Every satID is given in three ways: 1. the International designator in format yyyy-nnnc 2. the USSTRATCOM catalog number 3. the popular name; if applicable: rocketname within square brackets [] For unidentified satellites the international designator is as has been applied in CLASSFD.TLE of Mike McCants (MM). If an observer applied his own satID, the pseudo internation designator is as follows: - 2 digit luanch-year number like all satellites - launch-of-year number = day-of-year number + 500 in which day-of-year is that of first reported observation - component code: initials of observer. Notes are marked b1) thru bn) per satellite. All notes for one satellite are terminated by "end satID". Notes may sometimes have gaps in the numbering. From launch year 2007 notes have normally numbers, no longer b-numbers. This is also true with notes for some older launches. All timings are expressed in seconds and parts of seconds. Timings likely or probably associated with the same rotation are sometimes grouped within ( and ) or [ and ]. I introduced new abbreviations: PX: determination with aid of PPASextended. ueo: (explicitely reported as such by he observer) unaided eye observation equals neo: naked eye observation 1959-007A 00020 Vanguard 3 1) Note 1: 2 short flashes, then invisible end 1959-007A 1961-017B 00162 TIROS 3 b1) Had already started flare when I found it out of a tree. end 1971-017B 1961-018A 00163 MIDAS 3 b1) No repetition of pattern found: assumption of 1 period: (29.21 9.10 104.30) b2) 1 flare mag +4; Saw 1 flare for about 10 sec; then almost S; +6 end 1961-018A 1961-028A 00192 MIDAS 4 b1) Timings 48.46 20.27 25.67 21.88 sec. b2) Pressed my stopwatch wrongly. I reconstructed my observation by using a small voice recorder, on which I could hear the beeps, recorded during it. Estimation might be several seconds off the real value. end 1961-028A 1963-014A 00574 MIDAS 6 b1) short and long intervals averaging 8.54 and 10.68 seconds. one secondary maximum not timed or was not present. b2) timings [12.27 5.76] [12.54 6.59] [10.32 9.01] [9.77 8.06] [10.32 8.05] [9.68 8.69] [9.97 9.97] [9.57 9.19] [10.64 10.18] b3) Timings: 9.26 9.12 9.01 10.06 9.12 9.84 8.50 9.88 7.62 10.42 8.01 10.30 8.43 9.47 8.07 10.90 8.65 10.07 7.43 11.04 7.84 10.72 7.97 9.69 8.71 10.58 8.52 10.20 8.81 9.99 8.28 11.33 7.37 9.89 Culmination 49°/074° at 17:20:41. end 1963-014A 1963-030A 00622 MIDAS 7 b1) Timings 63.04 64.46 28.79 28.77 sec. Last two timings suggest a P of 28.8 sec. b2) Observed with 25 cm Dobson; Individual timings are: (34.95 46.33) (29.37 42.84) (26.84 56.04) (19.21 71.72) (47.43 29.42) end 1963-030A 1963-047A 00694 Atlas Centaur rocket b1) Timings 77.12 77.21 b2) Timings 84.24 154.02(2A) 71.97 b3) Timings 84.65 79.86 71.35 82.22 b4) Timings 82.55 68.87 80.32 70.22 81.81 79.65 b5) Timings 82.09 75.27 78.62 77.24 80.17 b6) Not a period - time between 2 1X flares which each lasted 40, then 21 seconds end 1963-047A 1963-047G 00701 Centaur AC-2 insulation panel b1) Timings 13.54 14.00 13.97 13.35 13.65 13.82 13.80 (7.95 5.61) 13.54 (8.64 5.02) 13.91 (7.00 6.65) 13.58 (7.70 6.28) 13.73 (7.09 6.53) 13.66 (7.84 5.94) 13.68 (6.91 6.08) 14.55 (7.29 6.53) 12.42 (8.02 6.33) 13.65 (7.86 6.46) 13.53 13.95 13.55 (7.50 6.20) 13.72 (7.77 5.94) 13.78 13.68 13.64 (7.14 6.76) b2) Timings 17.24(5 A) 2.35 3.32 3.61 2.72 3.23 3.76 2.77 3.75 16.54(5) 3.20 3.07 3.69 3.47 3.00 3.49 3.41 16.04 (5) b3) Timings 3.09 3.11 3.46 3.25 3.38 3.29 3.29 3.36 3.31 3.16 3.46 3.06 3.18 3.33 3.17 3.62 3.51 3.14 3.58 3.15 3.07 3.41 2.85 3.63 3.43 3.23 3.47 3.30 3.47 3.24 3.14 3.08 2.85 3.46 3.58 3.77 2.56 3.50 3.38 3.88 3.09 2.97 3.02 3.51 3.28 3.87 3.06 2.92 3.06 b4) Timings 3.48 3.38 3.78 3.70 3.59 3.96 3.98 7.90(2A) 6.97(2A) 3.80 3.65 4.03 3.45 3.69 3.72 3.72 3.46 4.60 3.75 b5) may have missed a few maxs b6) Timings 14.89(4A) 15.50(4) 3.47 3.50 3.78 3.69 4.34 4.28 3.07 3.55 b7) Timings 3.79 3.96 3.57 4.06 3.81 3.16 3.44 3.96 3.66 4.03 3.69 3.75 3.69 3.50 3.74 4.28 3.51 3.62 4.13 4.59 3.06 4.22 10.87(3) 4.57 b8) Timings: 4.72 3.78 7.22(2A) 11.97(3) Eclipse time 19:26:43 28°/194°. b9) Timings: 7.99(2A) 4.39 7.73(2) 4.34 3.27 3.72 4.34 3.87 3.90 3.92 4.66 3.81 3.91 Culmination 36°/190° at 19:08:01. b10) Timings: 3.87 5.33 3.60 12.38(3A) 4.62 4.38 3.91 5.17 21.05(5) 4.07 4.17 3.93 5.00 Culmination 31°/170° at 19:04:41 b11) Timings: 8.52(2A) 4.60 11.93(3) 8.20(2) 4.53 4.87 7.50(2) 4.69 4.59 3.88 4.34 4.51 4.99 3.20 4.30 4.50 4.93 4.20 3.65 4.19 3.91 4.13 4.15 4.48 4.71 3.72 4.26 4.27 4.65 3.92 4.30 4.61 4.08 4.28 4.77 3.74 4.21 4.26 4.43 4.12 4.10 4.87 3.78 4.00 4.41 4.34 4.47 3.69 4.59 4.70 3.94 4.14 4.16 4.12 4.27 Culmination 36°/176° at 18:39:39. b12) Timings: 4.44 4.31 4.25 4.54 4.08 4.69 4.78 4.85 5.44 5.37 4.23 3.80 4.13 4.37 4.26 4.74 4.78 4.74 4542 eclipse entrance expected 30°/174° at 19:49:30. end 1963-047G 1964-038A 00829 Elektron 3 b1) Timings 25.31 13.88 16.70 15.50 sec. Last flash was mag 4. end 1964-038A 1964-051B 00871 Explorer 20 rocket [Scout] b1) Timings 17.56 17.91 b2) extremely difficult timings 1:57:29.87,33.59,42.47,45.33,48.12, 1:58:01.62,07.33,14.56,23.72,25.35,41.83,47.56 b3) lost this object after one round and one flashy maximum b4) Missed on several occasions, then rather easy this apparition, and gone again the next night! b5) First 5 cycles were fairly regular, last 3 more irr. end 1964-051B 1964-053B 00877 Kosmos 44 rocket [Vostok] b1) b1) might be a flare end 1964-053B 1964-064A 00899 Explorer 22 b1) Seen as UNID while tracking 01-40B. end 1964-064A 1965-008A 01001 Titan 3A Truss b1) Timings 13.25 42.66(3) 26.81(2) 27.72(2) 27.61(2) 13.82 13.70 27.58(2) 27.56(2) 14.00 13.70 13.79 13.80 13.69 13.97 28.34(2) 13.18 13.57 27.81(2) 27.53(2) 14.04 13.67 13.95 13.69 13.81 27.46(2) 13.79 13.97 14.22 27.15(2) 14.00 13.76 13.77 27.85(2) 13.50 13.83 13.80 b2) Timings 13.52 13.47 27.66(2fls) 14.13 13.44 27.52(2) 14.00 13.74 13.93 13.54 27.60(2) 13.91 27.78(2) 13.67 13.87 13.72 13.92 13.49 14.09 13.71 14.00 13.70 13.95 13.95 13.50 13.78 13.75 13.89 13.91 27.51(2) 13.90 Possible combined period of 27.59 sec. b3) Timings 19.43 19.87 19.67 b4) Timings 98.97(5F) 19.83 39.56(2F) 39.75(2F) 19.34 20.18 19.82 19.78 19.78 19.98 b5) Timings 19.68 19.97 19.15 20.73 19.82 19.73 19.97 b6) Timings 19.53 19.33 20.24 20.01 20.04 19.38 20.15 20.01 19.84 b7) Timings 20.18 20.94 20.47 20.09 20.78 19.78 20.11 21.43 19.66 21.71 20.29 20.34 20.34 19.72 21.63 20.56 18.89 21.30 20.90 20.89 20.79 Short maxima lasting about 1 second. b8) No flashes - not normal behavior that I remember b9) Timings 11.76 35.97(3A) 10.75 23.74(2A) 12.35 83.19(7A) 10.75 11.58 23.07(2A) 11.57 12.84 24.00(2A) 12.16 [10.66] The period measured is probably half of the real period. b10) Timings 23.70 23.73 23.82 23.86 23.65 24.03 22.96 23.81 23.56 24.13 24.29 24.20 23.52 23.43 118.62(5A) 23.63 24.22 23.53 b11) Timings 25.09 25.00 25.49 24.74 50.57(2A) 24.97 24.94 25.40 24.81 12.05 13.00 25.10 12.25 3.98 9.00 17.50 06.94 11.28 4.47 11.00 24.90 b12) Timings 24.80 25.18 24.82 25.29 24.97 25.55 25.06 25.34 24.88 14.19 3.74 7.72 21.91 2.84 12.07 5.65 7.25 25.75 24.66 3.31 21.63 14.96 10.52 25.83 12.59 11.62 25.73 12.06 12.40 25.79 [11.34 1.25] b13) Timings 10.97 11.62 9.77 11.16 10.59 11.60 11.84 10.52 10.86 12.31 10.63 11.38 10.66 11.16 11.06 11.05 9.67 12.37 10.85 11.31 11.28 11.07 11.14 10.79 11.40 11.00 11.01 11.11 11.06 11.04 11.31 10.87 11.45 10.70 10.65 11.62 11.18 11.12 11.19 11.56 10.44 10.54 10.80 12.20 10.76 11.15 10.51 12.30 10.61 10.82 9.90 11.53 10.99 11.89 b14) Timings 10.89 10.93 11.10 10.90 11.63 10.64 11.73 10.57 11.53 11.75 10.59 11.72 10.79 11.03 11.65 10.62 11.57 11.09 11.66 10.62 11.60 11.87 10.29 10.59 11.03 12.77 10.48 12.18 19.75(2A) 11.56 12.07 11.44 33.68(3) 24.25(2) 8.10 78.15(7) Culmination 54°/194° at 18:58:50. Flash at 19:00:53.44 and 19:02:00.85. b15) Assuming I missed several maxima because they were too faint to be seen in my 7 x 50 binoculairs. The timings are: 23.44 11.58 5.98 29.30 11.67 6.11 6.25 5.73 6.12 5.30 5.59 11.80 5.96 5.63 b16) Assuming I missed several maxima because they were too faint to be seen in my 7 x 50 binoculairs. The flash period is consistent with the value obtained 24 hours before. See