Re: Is UFO 2 rl a flasher? 11/9/03 am

From: Mir16609@aol.com
Date: Sun Nov 09 2003 - 00:40:37 EST

  • Next message: Tony Beresford: "Re: Is UFO 2 rl a flasher? 11/9/03 am"

    In a message dated 11/9/03 12:28:56 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
    chiayk1@singnet.com.sg writes:
    >        Skymap plot revealed the best possible candidate to be UFO 2 rl
    > around the time of closest approach to Rho Puppis going towards Pyx.
    >
    >      My question is does UFO 2 rl flashes?  Thnx.
    
    UFO 2 r1                   0.0  5.1 d   22
    1 22788U 93056B   03310.70510644  .00053787  00000-0  15906-2 0   257
    2 22788  26.9106 296.0451 3550787 122.7269 276.6852  8.34091872247511
    
    From ppas10.zip at:
    http://users2.ev1.net/~mmccants/bwgs/ppas10.zip
    
    93- 56 B 99-09-05            MM                 7.6   (alt7/8)
    93- 56 B 99-09-05 02:58      SJW  61.9 0.3   8  7.74  F'F' b
    93- 56 B 99-09-06 02:57:40.5 EC   76.7 0.2   5 15.33  asymm: 7.02+8.31=15.33
    93- 56 B 99-09-18 02:16      SJW 235.6 0.2  31  7.60  F'F' b
    93- 56 B 99-09-18 02:16:47   EC  258.0 0.2  17 15.17  asymm: 7.81+7.36
    93- 56 B 99-09-19 03:06      SJW  30.4 0.2   4  7.59  F'F' b
    93- 56 B 01-02-26            MM                 8.17
    93- 56 B 02-01-05 17:43:41.0 BD  662.6 0.3  83  7.98  F, 5.0->i, assym
    
    Looks like a pretty good ID to me.  The flash period has been slowing down 
    and the last reported period was nearly 8 seconds in May of 2002.
    
    Cheers,
    Don Gardner  39.1799 N, 76.8406 W, 100m ASL
    http://hometown.aol.com/mir16609/
    http://www.howardastro.org/
    
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