, 6.26, 6.53, 6.16, 6.60 -- 8:44:14.5 So that is roughly a period of .6 second. I was using 8x42 binoculars outside my apartment, not a good location, besides the cloud issues. It was easy to see without the binoculars, maybe at least +1.5, while in the west corner of the great square of Pegasus. I was able to easily see Aqua (02-022A, 27424), maybe for the first time. It was quite bright through the thin cloud. Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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