b15) b17) Timings 17.55(2A) 8.80 17.76(2) Eclipse time 19:10:53 26°/158°. b18) Timings 8.64 8.78 8.58 8.80 8.93 8.72 8.81 8.84 8.58 8.96 8.92 17.73(2A) 8.67 8.80 8.67 9.04 8.61 8.56 9.16 8.88 8.77 8.82 8.79 8.86 8.80 8.92 8.67 Culmination 38°/151° at 18:28:26. b19) Timings 8.72 8.75 8.89 8.89 8.78 8.63 9.03 8.76 8.86 8.71 8.77 8.43 9.31 8.88 8.76 8.49 9.16 8.84 8.97 8.66 8.86 17.60(2A) 8.91 8.78 17.62(2) 9.00 8.60 8.88 8.88 8.32 9.11 17.92(2) 8.71 4.55 4.25 9.00 4.27 4.31 8.80 4.62 4.63 7.75 4.76 4.99 7.65 5.40 4.52 Culmination 56°/191° at 18:23:23. b20) Timings 8.61 16.69(2F) 45.54(5) 17.75(2) 9.03 8.65 8.88 8.88 8.92 8.96 8.77 17.83(2) 8.86 8.93 8.87 8.89 9.00 17.76(2) 8.89 8.78 53.50(6) 8.91 17.73(2) 8.98 Culmination 24°/217° at 17:35:25. b21) Timings 11.73 11.19 12.17 6.39 5.38 9.90 1.46 6.07 5.80 11.77 5.23 18.27 11.56 23.72 9.94 1.43 5.40 17.95 11.93 11.60 5.97 6.25 10.59 6.50 5.53 12.03 11.25 12.35 11.40 11.82 11.74 11.29 12.00 11.84 11.64 11.71 11.71 [11.71] Culmination 53°/164° at 20:47:39. b22) Timings 9.07 9.00 9.07 9.16 9.42 9.12 9.38 9.29 9.27 9.21 9.58 8.68 [9.42] Eclipse time 20:49:49 28°/196°. b23) Timings 9.35 9.21 9.27 9.27 9.15 9.41 9.23 9.22 Eclipse time 21:16:49 28°/224°. b24) Timings 9.19 9.28 9.07 9.37 9.41 9.44 9.19 9.30 9.30 9.09 8.87 10.01 8.60 10.13 8.94 10.14 8.68 10.85 8.06 9.12 8.88 9.55 9.25 4.85 5.06 9.18 5.26 4.08 8.45 5.69 5.34 8.10 5.37 4.62 8.64 4.58 5.10 Culmination 56°/165° at 19:00:46. b25) Timings 27.56(3A) 9.38 9.31 9.60 8.15 9.94 9.35 9.44 9.21 8.65 9.97 9.35 18.63(2) 9.18 9.30 18.59(2) 9.46 9.17 9.20 9.32 9.21 4.57 4.90 9.31 3.59 5.72 9.35 9.06 9.59 9.14 9.25 4.49 4.85 9.63 4.17 4.85 8.91 5.24 4.63 8.78 4.72 14.22(1.5) 4.86 4.70 9.12 4.36 4.93 9.21 5.07 37.43(4) 4.11 9.15 4.88 4.47 Culmination 54°/194° at 20:51:57. b26) Timings 37.52(4A) 8.91 18.65(2) 46.37(5) 9.32 9.33 9.25 9.53 8.92 9.41 14.14(1.5) 13.73(1.5) 9.45 14.32(1.5) 4.44 9.01 9.37 9.41 4.71 4.38 9.31 18.75(2) 9.20 14.61(1.5) 31.70(3.5) 9.44 9.40 9.12 Eclipse at 21:45:26 37°/225°. b27) Timings 7.94 46.97(6A) 7.34 7.77 7.73 7.91 15.57(2) 7.85 7.77 7.78 7.91 7.71 7.81 7.77 7.92 7.75 7.78 7.84 7.91 7.63 7.97 7.72 7.96 7.75 7.79 7.81 7.81 7.75 7.96 7.76 Eclipse time at 21:37:58 Az 239° alt 42° b28) Timings 86.00(11A) 15.09(2) 15.63(2) 15.49(2) 7.89 7.65 15.59(2) 7.89 7.78 7.77 7.56 7.94 7.82 7.85 7.86 15.62(2) 7.80 23.39(3) 8.53 7.00 7.98 7.59 Culmination at 20:18:45 Az 170° alt 75° b29) Timings: 6.81 14.19(2A) 7.18 6.88 6.95 7.32 Culmination 26°/144° at 17:03:53. b30) Timings: 7.20 7.07 6.62 7.48 6.03 8.21 6.44 7.65 5.91 8.28 7.07 7.07 7.14 7.01 6.74 7.37 7.12 7.07 6.57 7.62 7.98 6.35 6.52 7.49 7.10 6.94 7.13 7.15 6.95 7.22 6.67 7.50 6.66 7.19 6.90 7.36 7.21 7.15 7.34 Culmination 52°/163° at 19:39:56. b31) Timings: 7.40 21.40(3A) 7.01 7.40 6.63 7.59 6.58 8.03 6.58 7.31 7.27 7.31 6.85 7.46 6.80 7.70 7.08 7.01 6.73 7.79 6.86 6.95 8.06 5.92 7.71 7.65 7.22 7.08 7.28 7.08 7.24 7.31 6.87 7.38 6.97 7.79 6.83 7.18 7.23 7.81 Predicted eclipse 49°/199° at 20:33:45. end 1965-008A 1965-008C 01002 LES 1 1) At 7:57:34 and 7:57:49 UTC ( Jun 23 ) I observed 2 bright flashes from LES 1 ( 01002 ). end 1965-008C 1965-016A 01271 OPS 4988 (GREB 6) 1) Could only see one cycle in scope before I tracked wrong way! But it was variable. end 1965-016A 1965-016K ..... name it b1) Then gone - assume from direction it was this debris end 1965-016K 1965-027C 01316 Snapshot debris b1) At Adams Ranch Dark sky Site (+36.937,-96.650) b2) at 36X very near Jupiter flaring to +5 with a wonderful golden hue. Seen after in 10 x 50 but had faded to +8 and difficult. end 1965-027C 1965-034A 01359 LES 2 rocket [Titan 3A] b1) Timings 5.72 5.76 5.98 6.02 5.81 6.04 17.91 6.11 5.46 6.08 5.76 6.37 5.46 6.40 5.63 5.60 6.64 5.88 5.72 6.01 5.80 6.10 6.09 5.60 6.31 5.94 6.21 5.67 5.90 5.89 6.11 5.80 6.10 6.13 5.72 b2) Timings 5.64 5.58 5.47 5.72 5.40 5.50 5.72 5.44 5.39 5.72 5.45 5.52 5.56 5.67 5.47 5.69 5.52 5.27 5.87 5.80 5.38 5.58 5.61 5.60 5.46 5.62 5.32 5.53 5.72 5.68 5.51 5.66 5.30 5.29 6.03 5.34 5.66 5.41 5.80 5.93 5.07 6.25 4.92 5.79 5.45 5.70 5.42 5.73 5.50 5.56 5.45 b3) Timings 5.82 5.33 6.71 5.98 5.83 5.73 5.94 5.91 6.12 5.65 5.92 5.93 5.83 6.05 6.19 5.83 5.82 5.91 5.71 6.13 6.08 5.40 6.02 6.12 6.09 5.75 5.96 5.90 6.03 5.79 5.77 5.75 6.06 5.98 6.03 5.88 6.10 5.85 5.60 5.84 6.17 5.76 6.19 6.12 5.54 5.98 5.29 6.81 5.63 5.48 6.16 5.99 6.03 6.31 5.45 6.05 5.50 6.36 6.17 5.65 6.04 5.78 6.38 5.64 5.57 b4) Timings 5.54 5.71 5.57 5.29 6.15 5.78 5.27 6.21 5.40 5.44 5.96 5.79 5.62 5.87 5.32 5.81 5.68 5.87 5.58 5.40 5.85 5.88 5.79 5.54 5.79 5.56 5.71 5.88 5.60 5.50 5.93 5.50 5.49 5.66 5.73 6.00 5.53 5.87 5.63 5.89 5.58 b5) Timings 5.47 6.07 5.22 5.34 5.86 4.90 6.18 5.67 5.59 5.36 5.22 5.88 5.54 5.68 5.84 5.17 5.90 5.61 5.65 5.61 5.44 5.91 5.47 5.51 5.42 6.07 5.11 5.62 5.92 6.29 4.55 5.17 5.94 6.00 5.36 5.15 5.87 6.81 9.59(2A) 5.55 11.50(2A) b6) Timings 5.64 5.58 5.47 5.72 5.40 5.50 5.72 5.44 5.39 5.72 5.45 5.52 5.56 5.67 5.47 5.69 5.52 5.27 5.87 5.80 5.38 5.58 5.61 5.60 5.46 5.62 5.32 5.53 5.72 5.68 5.51 5.66 5.30 5.29 6.03 5.34 5.66 5.41 5.80 5.93 5.07 6.25 4.92 5.79 5.45 5.70 5.42 5.73 5.50 5.56 5.45 b7) Timings 5.56 5.32 5.78 5.47 5.58 5.51 5.50 5.65 5.53 5.30 6.07 5.42 5.46 5.45 5.50 5.73 5.33 5.58 5.41 5.81 5.29 5.60 5.64 5.81 5.52 5.42 5.60 5.24 5.29 6.17 5.49 5.54 5.09 5.81 5.49 5.60 5.44 5.70 5.62 5.58 5.23 5.65 5.94 5.25 5.69 5.37 5.77 5.58 b8) Timings 5.53 5.49 5.63 5.39 11.10(2A) 5.58 5.50 5.49 5.66 5.50 5.58 5.51 5.62 5.33 5.63 5.56 5.48 11.06(2A) 16.75(3A) 5.61 10.97(2A) 5.63 5.23 11.18(2A) 5.66 5.57 10.90(2A) 5.72 5.44 10.92(2A) 6.17 4.93 5.57 5.60 5.80 5.21 5.55 5.55 5.60 5.38 5.54 5.45 5.62 5.49 5.47 5.53 5.73 5.70 5.25 5.60 5.64 5.50 5.46 5.71 5.41 6.55 4.56 5.47 b9) Timings 5.56 27.56(5A) 88.06(16) 10.99(2) 10.94(2) 11.03(2) 132.03(24) Many maxima are missing due to seeing not very good at 20° elevation. b10) While waiting near a stargroup to see the sat appear I was almost blinded by a bright flash. Estimated at mag 2, but could have been brighter. Sat was inv there after. b11) Timings 5.14 5.34 5.40 5.14 5.27 5.12 5.43 5.17 5.11 5.42 5.29 5.19 5.26 5.00 5.44 5.14 5.31 4.91 5.47 5.27 b12) Timings 5.35 5.20 5.27 10.62(2A) 5.15 5.17 5.36 5.16 5.34 5.10 5.00 5.53 5.22 5.33 5.32 5.10 5.33 5.04 5.44 5.37 5.18 5.34 5.02 5.31 5.20 b13) Timings 10.24(2A) 5.31 5.19 5.17 5.30 4.92 5.64 5.12 5.23 5.31 5.31 5.10 5.21 5.03 5.42 5.42 5.13 5.31 5.10 5.41 5.18 5.19 5.27 5.30 5.19 5.36 5.16 4.94 5.41 5.35 5.36 5.37 5.22 5.14 4.99 5.51 5.09 10.84(2A) 5.26 4.78 5.56 5.24 5.14 5.12 5.23 5.35 5.32 5.03 5.24 5.51 5.00 5.06 5.54 4.96 5.28 5.18 5.20 5.34 5.38 5.30 5.09 5.49 5.00 5.04 5.49 5.47 5.24 5.20 b14) Timings 5.34 5.19 5.10 5.33 5.27 5.08 5.38 5.17 5.17 5.25 5.40 5.15 5.30 5.00 5.37 5.05 5.42 5.27 5.10 5.40 5.36 5.31 5.18 5.19 5.22 5.30 5.17 5.16 5.01 5.70 5.20 5.12 5.25 5.32 5.18 5.12 5.41 5.13 b15) Timings 15.72(3A) 15.87(3A) 5.21 5.19 5.20 5.29 5.11 5.29 5.28 10.56(2A) 10.64(2A) 20.74(4A) 5.46 15.63(3A) 5.21 5.32 b16) Timings 5.28 10.66(2A) 10.40(2A) 5.11 5.41 5.16 4.84 5.34 5.38 5.23 5.15 10.72(2A) 4.84 5.21 5.78 5.03 5.33 4.93 5.35 4.97 5.52 4.92 6.52 4.16 5.26 4.90 5.86 5.00 5.20 5.05 5.29 5.43 5.51 5.28 5.04 4.82 4.92 5.77 5.35 5.25 5.25 10.92(2A) 5.37 4.80 5.32 4.90 5.65 10.49(2A) 10.57(2A) 4.90 5.60 4.74 b17) Timings 5.22 4.88 5.39 5.29 5.35 5.06 5.41 5.19 5.22 5.26 5.42 5.15 5.29 5.13 5.11 5.39 5.09 5.34 5.25 5.25 5.39 15.61(3A) 5.33 4.86 5.75 4.85 5.49 5.32 5.37 4.91 5.41 5.31 4.81 5.72 b18) Timings 5.44 5.11 5.06 5.39 5.29 5.29 5.21 5.28 5.18 5.17 5.10 5.42 5.35 5.19 5.34 5.31 5.48 4.80 5.50 5.10 5.16 5.46 5.19 5.32 5.15 5.12 5.31 5.35 5.27 5.05 5.34 26.42(5A) 31.20(6A) 31.77(6A) b19) Fewer maximas earlier in apparition - cycle time very interesting. b20) There was also an ondulation in the maximum brightness. b21) Timings 2.45 2.38 2.30 2.48 2.31 2.25 2.44 2.31 2.35 2.28 2.31 2.47 23.50(10F) 23.59(10F) 23.56(10F) 23.57(10F) 23.45(10F) 23.61(10F) 23.46(10F) 23.41(10F) 23.49(10F) 49.80(21F) 21.15(9F) b22) Timings 2.39 2.21 2.25 2.51 2.39 2.10 4.54(2A) 2.52 2.32 22.81(10.A) 23.06(10A) 23.03(10A) 2.47 2.12 2.54 2.15 2.38 2.21 2.39 2.27 2.38 2.22 23.13(10A) 23.09(10A) 23.12(10A) 18.28(8A) 2.57 2.12 