It cleared in time to watch the passages of ISS and Progress-M1 11. The first at 20:08 UT pass was shortly after sunset and the sky was still too bright. Didn't see either; although Venus and Jupiter were visible to the naked eye and regulus with binos. A friend of mine, 1 degrees further east saw ISS. The second pass at 21:43 was a low 20 degrees elevation pass. Saw Progress-M1 11 followed by ISS 2:30.35 minutes later. As it was still clear I stayed outside for another hour. Daylight saving time and early waking up for work makes nights short. Saw three unids in 1 FOV, following each other closely in a straight line. I timed then while passing between delta and epsilon Virgo. The first at 22:36:46.44 and S, 4; the second at 22:36:52.38 and S, 3; the third at 22:37:01.05 and S, 5. Still have to figure out which sats they are. 01- 56 F 04-05-24 22:50:02 LB 215.7 0.5 7 30.8 AA, 4->i, 1 fl, 2 Timings: 27.47 16.50 14.62 31.01 15.47 16.79 27.00 37.01 29.78 sec. Combined period? 02- 54 C 04-05-24 21:16:41 LB 31.5 0.5 7 4.5 AA, 4->i Timings: 4.61 8.71 8.68 9.51 sec. 02- 54 C 04-05-24 22:53:41 LB 76.5 0.5 8 9.6 AA, 4->i Timings: 9.36 9.82 10.90 8.49 9.25 8.81 10.27 9.62 sec. 03- 9 C 04-05-24 20:51 LB S, 2 Easy to follow and watched for 02 9 B, predicted about a minute later. Didn't see it; but saw 2:25.19 minutes later a S, 4 sat not quite on the right track. So I doubt I saw 02 9 B. 03- 54 A 04-05-24 23:05 LB var 5->6 03- 54 B 04-05-24 23:03:38.19LB 115.2 0.5 8 14.4 AA, 3->i Timings: 13.77 23.11 13.60 14.73 14.90 17.42 17.68 sec. On time and on track using Ted's latest TLE's 03- 54 C 04-05-24 23:05 LB almost S, 5 Followed several seconds behind 03 54 A 04- 2 A 04-05-24 21:41:35.86LB S, 4 Progress-M1 11 was followed by ISS 2:30.35 minutes later. ISS was S, mag 2 04- 12 C 04-05-24 21:04:14 LB 123.5 0.2 33 3.74 AA, 3->i Timings: 3.39 4.14 3.58 3.84 3.66 4.12 3.60 4.04 3.60 3.90 3.48 4.05 3.62 3.70 3.39 4.14 3.30 3.97 3.79 3.60 3.39 4.41 3.47 4.23 3.08 3.95 3.56 3.72 3.71 3.81 3.70 4.37 3.20 sec. Possible flashes from multiple surfaces, regarding the different timings. 04- 12 C 04-05-24 22:41:46 LB 108.5 0.2 29 3.74 FF,4->i, ssm, 5 Timings: 3.77 3.67 3.73 3.83 3.66 3.77 3.57 3.85 3.61 3.89 3.78 3.72 3.72 3.91 3.65 3.76 3.73 3.70 3.72 3.74 4.23 3.24 3.75 3.81 3.62 3.81 3.77 7.45 sec. A more equal pattern than on the first pass. Just one flash timed late and 1 flash not seen at the end. 92- 8 B 04-05-24 22:03:45 LB 115.0 0.5 4 28.7 FA, 5->i Timings: 17.88 9.29 17.55 14.30 15.44 10.93 17.77 11.81 sec. Combined pattern? 94- 45 B 04-05-24 22:11 LB 1 fl, 5->i Just saw 1 flash and then probably lost the sat. 97- 34 C 04-05-24 21:23:54 LB 31.2 0.2 24 1.30 FF, 4->i Timings: 1.61 1.58 2.06 1.48 1.44 1.28 1.43 1.06 1.17 1.29 1.23 1.20 1.57 1.38 1.39 1.30 1.14 1.19 1.28 1.18 1.14 1.42 1.40 sec. 97- 77 B 04-05-24 21:56:47 LB 225.8 0.2 16 14.11 AA,5->i,->FF,3->i Timings: 28.11 16.26 6.30 4.30 4.06 4.52 14.18 13.89 26.68 15.31 15.48 20.56 7.71 10.90 2.82 14.71 sec. The timing of 2.82 sec was a mag 1 flash. After cumulation the flash pattern changed. 98- 43 G 04-05-24 21:20 LB S, 3 2004: 236 obs PPAS: 13292 obs Greetings and clear, dark skies Leo Barhorst, Medemblik NL Cospar 4252 52.76350 N 5.09114 E 2 m ASL http://www.home.zonnet.nl/leobarhorst/index.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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