2.34 2.29 2.37 2.25 2.31 2.35 2.40 b23) Timings 10.76(5A) 8.72(4) 4.28(2) 6.56(3) 2.13 6.50(3) 4.44(2) 2.15 4.28(2) 8.66(4) 4.38(2) 8.65(4) 4.31(2) 6.57(3) 4.31(2) 4.39(2) 2.13 13.10(6) 4.29(2) 2.28 2.12 2.12 2.17 2.21 1.97 2.34 10.91(5) 4.36(2) 2.17 130.25(60) 13.16(6) 4.28(2) 2.03 121.66(56) 4.34(2) 2.22 2.00 2.25 2.09 2.28 2.31 2.07 2.10 2.15 1.91 2.34 2.25 2.21 4.48(2) Several flashes skipped due to disturbing little clouds and the sat which was very faint. b24) Timings 2.06 13.20(6) 6.69(3) 10.59(5) 15.19(7) 4.22(2) 6.56(3) 6.58(3) 8.64(4) 2.07 2.26 2.10 10.93(5) 10.83(5) 21.97(10) 4.12(2) 2.12 2.16 2.10 2.09 46.00(21) 1.88 10.84(5) 4.34(2) 8.62(4) 13.06(6) 4.36(2) 2.13 4.40(2) 6.43(3) 2.29 2.06 2.20 6.58(3) 4.22(2) 15.31(7) 4.19(2) 23.87(11) 13.10(6) 23.75(11) 2.11 2.10 17.54(8) 4.30(2) 6.60(3) 2.13 2.20 2.04 2.16 2.10 8.83(4) 8.76(4) 12.97(6) 11.16(5) 17.00(8) b25) Timings 4.61(2A) 2.12 2.16 2.22 2.28 2.47 1.94 2.27 2.38 13.07(6) 2.25 2.37 2.22 2.28 2.09 2.31 2.26 2.02 15.70(7) 2.21 2.25 2.16 2.19 2.44 24.50(11) 22.27(10) 22.19(10) 22.38(10) 22.31(10) 22.31(10) 22.07(10) 2.47 2.34 2.12 2.22 2.00 2.22 26.97(12) 2.22 2.21 2.29 2.25 2.12 b26) Timings 2.32 2.29 2.15 2.33 2.23 1.88 2.56 2.33 2.32 2.26 2.65 1.94 2.25 2.16 2.42 2.11 22.78(10A) 22.50(10) 22.61(10) 22.74(10) 22.58(10) 22.57(10) 22.78(10) 22.46(10) 22.88(10) 22.73(10) b27) Timings 4.26(2A) 8.81(4) 2.38 4.25(2) 2.31 4.38(2) 4.34(2) 4.36(2) 2.39 2.03 2.25 2.37 2.32 1.91 2.37 1.94 2.44 2.02 2.38 2.10 2.28 2.03 2.21 2.19 2.32 2.09 2.53 1.94 4.44(2) 4.34(2) 2.34 2.00 8.94(4) 2.19 2.22 2.31 2.09 2.22 2.12 2.32 2.19 2.17 2.13 2.19 2.26 2.28 2.11 2.23 2.22 2.16 2.19 2.09 2.41 4.40(2) 2.25 2.08 2.17 2.25 4.47(2) 4.28(2) 2.41 2.09 4.44(2) 2.31 2.13 2.12 4.37(2) 2.32 4.35(2) 8.84(4) 2.42 1.92 2.28 2.15 4.39(2) 2.27 2.09 2.25 2.26 15.72(7) 21.67(10) 22.03(10) 22.07(10) 22.00(10) 22.10(10) b28) Timings 2.16 2.06 2.07 2.29 6.68(3A) 2.13 2.15 2.13 10.94(5) 2.12 2.25 2.11 4.58(2) 4.16(2) 4.46(2) 2.19 2.13 2.31 4.24(2) 4.32(2) 2.19 4.34(2) 2.21 2.23 2.09 6.62(3) 2.16 2.00 35.09(16) 2.17 2.18 2.25 2.08 2.23 23.90(11) 2.14 2.25 15.31(7) 2.17 2.11 2.34 2.16 8.66(4) 2.22 2.22 2.15 2.11 15.39(7) 2.00 2.22 2.22 2.20 b29) Timings 2.26 6.35(3) 2.40 2.44 6.16(3) 2.21 2.27 2.17 2.15 8.72(4) 2.16 2.28 13.19(6) 6.56(3) 4.38(2) 2.16 2.23 2.07 2.23 4.43(2) 19.59(9) 2.23 4.45(2) 8.71(4) 2.09 2.12 11.00(5) 2.08 2.23 24.07(11) 2.43 2.19 8.69(4) 2.25 2.16 13.02(6) 2.19 15.41(7) 1.97 2.37 26.32((12) 2.06 2.22 15.44(7) 2.18 2.19 17.44(8) 15.28(7) 10.91(5) 2.15 2.22 2.19 2.06 b30) Timings 15.26(7A) 15.28(7) 11.03(5) 4.56(2) 17.32(8) 4.50(2) 4.41(2) 8.75(4) 4.34(2) 4.37(2) 4.38(2) 2.12 4.41(2) 4.38(2) 4.28(2) 2.70 3.98(2) 13.23(11) 4.34(2) 6.56(3) 4.37(2) 2.13 2.19 2.24 2.19 2.16 2.22 2.25 2.14 2.11 2.28 2.22 4.39(2) 2.21 2.24 4.32(2) 2.23 2.04 2.19 2.19 4.47(2) 2.47 4.09(2) 2.26 2.12 2.24 2.16 2.25 2.07 2.16 2.15 2.35 2.15 2.22 2.28 2.06 2.25 2.16 2.25 2.06 2.04 4.65(2) 17.56(15) 8.78(4) 4.33(2) b31) Timings 1.98 2.43 1.98 2.22 2.19 4.40(2) 4.34(2) 8.82(4) 2.05 2.32 6.40(3) 2.41 2.26 2.09 2.20 2.14 2.25 1.97 2.41 2.23 2.17 2.19 6.63(3) 6.56(3) 4.45(2) 4.55(2) 2.09 2.16 2.03 4.53(2) 11.03(5) 2.28 2.06 2.16 1.97 6.87(3) 2.19 2.15 6.57(3) b32) Timings 11.45(3A) 11.44(3) 4.18 3.66 7.43(2) 3.85 3.85 3.78 3.75 3.77 3.85 3.79 3.96 3.72 3.88 3.73 3.64 3.81 4.13 3.44 3.98 7.89(2) 7.72(2) 3.72 7.59(2) 7.56(2) 4.23 3.46 4.13 3.68 3.85 3.47 7.72(2) 4.00 [3.90] b33) Timings 6.96(3A) 4.64(2) 2.37 4.69(2) 4.67(2) 9.55(4) 11.64(5) 2.31 2.33 2.35 9.43(4) 6.97(3) 4.76(2) 7.34((3) 2.10 9.36(4) 2.39 2.22 2.39 2.53 2.22 2.41 6.78(3) 2.38 2.49 2.32 4.78 2.34 2.38 2.22 2.31 2.38 2.28 2.56 2.23 2.55 2.25 2.22 2.38 4.79(2) 4.61(2) 2.34 2.30 2.61 2.08 2.30 2.49 2.38 4.74(2) 2.29 2.32 2.30 2.32 2.45 2.32 2.33 2.40 2.15 2.48 2.43 2.31 2.27 2.43 2.26 2.39 2.32 2.42 2.23 2.50 2.29 2.39 2.19 2.41 2.38 2.34 2.40 2.36 2.37 2.00 2.54 2.52 2.27 2.44 2.29 2.31 2.35 2.32 2.43 2.25 2.35 2.39 2.39 2.36 2.28 2.44 2.32 2.43 2.28 2.35 2.35 2.29 2.39 2.30 2.76 2.11 7.17((3) 2.22 2.23 2.42 2.16 2.45 2.61 2.13 2.35 2.21 2.42 2.44 Culmination 41°/206° at 20:24:28. b34) Timings 2.45 9.72(4A) 2.43 2.32 2.42 2.39 2.50 2.37 2.36 2.39 4.75(2) 2.54 2.40 2.38 2.45 2.51 2.24 2.47 2.33 2.36 2.54 2.43 2.26 2.55 2.45 2.29 2.75 2.15 2.34 2.38 2.53 2.51 2.40 2.26 2.56 2.40 2.43 2.47 2.25 5.01(2) 2.40 2.28 2.48 2.36 2.47 2.39 4.11(2) 3.14 2.29 2.54 Eclipse time 19:43:08 46°/159°. b35) Timings 4.42(2A) 2.47 2.45 1.86 4.32(2) 2.62 4.38(2) 1.89 2.57 2.13 4.50(2) 2.44 2.23 2.20 2.25 2.16 2.00 2.13 2.48 2.49 2.03 2.41 2.28 2.33 2.20 2.07 2.30 2.35 2.30 2.28 2.08 2.43 1.97 2.15 2.72 2.14 2.45 1.95 2.40 2.23 4.45(2) 2.67 1.83 2.25 2.16 2.54 1.81 2.46 2.31 2.26 2.24 2.19 2.29 1.90 2.12 4.98(2) 1.87 2.54 2.44 2.13 2.48 2.04 2.24 2.44 2.16 1.98 2.30 2.31 2.22 2.47 1.97 2.77 1.73 2.56 2.15 15.64(7) 2.00 2.46 2.22 2.28 2.29 2.33 2.07 2.33 2.26 2.50 1.82 2.26 2.21 2.25 2.40 11.59(5) 2.07 2.34 2.10 2.44 2.06 2.29 2.22 Culmination 40°/150° at 21:24:15 b36) Timings 11.20(5A) 4.30(2) 4.60(2) 2.2111.21(5) 2.36 2.19 2.18 2.45 2.30 2.18 13.61(6) 2.23 2.34 2.17 2.10 7.15(3) 2.13 2.22 1.73 5.27(2) 2.07 2.22 2.36 2.13 2.25 2.22 2.10 2.55 2.22 2.31 2.16 2.22 2.22 2.66 1.93 2.25 2.34 2.27 2.25 2.27 2.37 2.24 2.17 2.21 2.29 2.06 2.58 1.89 2.60 2.44 4.40(2) 4.48(2) 9.20(4) 4.38(2) 2.38 2.18 6.85(3) 11.33(5) 2.15 1.99 2.36 2.32 2.50 1.88 4.34(2) 16.44(7) 8.98(4) 2.24 2.25 2.15 2.35 2.49 2.12 2.26 2.25 2.06 2.33 18.30(8) 2.24 2.88 3.80(2) 4.77(2) 4.23(2) 9.24(4) 4.29(2) 2.02 2.78 2.33 2.16 2.32 2.13 2.00 2.59 2.26 2.25 4.59(2) 11.22(5) 2.22 22.75(10) 4.47(2) 4.65(2) 2.35 2.15 2.15 2.38 2.32 2.08 4.62(2) 2.35 2.25 4.51(2) 2.29 2.05 2.40 2.41 2.16 2.35 20.10(9) 4.49(2) 4.88(2) 2.22 2.53 8.40(4) 2.53 2.45 2.20 2.36 2.42 4.26(2) 2.08 2.82 31.51(14) 1.77 2.63 2.03 2.66 1.99 2.36 8.92(4) 2.44 2.66 1.81 2.21 2.26 2.28 [2.16] Culmination 62°/175 20:05:13. b37) Timings 2.28 2.21 4.57(2A) 6.93(3) 2.07 2.37 2.07 4.71(2) 2.30 4.58(2) 4.53(2) 2.19 4.62(2) 13.64(6) 13.70(6) 13.54(6) 4.61(2) 4.54(2) 4.54(2) 4.49(2) 4.57(2) 4.50(2) 4.57(2) 9.12(4) 4.90(2) 8.85(4) 4.59(2) 4.38(2) 4.59(2) 6.88(3) 15.87(7) 2.47 4.31(2) 4.59(2) 11.35(5) 4.58(2) 2.32 9.18(4) 11.39(5) 4.46(2) 2.19 18.36(8) 4.53(2) 6.75(3) 11.44(5) 45.37(20) 4.51(2) 16.00(7) 11.50(5) 6.65(3) 18.27(8). Culmination 40°/206° at 21:11:01. b38) Timings 2.26 9.58(4A) 2.64 2.94 1.84 2.47 5.03(2) 2.29 2.29 2.50 2.45 2.35 2.25 2.63 4.99(2) 2.25 2.46 2.35 2.53 2.35 2.35 2.59 4.81(2) 2.64 2.30 2.28 2.56 4.72(2) 2.92 2.02 2.43 2.54 2.37 4.91(2) 1.97 2.81 2.43 2.54 2.29 2.56 2.40 2.31 2.60 2.37 2.42 2.47 2.48 2.46 2.36 2.20 2.65 2.80 2.04 2.51 2.21 2.46 2.24 2.73 2.50 2.35 2.43 2.30 2.54 2.43 2.35 2.64 2.18 2.40 2.38 2.44 2.63 2.49 2.29 2.62 2.12 2.71 2.31 2.41 2.39 Culmination 56°/192° at 18:46:01 b39) Timings 4.89(2A) 5.41(2) 2.54 2.53 2.61 2.53 2.63 2.54 2.67 2.53 2.71 2.68 2.41 2.68 2.47 2.78 2.41 2.36 2.25 6.08(2) 2.53 2.52 2.41 2.88 2.58 2.60 2.61 10.76(4) 2.31 2.48 2.62 2.53 2.87 5.23(2) 2.37 2.59 2.30 2.90 3.09 4.95(2) 2.32 8.00(3) 2.54 2.70 2.59 2.61 2.64 7.55(3) 2.63 2.75 2.65 2.39 2.90 2.40 2.84 Culmination at 19:23:13 Az 182° alt 60° b40) Timings: 5.19(2A) 2.65 5.14(2) 2.79 2.53 2.63 2.78 2.56 2.68 2.60 2.68 2.57 2.85 2.47 2.85 2.63 2.36 2.89 2.92 2.41 2.12 3.24 5.30(2) 5.37(2) 2.81 2.59 5.26(2) 5.37(2) 2.66 2.74 2.58 2.61 2.75 2.60 2.59 2.73 2.71 2.62 5.38(2) 2.84 2.49 2.84 2.48 2.77 8.08(3) 7.91(3) 2.65 10.51(4) 2.83 2.46 2.76 2.63 2.70 2.86 2.53 2.51 2.70 2.61 2.69 2.67 2.87 2.30 2.68 2.91 2.65 2.46 5.55(2) 7.99(3) 7.97(3)) 2.75 2.56 2.67 2.47 2.92 2.61 2.57 2.62 2.62 2.65 2.41 2.96 Culm. 36°/151° at 17:58:20 b41) Timings: 4.98(2A) 2.99 2.51 2.80 2.50 2.70 2.70 2.20 3.00 2.81 2.59 2.63 2.59 2.84 2.41 2.80 2.76 2.53 2.72 2.63 2.72 5.39(2) Eclipse 49°/214° at 20:43:21. b42) Timings: 2.91 5.76 2.85 3.11 2.74 2.71 3.21 2.51 2.87 3.21 2.70 2.96 2.89 2.68 2.91 3.20 2.67 2.98 2.82 2.95 5.50 2.88 3.13 2.84 2.96 2.94 2.88 2.88 2.84 2.91 3.12 2.75 2.91 2.78 2.81 3.22 2.78 2.78 2.86 3.11 2.53 3.06 2.78 2.76 2.91 3.14 2.88 2.97 2.90 2.89 Culmination 49°/160° at 20:54:57 b43) Timings: 11.94 3.06 3.25 2.59 3.06 3.16 2.92 3.06 2.98 3.15 3.04 2.97 2.97 3.03 3.07 2.90 6.00 3.06 3.05 3.24 2.92 3.00 2.76 2.92 9.20 3.12 3.22 3.04 2.79 9.21 2.91 3.07 3.02 3.16 2.97 3.12 6.13 2.81 3.10 2.91 3.20 2.86 9.34 2.92 2.92 3.05 3.17 2.84 3.10 2.93 3.25 [2.94] Eclipse 46°/180° at 20:05:05. b44) Timings: 3.30 3.09 3.29 3.15 3.04 3.36 3.26 3.31 3.16 3.32 2.98 3.32 3.22 3.15 3.28 3.11 3.32 3.17 3.25 2.97 3.39 3.28 2.92 3.62 3.29 3.03 3.47 3.00 3.36 3.12 19.25 3.34 3.02 3.41 3.14 3.42 3.03 3.33 3.11 3.03 3.34 3.23 9.82 3.08 6.60 3.15 3.11 3.30 3.25 3.15 3.12 3.32 4542 eclipse entrance expected 58°/172° at 21:28:33 end 1965-034A 1965-034B b1) Three irregular flashes very near Denebola as it approached shadow entry - new to me. end 1965-034B 1965-065C 01510 Dodecapole 2 b1) Irratic flash pattern. Timings 16.77 3.92 4.48 3.04 2.06 2.95 2.57 2.34 3.66 8.31 5.94 2.31 3.23 5.06 sec. b2) A rather complex flashpattern; also due to the fact that fainter flashes were missed. Timings 6.25 4.51 3.42 8.64 4.09 4.09 8.25 3.79 4.52 8.38 4.39 3.99 2.36 6.14 8.11 2.68 3.11 2.86 3.02 4.90 3.02 3.06 2.69 sec. b3) Timings 4.59 7.97 2.56 1.57 4.24 3.70 4.49 3.89 4.78 3.06 2.27 3.15 2.36 6.06 2.88 4.74 3.53 2.68 3.67 2.25 1.85 2.04 1.33 3.16 1.83 4.27 2.08 2.07 1.97 3.86 2.54 3.28 sec. b4) Timings 20.91 23.07 sec. both over 4 periods b5) Timings 3.31 2.87 2.91 3.19 3.29 3.23 2.24 3.85 3.00 2.92 3.53 3.29 2.30 3.79 3.15 2.68 3.64 3.25 2.44 3.57 3.43 2.41 3.78 3.17 sec. A lot of secondary flashes. b6) Timings 3.02 3.38 3.10 9.51 4.28 1.53 9.38 5.30 sec. Missed several max. b7) Timings 5.07 2.66 4.77 3.65 3.63 1.72 2.05 2.92 1.92 5.41 3.54 7.60 2.93 1.74 5.60 sec. Several sm not timed. b8) Likely a complex period consisting of following groups: (1.66 2.26 2.63 2.30 1.77 3.29 3.55 3.75) = 21.21 and (1.34 2.51 2.65 2.32 1.76 3.33 3.20 4.06) = 21.17 b9) complicated pattern; following grouping gives best match: Timings (2.05 1.07 4.71 1.63 3.68 2.28 4.90) (1.68 1.53 4.32 5.82 2.79 4.61) (1.32 1.85 4.13 2.61 3.55 1.79 5.46) (1.33 2.07 4.06 1.70 4.52 1.23 2.48 2.87) b10) N? Timings 17.12 3.82 4.56 1.40 1.35 3.00 1.34 5.59 3.81 3.62 0.95 1.26 1.47 3.16 1.24 2.42 3.06 0.66 3.36 3.56 2.40 4.43 1.18 sec. b11) Timings 3.01 4.53 4.67 5.89 3.28 2.48 5.17 4.18 2.37 3.89 3.25 2.54 4.78 4.11 2.85 3.49 3.73 1.98 5.32 3.73 2.87 3.19 4.18 sec. Difficult to determine a period. b12) Timings 4.82 5.30 3.51 3.80 1.87 2.00 2.86 1.93 2.25 3.19 3.66 3.63 3.94 2.87 2.02 5.19 3.91 3.63 3.20 1.72 2.92 1.43 2.47 3.06 4.04 3.62 2.42 4.47 1.29 2.64 2.82 sec. b13) Timings 2.78 2.02 2.04 3.35 4.04 3.32 3.99 2.67 2.57 1.73 3.25 3.64 4.08 3.89 2.96 10.71 4.08 1.46 2.51 2.68 2.40 2.25 2.91 3.53 4.00 sec b14) Timings 3.73 5.92 1.76 6.34 3.78 3.94 5.89 4.76 3.99 2.91 3.99 4.65 6.10 3.56 3.22 4.15 3.91 2.30 1.28 3.12 3.76 3.14 4.09 3.58 2.60 4.43 3.68 sec. Number of periods determined with PPASextended ==> PX. b15) Timings 5.01 3.16 5.05 4.97 1.80 1.79 3.35 3.08 3.77 1.49 4.62 1.62 2.00 3.22 3.35 5.09 sec. Difficult to time. b16) brief flashes; difficult to determine a period. Timings are: 1.62 1.06 2.72 3.66 2.12 2.75 4.69 0.95 5.46 1.01 b17) Many short flashes, difficult to time. Following grouping and timing might be a possibility yielding about the same group interval times: (5.49 5.62 2.71 4.65) (5.46 3.37 3.09 1.86 1.62 3.44) (2.21 3.44 1.76 4.78 3.16 3.48) (5.42 2.69 4.04 2,77 3.80 5.68) Details about the satellite body and extensions might help to obtain a better interpretation. b18) Based on long interval at end of series of flashes I determined following timings and groupings: (0.73 2.62 2.99 0.86 1.15 1.41 2.50 1.44 4.69) (3.48 3.01 1.34 0.74 1.24 2.48 1.52 1.52 3.29) (3.26 3.16 1.84 1.61 2.31 1.63 4.70) (3.11 3.30 0.81 0.87 1.61 2.57 1.57 1.45 3.21) (3.14 3.14 1.58 1.92 3.07 1.28 1.70 2.78) (2.95 3.37 1.29 2.03 2.40 2.03 4.37) (3.02 3.32 1.61 1.84 2.54 1.70 4.45) (2.93 3.71 1.11 2.29 2.26 1.88 1.62 2.81) All individual flash times are inaccurate due to the irregularity of their interval times. end 1965-065C 1965-073F 01589 Kosmos 80 - 90 rocket [Kosmos] b1) UNID 1X. Seems to be flashing again after going steady a long time ago... end 1965-073F 1965-089A 01726 Explorer 29 (Geos 1) b1) Saw it unintentionally while following 1966-056 B, fp and location have been estimated. Identification by Findsat. Location, direction and time match. I saw this object just prior to emersion. end 1965-089A 1965-108A 01863 OV-2 3 Transtage rocket [Titan 3C] b1) Note to Dan Deak: this one is a fast flasher.) b2) Flickering - tried to time beginning of each flicker pattern end 1965-108A 1966-056B 02255 Pageos rocket [Agena] b1) In between a very faint. Flat secondary max. b2) Timings 21.19 31.34 75.09 37.49 15.12 34.83 sec. The first two were double flashes FF; rest A b3) Laps: 122.00 83.86 121.39, dtm, possibly maxima missed. FP may be hp, so full period then is about 82. b4) Probably part of one period. end 1966-056B 1966-089A 02481 MIDAS 9 b1) Timings 20.32 37.78 17.38 34.07 6.33 b2) many secundary maxima, some flashes to mag 6 and reddish. b3) Timings 31.02 [46.42 48.38](3fl) 29.76 33.05 [9.00 20.78] 30.31 sec. The last two flashes were mag 4 to mag 3. b4) timings 20.93 11.07 14.68 b5) observation using 250 mm Dobson. timings of the mag +7 flashes: 63.63 69.75 several faint flashes and round maxima in between. b6) Only two periods followed by hand helding 15 x 80 binocs, difficult to keep it stable. Timings and appearances: F +5 12.82 a 36.64 a 19.46 sum = 68.92 F +5 14.38 a 34.87 a 20.07 sum = 69.32 F +5 F means (relatively) bright flash a means (relatively) faint round maximum b7) sky too bright for further following end 1966-089A 1968-069B 03346 ESSA 7 r [Delta 1] b1) Reported for magnitude, appears to have a slow smooth period end 1968-069B 1969-009A 03669 ISIS 1 b1) Unintentionally observed; bright flashes drew attention b2) N? Timings 83.21 13.98 14.10 14.75 14.51 56.30 13.54 13.81 sec. Several maxima were not seen or too faint to time. b3) Seen as bright unid, going SE in the SW; Irr Timings 12.98, 11.99, 14.88, 16.80, 11.66, 30.37, 10.60 b4) most mag +5, 1 flash +1, reddish end 1969-009A 1969-069B 04069 ATS 5 rocket [Centaur] b1) timings 9.00 8.98 8.92 8.93 9.01 36.02(4) 36.09(4) 17.97(2) No clear evidence of combined period. b2) Observed in the area of RA 19h 07m, dec -01° 51' b3) Timings 9.32 8.44 9.13 8.50 9.59 8.50 8.97 8.96 9.72 8.41 9.44 8.47 9.66 8.34 9.56 8.56 9.49 8.17 9.75 8.53 9.62 8.03 b4) Timings 11.09 19.06(2A) 9.53 7.72 8.43 9.47 8.63 9.86 7.36 11.46 7.11 10.71 7.18 10.248.35. Culmination: 14°/173° at 19:20:48. b5) Timings 35.92(4F) 8.96 8.96 Eclipse time 20:28:41 16°/203°. b6) Timings 9.00 9.03 8.98 9.08 9.00 9.06 8.94 8.97 8.97 9.07 9.06 8.97 9.01 9.26 17.93(2F) 8.99 8.94 9.20 8.90 9.07 9.06 9.03 8.88 9.07 9.02 9.04 9.00 8.97 9.05 Culmination 21°/176° at 17:32:15. b7) Timings 8.56 9.15 8.94 9.32 8.82 8.32 9.71 8.62 9.50 8.56 9.50 8.97 9.06 8.98 9.04 8.98 9.44 8.67 9.01 8.97 9.03 9.11 8.91 9.10 8.85 9.03 9.11 9.05 9.07 8.81 9.21 9.11 9.08 8.33 9.67 8.97 9.06 9.13 [8.78] Culmination 23°/178° at 17:31:53. b8) Timings 8.96 27.04(3F) 9.01 8.87 9.03 8.88 9.09 8.92 9.05 9.19 8.96 8.85 9.20 8.93 8.91 8.85 9.20 8.86 9.13 8.89 9.28 8.84 9.10 8.88 8.99 8.89 9.05 8.91 9.28 8.86 9.20 8.81 9.03 8.94 9.06 8.96 8.89 9.01 9.07 9.07 9.04 8.95 8.89 9.06 9.33 8.67 9.08 8.89 9.18 8.91 8.94 9.06 8.98 10.44 7.58 8.86 9.19 8.81 9.27 8.82 9.05 8.80 9.27 8.78 9.06 9.11 9.16 8.82 9.18 8.82 Culmination 21°/180° at 20:35:45. b9) Timings: 18.17(2F) 8.80 9.07 17.97(2) 8.94 9.22 8.69 9.31 17.93(2) 17.94(2) 18.03(2) 36.05(4) 8.79 17.99(2) 9.09 9.02 18.00(2) 17.90(2) 9.13 18.03(2) 18.19(2) 8.87 8.85 36.28(4) 26.76(3) 9.02 26.85(3) 9.31 8.68 18.10(2) 18.09(2) 8.94 8.82 9.18 Eclipse at 20:19:05 16°/174°. end 1969-069B 1969-082J 04166 SOICAL (Cylinder) 1) Steadily visible; slightly variable end 1969-082J 1970-025B 04363 TOPO 1 b1) Timings 3.15 1.05 1.29 2.44 0.86 0.77 2.41 1.35 1.16 1.49 1.34 1.23 1.28 1.23 1.32 1.24 1.24 1.20 1.19 1.12 1.32 1.34 1.48 4.89 1.70 1.60 1.47 10.26 1.97 1.61 1.14 1.61 sec. end 1970-025B 1970-025CD 04719 Nimbus 4 rocket [Agena] fragment 1) Discovered by AR, identified by RE. end 1970-025CD 1970-028A 04369 Kosmos 332 b1) ssm; +6; Timings 7.47 7.00 20.82 18.00 10.28 8.39 13.66 7.38 19.22 14.49 26.26 sec. end 1970-028A 1970-108A 04799 Kosmos 385 b1) Flash Time is between two pairs of flashes. Timings are 1.10 5.18 1.10 end 1970-108A 1971-006B 04882 Intelsat-4 2 rocket [Centaur] b1) Possibly asymmetrical? If so period would be 11.46. b2) Timings: 6.06 5.79 6.16 5.76 6.12 5.46 6.32 5.90 6.07 5.75 6.22 5.65 6.17 5.80 6.10 5.99 5.97 5.94 5.75 5.51 6.55 5.64 6.07 5.99 5.99 5.50 6.59 5.78 5.91 5.41 6.61 5.79 6.19 5.78 6.00 5.70 6.26 5.55 6.11 5.94 5.80 6.05 6.21 5.84 5.90 5.92 6.00 5.98 5.94 5.91 6.17 5.66 6.16 5.81 6.00 5.87 (5.98) Eclipse at 19:38:12 31°/127°. b3) Timings: 5.94 5.90 5.94 6.02 5.85 6.04 5.91 5.96 5.91 6.02 5.84 6.17 5.83 6.20 5.77 5.91 6.03 5.91 5.90 5.94 6.10 5.84 5.96 5.88 6.05 5.95 5.97 5.91 5.97 5.78 6.13 6.03 5.91 5.96 5.59 6.28 6.00 5.89 6.02 5.84 6.05 5.82 5.92 6.05 29.86(5F) 5.92 5.63 6.32 5.71 6.08 6.02 6.08 Culm. 43°/172° at 19:52:05. b4) Timings: 5.72 6.07 5.60 3.74 2.72 5.65 6.08 5.15 6.74 5.89 6.14 5.58 6.25 5.66 6.26 5.78 6.14 5.51 6.29 5.56 6.20 5.91 11.97(2F) 6.16 5.54 6.45 5.74 5.47 6.16 6.35 5.79 5.73 5.97 6.50 5.50 6.25 5.53 6.53 5.40 6.33 5.68 6.20 5.42 6.41 5.69 6.20 5.48 6.00 [6.12]. Flashes in a range from mag +5.5 to mag +6.5. Culmination 34°/216° at 20:36:32. b5) +4.5(6.5)->inv Timings: 5.60 6.56 5.30 6.51 5.33 5.82 1.12 4.71 6.49 5.55 6.47 11.89 5.36 6.44 5.17 6.76 5.31 6.10 5.47 6.68 5.16 5.15 1.29 4.91 7.74 Culmination 36°/217° at 19:55:22. end 1971-006B 1971-011B 05126 Tansei 1 rocket [M-4S] b1) UNID - seems to match position and past behavior but was 24s off new elset time. end 1971-011B 1971-024A 05104 ISIS 2 b1) Timings 10.31 11.91 11.17 25.04 21.07 20.75 sec. end 1971-024A 1971-024D 27658 ISIS 2 deb 1) Identified as a piece of ISIS 2 Deb - seems to be the only thing that matches position and speed of slow object low in the east. And it wasn't a plane - it disappeared into shadow right about where it was supposed to! end 1971-024D 1971-116B 06779 Intelsat-4 3 b1) P=12.72+5.64 Timings 12.20 6.10 12.09 5.90 12.29 5.84 12.85 5.78 12.53 5.69 12.18 6.17 13.27 4.98 13.12 5.46 13.42 5.02 13.26 5.45 sec. This gives the combined period of 12.72 + 5.64 = 18.36 sec. When there were invisible flashes in the long period, the overall period would be 6.12 sec over 30 flashes, but this doesn't fit the obs in PPAS. b2) On April 25 UTC I got the most pecular flash timings yet in 2.5-plus years of using my 100-lap stopwatch. The object was Intelsat 4-F3 Rk (71-116B. 06779). The last ten or so of these times were easily observed one-power: 02 2:13:21.50 UTC. 03 7.43 2:13:28.93. 04 11.00. 05 7.41. 06 11.00. 07 7.09. 08 11.31. 09 6.69. 10 11.96. 11 6.34. 12 12.01. 13 6.04 14 13.05. 15 4.98. 16 14.14. 17 3.79. 18 15.03. 19 3.01. 20 16.66. 21 18.90. 22 14.16. 2:16:43.50 I don't know what happened on the last click (beginning of phase shift or something?) and did not include it in the PPAS. b3) Mostly sharp. bright flashes. some were fainter and missed. Timings 10.53 7.77 10.43 7.72 10.57 7.82 10.64 7.65 10.81 7.48 10.75 7.39 10.86 7.60 11.03 18.33 7.41 11.08 7.19 11.16 7.11 11.18 6.98 11.33 7.21 11.31 6.89 11.54 7.07 11.29 18.53 18.08 6.99 29.86 6.33 11.67 6.72 11.71 6.65 sec. This results in a combined period of 18.30 sec; counting the single flashes apart it results in P= 7.21 + 11.04 sec. The difference coming from the two or three period timings. b4) Timings 11.84 6.49 11.81 18.11 6.89 11.61 18.12 6.47 11.80 7.66 10.63 6.96 11.43 6.71 11.44 6.60 11.75 6.58 11.72 7.45 11.01 18.21 6.45 11.82 6.45 11.75 6.24 12.14 6.61 11.87 6.05 11.99 6.59 11.66 6.56 11.96 6.58 11.75 18.52 6.43 11.76 6.73 18.22 sec. Period with two flash series. Several flashes of the second series were faint and not timed. b5) Some flashes very faint. several missed. Timings 7.02 11.28 6.96 11.26 7.09 11.15 7.03 11.18 25.53 18.13 11.23 43.73 10.94 7.09 11.22 sec. b6) Timings 11.38 7.10 11.10 7.11 11.18 7.28 10.99 7.25 11.29 6.90 11.30 7.09 11.16 7.23 sec. b7) Timings 28.83 8.04 37.24 18.34 10.59 18.49 60.68 18.26 8.34 10.28 8.43 sec. Period combined from short (8.xx) and long (10.xx) cycle. Was dtm. several flashes not seen; some only by averted sight. Sat was at 12000 km. b8) Timings 9.07 18.76 18.39 9.32 9.10 46.53 9.08 9.43 8.91 9.71 8.91 9.42 sec. Several sec max missed. b9) Two alternating intervals between maxima with average times: 12.55 and 5.91 seconds. b10) Timings 7s.56 10.04 8.85 10.58 8.76 10.35 (double flash) 8.92 10.64; Combined period. b11) Timings 8s.67 9.31 9.63 9.68 8.95 10.00 8.81 9.73 8.79 93.41(10fls) 103.25(11); Combined period. b12) Another "new to me" - I seem to have 1/2 the period as other observers in PPAS database (?) b13) Timings 9.40 9.47 9.53 9.37 9.50 9.57 8.98 9.99 9.67 9.51 b14) Timings 9.16 3.97 4.79 9.97 9.72 10.03 b15) Timings 9.20 9.62 9.17 9.87 9.15 9.85 9.21 9.67 9.28 9.93 9.22 9.75 9.26 9.64 9.22 19.10(2F) 9.82 9.20 9.64 9.21 10.00 9.07 9.81 9.31 9.70 9.09 9.92 9.23 9.81 9.06 10.04 8.95 10.08 9.12 9.85 9.15 9.66 9.19 10.02 9.07 9.88 9.13 9.83 9.01 10.24 9.01 9.78 9.15 9.94 9.06 10.03 9.06 9.74 9.14 9.96 9.02 10.05 9.14 9.76 9.17 9.98 9.03 9.93 9.16 9.80 8.95 10.15 8.93 10.07 9.08 9.74 8.85 10.48 8.90 10.05 9.06 9.80 8.90 19.13(2F) 10.17 8.80 9.98 8.99 10.28 8.91 9.91 9.09 9.91 8.99 9.95 19.16(2) 8.91 18.99(2) 19.21(2) 9.92 8.99 9.95 8.97 10.24 8.90 37.97(4) 10.25 8.94 10.13 8.60 29.30(3) 9.07 9.94 8.77 15.00(1.5) 23.15(2.5) 9.95 28.19(3) 18.95(2) 9.87 8.87 10.36 8.78 10.08 Culmination 42°/187 at 19:49:08. b16) Timings 7.75 2.37 8.74 7.96 2.11 9.69 7.24 2.42 9.17 7.46 2.36 9.43 3.11 1.87 2.34 1.76 9.94 9.56 9.53 9.49 8.76 10.25 9.41 9.28 9.72 9.52 9.51 9.48 9.69 9.49 9.53 7.11 2.47 9.35 7.21 2.36 9.50 [9.43] Culmination 35°/151° at 17:49:35. b17) Timings 9.58 9.38 9.50 9.46 9.60 9.44 9.41 9.64 9.54 9.41 9.30 9.70 9.50 9.64 9.35 9.48 9.51 9.56 9.49 9.16 9.99 9.25 9.77 9.33 9.40 9.63 9.28 9.76 9.46 9.37 9.60 9.53 9.47 9.00 10.01 9.50 9.55 9.45 9.60 9.61 9.29 9.62 9.43 9.51 9.43 9.63 9.34 9.62 9.54 9.44 9.47 9.59 9.40 9.51 9.53 9.46 9.56 9.30 9.76 9.51 9.53 9.40 9.53 9.47 [9.50]. Culmination 46°/191° at 21:19:51. b18) Timings 10.05 8.96 10.14 8.90 10.05 9.03 9.96 9.06 10.10 8.90 10.06 9.04 9.96 9.00 9.94 9.07 9.87 9.09 9.90 9.19 9.91 8.90 10.03 8.94 10.12 18.96(2F) 8.95 10.21 8.76 10.25 8.79 10.30 8.74 10.23 8.82 10.24 8.84 10.15 8.96 10.04 9.02 9.89 9.02 9.97 19.13(2) 8.66 10.27 8.93 10.13 8.81 10.20 8.77 10.11 8.83 10.29 8.78 10.30 8.85 19.00(2) 10.19 8.90 10.20 8.74 10.30 8.70 10.22 8.80 10.22 8.80 10.21 8.81 10.10 8.82 10.08 8.78 10.35 8.68 10.38 8.62 Culmination 36°/194° at 20:29:34. b19) Timings: 6.80 12.28 6.68 12.56 6.38 12.59 6.07 12.97 6.38 12.89 5.50 14.16 5.76 13.55 5.50 13.73 5.53 13.60 5.78 13.39 5.64 13.41 5.42 14.17 4.84 13.99 4.91 14.81 4.25 15.13 1.41 1.76 16.48 3.26 15.52 2.18 1.40 15.96 3.72 15.09 1.64 2.39 14.09 2.11 2.74 14.84 4.06 14.85 3.54 16.66 Combined period. Flashes in a range of +6, +7 magnitude. Predicted eclipse 33°/172° at 21:13:29. end 1971-116B 1972-003B 05816 Intelsat-4 4 r [Ct] b1) Timings 1.65 1.59 1.46 1.60 1.60 1.57 1.56 1.62 1.57 17.56(break...11F) 1.59 1.66 1.50 1.59 1.41 1.71 1.66 1.60 1.38 17.58(break...11F) 1.75 1.62 1.67 1.53 1.65 1.59 1.56 1.54 1.65 17.54(break...11F) 1.59 1.62 1.60 1.53 1.54 1.76 1.51 1.57 1.62 23.93(break...15F) 1.63 1.60 1.56 1.53 1.67 1.50 1.68 1.65 1.59 1.60 1.60 1.58 1.57 1.65 1.53 1.59 1.60 1.63 1.53 1.59 b2) Timings 1.53 1.59 27.12(17F) 1.61 1.59 12.68(8) 20.69(13) 16.02(10) 1.70 1.59 33.49(21) 12.70(8) 15.97(10) 15.95(10) 15.91(10) 16.11(10) 15.96(10) 15.82(10) 16.09(10) 15.89(10) 16.08(10) 15.83(10) 15.94(10) 16.06(10) 15.99(10) 15.94(10) b3) Flash period based on two short periods when I saw all flashes. b4) Timings 17.61(11F) 1.51 3.28(2) 4.81(3) 1.56 8.04(5) 20.93(13) 4.66(3) 4.86(3) 6.39(4) 11.22(7) 3.15(2) 14.41(9) 19.25(12) 3.25(2) 6.38(4) 4.84(3) 3.11(2) 1.64 3.19(2) 3.22(2) 7.98(5) 3.23(2) 4.79(3) 33.69(21) 4.87(3) 7.94(5) 4.80(3) 6.48(4) 46.37(29) 1.63 6.50(4) 4.70(3) 3.27(2) 11.12(7) 3.25(2) 3.19(2) 8.00(5) 27.44(17) 6.21(4) 11.25(7) 8.00(5) 6.34(4) 6.51(4) 19.19(12) 3.22(2) 7.93(5) 22.47(14) 8.00(5) 6.34(4) 6.54(4) 6.34(4) 1.91 6.21(4) 1.50 3.16(2) 11.25(7) 4.81(3) 6.35(4) 4.81(3) 17.66(11) Several flashes skipped due to sky not clear enough. b5) Timings 1.65 1.55 1.60 1.59 1.53 1.69 1.62 1.60 1.50 1.56 1.63 1.59 1.54 1.67 1.60 1.63 1.45 1.77 1.55 1.68 1.32 1.48 1.87 1.75 1.50 1.50 16.06(10F) 16.04(10) 15.96(10) 16.17(10) b6) Seemed irregular at first, then quite steady on period after #10 or 11 flash b7) Timings 1.58 1.65 1.62 1.56 1.69 1.58 1.67 1.49 1.63 1.52 1.77 1.62 1.62 1.62 6.60(4F) 1.46 1.57 1.62 1.61 Culmination 16°/186° at 17:15:28, <- b8) Timings: 1.51 1.68 1.72 1.48 1.62 1.75 1.56 1.58 1.64 1.51 1.73 1.71 1.64 1.53 1.64 1.60 1.61 1.66 1.65 1.59 1.60 1.71 1.58 1.65 1.56 1.65 1.62 1.63 1.75 1.51 1.59 1.48 1.53 1.76 1.75 1.63 1.63 1.62 1.60 1.62 1.75 1.60 1.52 1.67 1.55 1.70 1.58 1.66 1.44 1.76 1.68 1.67 1.57 1.67 1.65 1.60 1.59 1.62 1.68 1.60 1.48 1.77 1.60 1.71 1.60 1.59 1.64 1.63 1.58 1.68 1.63 1.59 1.66 1.53 1.69 1.66 1.57 1.67 1.66 1.57 1.68 1.62 1.56 1.67 1.59 1.62 1.66 1.63 1.63 1.64 1.57 1.69 1.66 1.57 1.59 1.55 1.69 1.50 1.75 1.62 1.63 1.69 1.59 1.60 1.65 1.61 1.39 1.84 1.69 1.61 1.59 1.68 1.53 1.75 1.52 1.77 1.52 1.65 3.24 1.79 1.46 1.64 1.63 1.62 1.60 1.59 1.67 1.58 1.68 1.54 1.67 1.63 1.64 3.30 Predicted eclipse 46°/202° at 21:36:37. end 1972-003B 1972-023E 06073 Kosmos 482 descent craft (failed Venera) b1) unintentionally observed. I picked it up near betCyg Identified with help of Guide 8. end 1972-023E 1972-041B 06058 Intelsat-4 5 Rocket [Centaur] b1) timings 25.57 3.82 20.25 1.72 29.76 24.01 1.81 27.83 irregularly flashing. b2) Timings 25.89 29.12 26.40 28.79 25.91 29.40 26.47 28.38 A short maxima showing a flash on top of the wave. b3) Timings 26 .48 27.78 27.69 27.16 55.28(2F) b4) Timings 11.30 11.37 11.38 11.32 6.18 4.87 6.13 5.62 5.80 5.54 5.85 5.53 5.75 5.53 5.86 5.60 5.76 5.62 5.66 5.66 5.78 5.63 5.59 5.81 5.79 5.62 5.75 5.64 5.40 5.93 5.81 5.66 5.75 5.65 5.69 5.72 5.75 5.51 5.77 5.62 [5.54] Culmination 29°/194° at 19:06:45. b5) Timings: 55.70(2F) 26.99 27.10 2.24 27.67 28.55 28.01 28.26 28.02 28.09 28.13 28.54 27.70 28.31 27.85 28.41 Culmination 31°/133° at 19:00:56. end 1972-041B 1972-082A 06235 NOAA 2 b1) two flashes only mag 3 & 5 with 3.3 seconds interval. b2) Timings 25s.08 24.90 A about 4 seconds. b3) last F, 1 Timings 42.29 21.06 20.63 20.53 sec. b4) Timings 82s.03 Seen two flashes mg +3 naked eye. b5) Timings 83.94 83.84; Flashes seen naked eye; Times are 17h49m02s.63, 175026.57 , 175150.41 b6) At 19h43m47s.24 seen naked eye a flash +3 . Referring to the last flash observed at the previous revolution (175150.41) a period of 83s.960 is obtained ( 1h51m56s.83 is the time interval, i.e. 6716s.83 divided by 80 flashes). b7) At 17h39m02s.06 seen a flash +4. Referring to the flash observed on 23th Oct (194347.24) a period of 83s.859 is obtained (17h20m31s.05 is the time inerval, i.e. 172031.05 divided by 2049 flashes) b8) Timings seen naked eye a flash mg +3.5 at 19h15m34s.66 b9) Timings seen naked eye three flashes mg +3, +2, +3.5 at 18h16m18s.58 181745.24 , 181911.63 b10) Timings seen bino two flashes at 20h07m48s.30 and 200913.44 b11) Timings seen bino two flashes +5.5 at 20h34m53s.98 and 203621.76 b12) naked eye one flash +3.5 at 17h06m28s.33 b13) Timings 90.11 181.45(2fls) Three flashes +3.5 at 18h12m59s.77, +2 at 121429.88 and +2.5 at 181731.33 b14) Timings 92.78 92.68 Naked eye, observed three flashes mg +3, +3.5, +3.5. b15) Timings 186.17(2 fls) 92.79 Naked eye flashes, mag +3. b16) bino observation mag +6 at 19h48m57s.26 b17) mag +3.5 flash at 18h48m11s.14 b18) Timings 96.78 96.97 b19) One bino flash mg +5 at 17h15m20s.87 b20) Timings 99.52 100.66 Three flashes mag +3, +2, +3.5 naked eye at 18h04m43s.71, 18h06m 23s.23 and 18h08m03s.89 b21) One bino flash mag +4.5 at 19h59m20s.16 b22) Timings 201.47 Two mag +3 flashes at 17h58m45s12 and 18h02m06s.59 b23) Timings 102.81 Two mag +3 flashes at 19h19m19s.49 and 19h14m02s.30 b24) Timings 102.81 Two mag +3 flashes at 18h15m33s.16 and 18h17m15s.97 b25) Timings 103.30 Two mag +4 flashes at 17h43m40s.76 and 17h25m24s.06 b26) One mag +2 flare at 18h35m30s.90 lasting 2 seconds b27) Timings 103.38 Two mag +3 flashes at 17h35m19s.13 and 17h35m02s.51 b28) Timings 104.26 Two flashes mag +3.5 and +3 at 19h16m56s.97 and 19h18m41s.23 b29) Timings 106.31 Two flashes mag +2 and +3.5 at 18h54m19s.80 and 18h56m06s.11 b30) One flash mag +3.5 at 18h18m23s.6 b31) Timings 107.68 108.97 Three flashes mag +3.5, +4, +4, at 19h02m18s.56, 19h04m06s.24 and 19h05m55s.21. b32) Timings 215.96(2 periods) Two naked eye flashes at 18h45m45s.73 and 18h49m21s.69. I lost 1 flash in between. b33) Bino flash mag +4 at 20h12m45s.28 b34) Timings 103.66 Two naked eye flashes mg +4 at 19h00m34s.47 and 19h02m18s.13 b35) Two naked eye flashes mg +3 at 17h16m27s.60 and mg +4 at 17h19m16s.08 b36) Two naked eyey flashes mg +3 at 17h57m30s.74 and 18h00m21s.33 b37) Naked eye, F +3.5 at 17h19m13s.26 and F +2.5 at 17h22m10s.64 b38) Naked eye, F +3 at 19h11m35s.03 immediately followed by F +2 at 19h11m36s.54 b39) Naked eye, F +3 at 18h11m46s.63 and F +3 at 18h14m45s.80 b40) Binoculars, F +5 at 20h04m17s.35 and F +5 at 20h07m14s.51 b41) Naked eye, F +3.5 at 17h54m51s.32 and F+3.5 at 17h57m51s.66 b42) Naked eye, F +3 at 18h09m44s.70 and F +3.5 at 18h12m51s.14 b43) Naked eye, F +3 at 18h04m53s.99 and F +3 at 18h08m01s.40 b44) Naked eye, F +3 at 17h54m12s.37 and +4 at 17h57m20s.41 b45) Naked eye, seen one flash mg +3 at 18h56m20s.50, followed by another flash mg +1.5 at 18h56m23s.44 b46) Naked eye, two flashes mg +1 at 17h47m27s.48 and mg+3.5 at 17h50m22s.12 b47) Has significally increased his rotation speed. On 2007-02-02 it was 188.0 seconds and now it is 100.3 Last time when I observed this sat on 2007-09-20, I followed naked eye the entire trajectory and I noted only one flash, still showing a long period in his rotation. Timings 99.40 101.11 flash +1.5 at 17:39:31.10, flash +1 at 17:41:10.50 flash +3 at 17:42:51.61 b48) Culmination 59°/065°. Naked eye, flash +1 at 17h30m10s.85 (56°/038°). Due to clouds, I was not able to measure the period. b49) Culmination 32°/264°. Bino, short maxima mg +4 at 19h21m43s.82 (32°/257°). Noted a following maximum +5 after about 1m42s (stopwatch handling problem). b50) Naked eye observation, first flash mg +3.5 at 18:16:37.62 and second flash +4 at 18:18:18.52 b51) Naked eye, noted 3 flashes, at 17:55:30.07 mg +3.5, at 17:55:33.50 mg +1.5, at 17:57:16:89 mg +3.5. Culmination 82°/067°. b52) Naked eye, +3 flash at 17:48:49.57, +2 flash at 17:50:32.10, +4 flash at 17:52:15.74. b53) Naked eye, +3.5 flash at 17:32:28.75, +3 flash at 17:34:12.43, +3.5 flash at 17:35:57.05 b54) Naked eye, +3 flash at 17:47:23.41 +3 flash at 17:49:10.93 b55) Timings 107.10 108.97 108.50 Naked eye, +3.5 flash at 17:35:34.90, +3.5 flash at 17:37:19.25, +3 flash at 17:37:22.00, +3.5 flash at 17:39:10.97, bino +6 flash 17:40:59.47. b56) +3 flash at 17:40:23.97 +3.5 flash at 17:42:16.91 . b57) +2.5 flash at 18:11:38.03. +1 flash at 18:11:41.87 b58) +3 flash at 17:48:48.96 +2 flash at 17:50:45.40 b59) Timings 117.41 118.30 +4 flash at 17:44:08.76 +2.5 flash at 17:46:06.17 +4 flash at 17:48:04.47. b60) Naked eye mg +5.5 at 17:46:45.11. Culmination 81°/255° at 17:44:35. b61) Naked eye flash +3.5 at 17:39:24.75 and flash +3.5 at 17:41:26.14. Culmination 87°/254° at 17:39:01. b62) Naked eye, flash +3.5 at 17:09:30.55 and flash +4.5 at 17:11:29.94. Culmination 69°/066° at 17:09:28. b63) Naked eye, flash mg +3.5 at 18:03:33.46. Culmination 62°/256° at 18:03:08. b64) Naked eye, flash +4 at 17:11:07.04 and +3 at 17:13:06.34. Culmination 74°/067° at 17:11:17. b65) Naked eye. Flash +2.5 at 17:36:47.12.12 and flash +4 at 17:38:47.27. Culmination 81°/255° at 17:37:10. b66) Naked eye flash +1.5 at 17:39:11.57. Culmination 75°/255° at 17:39:00. b67) Culmination 43°/061° at 17:13:57. b68) Culmination 69°/067° at 17:07:37. b69) Flash +4 at 18:05:15.34 followed by a major flash +2.5 at 18:05:19.50 and again followed by a third flash +4 at 18:05:24.09. Culmination 57°/258° at 18:05:01. b70) Culmination 69°/067° at 17:05:46. b71) A minor flash +4 half a second before the major flash. Culmination 76°/255° at 17:42:44. b72) Please note that all flaShes observed neo on this sat are always observed after culmination. Culmination 53°/064° at 16:43:41. b73) Culmination 89°/052° at 17:26:03. b74) Culmination 57°/258° at 18:03:09. b75) Culmination 61°/065° at 16:52:51. b76) Culmination 89°/053° at 17:24:11. end 1972-082A 1972-089A 06275 DMSP 5B 3 b1) Timings 17.00 14.35 27.29 13.94 17.65 sec. b2) Timings 13.19 45.43 16.35 13.69 sec. Combined P of 13.xx en 16.xx sec intervals. b3) Timings 20.99 21.51 21.59 21.69 45.64 sec. end 1972-089A 1973-054A 06787 DMSP 5B 4 b1) Timings 33.72 36.17 sec. b2) F'aaaF', most flashes mag. +6.5 b3) Timings [6.90 12.87] [13.75 8.93 12.03]2fl 18.00 sec. Flash at first timing was mag -1 b4) timings [19.69 11.35 8.33] [14.20 5.22 19.95] [14.19 25.57] [14.57 25.57] My grouping is arbitrary and is partly based on a flash maximum as last maximum within each group. b5) Together with a not timed 1st interval I get the Timings f ~14 f 6.23 sum = ~20 f 13.80 a 6.00 sum = 19.80 (f: flashy aximum; a: round maximum) b6) 1973-054A Timings 9.73 f+6 21.56 a 2.25 f+5.5 26.85 a+6.5 9.43 f f = flash, a = round max. end 1973-054A 1973-058B 06797 Intelsat-4 7 rocket [Centaur] b1) MM+EC watched another one the other night that was doing something I don't remember seeing it do -- a single maximum. followed by a triple maximum (with the three flashes separated by about .8 second). single. triple. etc. This was Intelsat 4-7 Rk (73-058B. 06797). Given the alternating maxima. I got a flash period of about 6.6 seconds overall. b2) Very sharp "upward" flashes - quite a sight! b3) Timings 3.37 3.39 3.47 3.44 3.41 3.26 3.27 3.53 3.23 3.53 3.31 3.53 3.31 3.49 3.35 3.40 3.37 3.42 3.23 3.49 3.41 3.43 3.23 3.31 3.53 3.47 3.22 3.59 3.16 3.48 3.48 3.43 3.42 3.43 3.35 3.37 3.61 3.21 3.41 3.40 3.28 3.36 3.55 3.38 3.21 3.47 3.25 3.66 3.25 3.31 3.42 3.51 3.45 3.53 3.18 3.37 b4) Flashes had that "up" look seen before. b5) Timings 3.55 3.30 3.36 3.38 3.40 3.47 3.42 3.34 3.48 10.12(3F) 20.50(6) 20.50(6) 20.53(6) b6) Timings 3.45 6.91(2f) 6.73(2f) 3.49 3.40 3.38 3.47 3.26 3.49 3.37 3.59 6.75(2f) 3.44 3.36 3.39 3.44 3.40 3.44 3.35 3.47 10.28(3f) 3.34 3.31 3.56 3.44 3.44 3.37 3.48 6.84(2f) 3.37 3.28 3.63 3.34 3.44 3.36 3.39 3.44 6.91(2f) 3.40 3.34 3.44 3.34 3.48 3.42 3.32 3.52 3.45 10.25(3f) 3.37 3.38 3.41 3.47 3.44 3.24 3.54 3.45 6.92(2f) 3.31 3.32 3.52 3.41 3.41 3.44 3.44 3.49 6.79(2f) 3.34 3.38 3.46 3.44 3.33 3.42 3.44 3.44 3.56 3.34 3.47 3.34 3.44 34.29 3.33 3.48 The peculiarity of this observation is that in addition to the flash period of 3.418 seconds, a period of about 35 seconds has been noted as far as the magnitude of flashes are concerned. The magnitude was varying from +6.5 to invisible every 35 sec. That is shown in "Timings" were there is a lack of flash observation (2f or 3f). b7) Timings 3.20 3.31 3.47 3.41 3.47 3.25 3.50 3.37 3.75 3.33 3.26 3.38 3.39 3.49 3.37 3.44 3.34 3.49 3.42 3.45 3.30 3.50 3.24 3.28 3.88 3.19 3.47 3.50 3.41 3.15 3.63 3.37 3.38 3.44 3.46 3.51 3.29 3.45 3.44 3.56 3.32 3.43 3.41 3.19 3.47 3.44 3.56 3.31 3.49 3.51 3.39 3.48 3.26 3.31 3.47 3.48 3.39 3.47 3.34 3.57 3.43 3.35 3.45 3.33 3.28 3.34 3.63 3.25 3.62 3.29 3.71 3.35 3.34 3.47 3.31 3.24 3.45 3.44 3.56 3.42 3.49 3.15 3.72 3.31 3.13 3.69 3.51 3.30 3.44 3.28 3.53 3.42 3.45 3.41 This obs is a confirmation of my obs dated 07.12.03. In addition to the flash period of 03.414 seconds, a period of about 36 seconds is shown by the flahes magnitude variation from mg +6 to mg +8. The minima of mg +8 noted at 19:46:49.85, 19:47:27.53, 19:48:01.66, 19:48:39.25, missed, 19:49:50.72, 19:50:28.19 .. b8) On 8th December 2008 I had the chance of observing 75 091B. Nice pass of a flashing sat with a period of 8.55 seconds. This period is consistent with 6 obs made on this sat in 2007 by me and Brad Young. It is not consistent with my last obs made on 27 Dec 2007 reporting a period of 3.418 seconds. Going through my obs of 27 Dec I found that this obs was related to another sat having a period of 3 secons and half, that is 73 58B. Therefore please find herewith both observa- tions about 75 091B and 73 058B , and delete the wrong one on 27 Dec 2007 related to 75 091B showing a period of 3.418 seconds. My erroneus obs on 75 091B is of course the reason of the upgrading of priority from 5 to 2 given to this sat. I apologize for the inconvenience. b9) Timings 3.47 3.35 3.46 3.27 3.48 3.50 3.38 3.31 3.75 3.29 3.31 3.46 3.44 3.41 3.40 20.57(6F) 3.37 34.13(10) 23.93(7) 30.72(9) 23.97(7) 23.85(7) 51.31(15) 51.22(15) 30.72(9) 30.90(9) 23.85(7) 30.80(9). Several flashes skipped intentionally due to lack of memory in my stopwatch. Pattern from mg +7.5->inv to +5.5->inv . Culmination 64°/189° range 8175 km at 17:12:59. b10) Timings: 3.38 3.42 3.40 3.37 3.53 3.47 3.47 3.47 3.41 3.43 3.45 3.44 3.45 3.51 3.41 3.43 3.50 3.48 3.40 3.45 3.45 3.50 3.41 3.41 3.49 3.50 3.41 3.46 3.47 3.42 Culmination 20°/186° at 19:19:48. end 1973-058B 1973-086U 07028 NOAA 3 r deb b1) The subsequent maxima showed a certain waving (undulation?) end 1973-086U 1973-107B 07004 Aureole 2 rocket [Kosmos] b1) two flashes, mag +1.0 and mag +1.4. Identification might be wrong. Object was seen while having a starparty. b2) Peculiar object, being tumbling again after so many years of rest. Its perigee is coming closer to my latitude in its ascending branch during evening transits. b3) Timings: 6.97 7.62 8.09 7.70 8.60 7.24 8.05 7.95 7.43 8.00 7.82 8.03 8.12 7.97 8.64 7.20 7.97 8.48 7.52 7.78 8.17 8.11 7.85 7.72 8.09 8.04 8.24 8.54 6.78 Culm. 27°/258° at 17:09:27. b4) Timings: 10.34 10.51 21.02(2A) 9.65 10.33 10.05 10.06 11.61 9.50 10.08 10.64 10.56 10.44 10.14 10.45 10.52 10.12 Culmination 65?/104? at 19:01:29. b5) Timings: 22.08(2A) 10.16 10.29 11.38 10.33 9.69 11.17 10.45 10.55 10.32 10.52 10.44 10.56 10.50 10.73 10.81 10.92 Culmination 88°/098° at 18:20:11. b6) Timings: 23.59 24.06 50.69 23.84 23.67 25.57 23.92 Culmination 27°/262° at 18:54:03. end 1973-107B 1974-025A 07274 Meteor-1 17 b1) varying, but uncertain Timings 13.16, 40.29, 13.89, 38.55 May be it was only two cycles: 53.45, 52.44. b2) Timings 44.06 33.44 25.18 38.44 sec. 2nd and 3rd timing were flat maxima, 4th was a sharp flash to mag 2. b3) Timings 10.59 10.49 sec. b4) perhaps one small flash to +5 but dubious end 1974-025A 1974-039A 07318 ATS 6 1) I observed ATS 6 flash from 3:21 to 3:33 UTC ( Jun 24 ). So it looks so far, that it flashes earlier each night. I was clouded out from seeing flashing from it later, like I observed the other night. end 1974-039A 1974-044A 07337 Kosmos 660 b1) Appears to be 3X listed period but flashes were easily timed - another revisit. end 1974-044A 1974-063A 07411 DMSP 5C 1 b1) Timings [9.91 14.32] [12.19 12.52] 26.47 27.17 sec. The 12.52 flash was a mag -1 flare. b2) Timings 25.65 29.08 27.42 24.38 sec b3) Timings 49.64 48.58 sec b4) 2nd flash was a 3s long flare instead end 1974-063A 1974-089A 07529 NOAA 4 b1) Timings 10.07 11.28 12.73 10.82 10.66 11.49 13.15 10.11 b2) Seen as a bright, slow unid that crossed with Iridium 44. b3) Timings 31.81 15.97 63.36 Seen many minor maxima among three reported flashes. b4) pairs of flashes 3.6s apart b5) Timings 36.56 38.89 Culmination 27°/255° at 17:55:09. b6) Timings 37.42 38.68 39.23 38.61 37.65 36.89 Culmination 40°/060° at 16:48:04. end 1974-089A 1974-101A 07578 Symphonie 1 b1) KF: Here's the times I saw flashes. 4:26:41 4:27:57 4:28:30 4:29:13 4:29:46 4:30:29 4:31:01 4:31:45 4:32:17 4:32:28 4:23:00 4:33:33 4:33:44 4:34:05 4:34:16 4:34:49 4:35:00 4:35:21 4:35:32 4:36:04 4:36:15 4:36:37 4:37:21 4:37:53 end 1974-101A 1975-016F 07683 Kosmos 716 b1) Those satellites (8 in one launch) usually had very short flashes. May be they slowed down their rotation giving longer lasting maxima end 1975-016F 1975-034A 07768 Kosmos 729 b1) w/ 2 quick 6 mag flashes at next max (not timed). end 1975-034A 1975-043A 07816 OPS 6226 b1) Timings 9.59 28.95 20.82 14.72 15.97 40.28 end 1975-043A 1975-077A 08132 Symphonie 2 b1) KF: It was fun to wait every approx 83 seconds for a bright flash. I also saw fainter flashes in between. All times UTC ( Jan 19 ) 1:13:13.182 + 27.761 1:13:40.943 + 27.761 1:14:08.704 + 27.761 1:14:36.465 + 27.727 1:15:04.192 + 27.761 1:15:31.953 + 27.792 1:15:59.745 + 27.763 1:16:27.508 + 27.761 1:16:55.269 + 55.522 1:17:50.791 + 27.761 1:18:18.552 + 55.521 1:19:14.073 + 83.283 1:20:37.356 + 83.282 1:22:00.638 + 83.283 1:23:23.921 + 83.282 1:24:47.203 Note: time accuracy downgraded due to time signal problems. (Intervals were added by BD) b2) KF: Tonight between 2:26 to 2:41 UTC ( Jan 27 ) SYMPHONIE 2 had 2 different times of double bright flashes. At 2:31:52 it gave two bright flashes, then at 2:35:15 it did it again. I notice in between them, that at least one flash, was actually a bright flash, and a fainter flash, when I looked at the video in slow motion. So it was around the area of 6 h 05 min R.A +9 h 44 min Dec. The mag 4.1 star mu orion was nearby. SYMPHONIE 2 I also observed before at around 1:10 UTC as it gave flashes, for a few minutes around then too. b3) Flashes were no brighter then mag 6 I would say, the last one was somewhere between mag 7 to 8. Time ( UTC ) Position 4:26:48 6 h 1 min + 9 deg 33 min 4:28:46 6 h 3 min + 9 deg 32 min 4:30:44 6 h 5 min + 9 deg 32 min 4:32:42 6 h 7 min + 9 deg 32 min 4:34:40 6 h 9 min + 9 deg 31 min 4:36:38 6 h 11 min + 9 deg 30 min 4:38:36 6 h 13 min + 9 deg 29 min 4:40:34 6 h 15 min + 9 deg 29 min end 1975-077A 1975-091B 08331 Intelsat-4A 1 rocket [Centaur] b1) Two alternating intervals between maxima with average times: 9.57 and 7.04 seconds. b2) Timings [8.41], 2.46, 5.96, 8.34, 8.58, 8.39, 2.41, 6.17, 6.26, 2.06, 2.41, 6.06, 6.34, 2.11, [2.35] b3) Timings 8.33 25.38 8.48 8.37 8.50 8.37 8.44 8.53 8.42 8.44 8.52 8.41 8.45 8.47 8.67 25.23 8.41 8.33 sec. At two parts the max were almost inv and not timed. b4) Timings 16.99 16.91 17.01 16.84 8.44 8.49 8.44 8.44 8.35 8.55 8.43 8.61 8.46 8.41 b5) Timings 8.78 8.49 8.38 8.56 8.35 8.56 8.50 8.63 25.31(3F) 8.39 8.39 8.36 8.33 8.56 8.66 8.40 b6) Timings 3.47 3.35 3.46 3.27 3.48 3.50 3.38 3.31 3.75 3.29 3.31 3.46 3.44 3.41 3.40 20.57(6F) 3.37 34.13(10) 23.93(7) 30.72(9) 23.97(7) 23.85(7) 51.31(15) 51.22(15) 30.72(9) 30.90(9) 23.85(7) 30.80(9) Several flashes skipped intentionally due to lack of memory in my stopwatch. Pattern from mg 5.5->inv to mg 7.5->inv b7) Timings 8.36 8.48 8.65 8.41 8.62 8.42 8.62 8.52 8.62 8.56 8.51 8.48 8.50 8.64 8.47 8.48 8.65 8.53 8.36 8.89 8.37 8.61 8.33 8.60 8.58 8.50 8.60 8.54 8.31 8.87 8.33 8.76 8.63 8.56 8.44 8.56 8.52 8.76 8.42 8.50 8.58 8.61 8.41 8.51 8.66 8.50 8.57 8.46 8.63 8.50 Culmination 16°/190° at 18:46:59. b8) Timings 8.81 8.09 8.84 8.42 43.24(5F) 7.99 8.87 8.29 Culmination 24°/204° at 16:59:09. See also note b8 of 1973-058B b9) Timings 8.81 8.09 8.84 8.42 43.24(5F) 7.99 8.87 8.29 Culmination 24°/204° at 16:59:09. end 1975-091B 1975-097F 11676 Kosmos 777 rocket-2 [Proton] b1) Position for this was 8h 22m +4.7 at 2:38:34 UT. Only close suspect from findsat was SL-12 r/b(2), 11676, 75-97F - does anyone have a record of this as a flasher? Or, was this ETS-6 later and it has a second extremely different flash mode? My identification as a Centaur, could not find next clear night to confirm. end 1975-097F 1975-105A 08425 Molniya-3 3 b1) must've been missing "intermediate" flashes I had noticed the odd flash was slightly dimmer higher in sky end 1975-105A 1975-118A 08482 OPS 3165 1) 5 cycles of pairs of flashes separated by ~2.2s. Other flashes (degrading to single flashes) seen until 2:27 UT end 1975-118A 1975-123D 08546 Raduga 1 aux motor b1) Difficult to time due to faintness end 1975-123D 1976-010B 08621 Intelsat 4A-2 rocket [Centaur] b1) range 3930 km end 1976-010B 1976-019A 08709 Ume 1 b1) After the first 30 flashes; the sat started to give a train of very rapid flashes of <0.1 sec; thereafter I counted another 20 flashes. Over the total observed time this comes to 68 periods. b2) Timings 4.73 4.74 4.80 4.79 4.92 4.61 9.61(2) 4.81 4.83 4.75 4.78 4.82 4.75 4.84 4.86 4.74 4.81 sec. b3) Timings 9.55 9.51 4.76 4.75 4.72 4.74 4.85 4.34 5.13 9.68 4.73 4.84 4.74 4.74 9.49 4.90 4.65 4.88 4.78 4.80 4.80 4.76 4.75 4.94 4.70 4.74 4.84 14.49 4.75 sec. b4) Timings and flash#: 19.39(4) 19.04(8) 9.65(10) 33.69(17) 4.84(18) 4.80(19) 4.79(20) sec. b5) Several flashes were almost inv. Later in the pass rapid trains of flashes were seen. Timings 9.96 9.88 4.90 4.91 4.94 4.92 5.00 19.84 4.98 4.88 9.88 1.90 42.67 (rapid flashes) 4.93 4.89 9.98 sec. b6) Timings 4.84 4.93 5.00 4.84 10.02 4.95 5.03 4.85 4.94 2.57 2.41 4.91 4.96 5.02 2.56 2.27 2.69 2.28 2.56 2.41 2.50 2.36 sec. b7) Timings 2.63 2.39 2.57 2.48 2.60 2.49 2.68 2.43 2.57 2.47 2.64 2.50 2.56 2.50 2.83 2.40 2.56 2.41 5.16 2.74 2.37 2.60 2.48 5.10 5.14 5.06 sec. Later in the pass some maxima invisible. b8) Faint but distinct flashes. Timings 5.01 5.28 10.51 5.12 5.19 5.21 5.46 4.93 5.22 5.18 5.20 5.22 5.17 5.26 5.18 5.11 sec. b9) Timings 5.07 5.15 5.08 5.21 5.11 5.26 5.12 5.17 5.12 5.27 5.07 5.20 5.23 5.25 5.06 5.17 5.26 5.12 sec. Also saw sm. mag 6. not timed. b10) Timings 2.68 2.43 2.67 2.65 5.22 5.27 5.29 2.66 2.58 2.86 2.37 2.75 2.45 2.65 2.62 sec. Timed also the sm. P=5.24 sec. b11) Timings 2.49 2.63 2.56 2.71 2.47 5.29 2.67 2.57 5.20 5.17 5.27 5.21 5.21 5.29 5.26 5.26 5.36 2.64 2.58 2.64 2.63 2.67 2.58 sec. b12) Timings 5.12 5.12 5.26 5.09 5.07 5.18 5.13 5.15 5.22 5.07 5.13 5.24 5.19 5.33 15.29 (flare to mag -1) 5.25 5.17 5.07 5.17 5.19 5.16 5.13 sec. The flare lasted for more than a period. b13) Timings 2.72 2.29 2.81 2.30 5.12 5.20 5.21 2.53 2.52 5.12 5.09 5.15 5.18 5.20 5.11 5.12 2.70 2.50 5.13 10.37 5.11 5.17 sec. Several secondary max timed. b14) Timings 5.02 15.61 7.91 2.59 5.07 5.22 5.22 5.26 5.09 10.40 sec. Some max not seen and some sm timed. b15) Timings 5.12 5.17 5.18 5.13 5.15 5.19 5.09 5.23 5.12 5.22 5.10 5.16 5.18 5.22 5.40 4.92 5.26 4.99 5.21 sec. At the end a bit more variation. b16) Timings 5.16 5.21 5.24 5.26 5.19 5.27 5.28 5.26 5.29 10.58 5.40 5.13 5.25 5.35 5.32 5.25 5.30 5.26 5.28 sec. b17) Timings 5.22 5.27 5.42 5.23 5.31 5.26 5.31 5.35 5.32 5.24 sec. b18) Timings 5.22 5.32 5.36 5.28 5.28 5.29 5.37 5.31 5.32 5.32 sec. b19) Timings 5.27 5.46 5.41 5.40 5.35 5.41 5.41 5.38 5.07 5.33 5.82 5.24 5.40 5.33 sec. b20) telescopic observation, many secondary flashes about 2 magnitudes fainter, not always present b21) Timings 5.27 5.45 5.32 5.41 5.43 5.46 5.40 5.39 5.45 5.52 5.33 5.42 sec. b22) Timings 5.35 5.37 5.41 5.42 5.45 5.46 5.33 5.61 5.44 5.50 5.54 5.49 5.45 5.46 5.46 5.46 sec. b23) Timings 5.36 5.32 5.33 5.40 5.29 5.39 5.37 5.40 5.43 5.37 5.33 5.41 5.40 5.32 5.44 5.35 5.36 5.40 sec. b24) Timings 5.18 5.50 5.28 5.36 5.46 5.28 5.51 5.21 5.41 5.37 5.40 5.25 5.50 5.32 sec. b25) Timings 5.45 5.75 5.89 6.07 6.20 5.88 5.69 11.02 5.50 5.44 5.46 10.84 10.88 sec. b26) Timings 5.36 5.45 5.35 5.32 5.40 5.37 5.40 5.37 5.40 16.20 5.32 10.99 5.19 5.49 26.94 sec. b27) Timings 5.36 5.38 5.40 5.55 5.28 5.40 5.46 5.43 5.60 5.33 5.40 5.53 5.53 5.50 5.54 5.59 5.58 5.65 5.62 sec. b28) Timings 5.31 5.40 5.46 4.94 16.70 5.47 5.27 5.45 5.36 sec. b29) Timings 5.32 5.40 5.46 5.36 5.46 5.46 5.36 5.50 5.40 5.41 sec. b30) sm, 6 Timings 5.40 5.47 5.32 5.56 5.39 5.33 5.46 5.32 5.46 16.45 5.30 5.40 5.36 5.49 5.35 5.49 5.35 5.45 sec. b31) Timings [3.30 12.96] 5.40 5.45 5.46 5.47 5.34 5.46 5.08 5.78 5.48 5.50 10.85 sec. First two timings over 3 periods; last timing is 2 periods. b32) Timings 5.50 5.22 5.37 5.45 5.40 5.40 5.44 5.44 5.48 5.40 sec. b33) Timings [2.76 2.67] [2.76 2.66] [2.84 2.61] 5.49 5.36 then a series of rapid flashes lasting 38.14 sec, 5.51 5.50 5.27 5.48 5.35 sec. b34) Timings 4.02 15.86 4.37 sec. In between and afterwards trains of fast flashes. Low pass in north. b35) sm, 6, Timings 5.22 5.50 5.48 5.45 5.52 5.50 5.47 5.45 5.52 5.55 5.41 5.55 5.50 sec. b36) timings are: (10.16 27.12 15.4) (11.52 17.11 13.19) First and last used maxima were flashes. b37) Timings 10.97 5.57 11.02 5.50 5.51 5.43 5.55 5.56 5.55 5.44 5.50 sec. Two max were not seen; low pass in the north. b38) Timings 5.47 5.46 11.09 5.50 5.56 5.54 5.46 5.50 sec. b39) Timings 5.41 5.61 5.60 5.50 5.60 5.59 5.49 5.56 5.55 5.64 (2.86 2.67) (2.82 2.81) 5.55 5.57 (2.82 2.70) (2.87 2.68) 5.61 5.54 5.44 sec. Timed several secondary maxima. b40) sm: +6 Timings 5.55 5.65 5.68 5.65 5.68 5.60 5.69 5.74 [3.08 2.63] 5.55 5.59 5.72 5.68 5.63 5.76 5.68 5.58 5.70 5.68 5.10 6.40 5.56 sec. b41) Timings 2.82 2.77 2.92 2.78 2.84 2.77 2.89 2.82 2.86 2.75 5.78 2.82 2.75 2.85 2.83 5.68 5.55 2.97 2.78 5.59 5.56 3.06 2.77 2.88 2.77 5.73 2.73 2.83 sec. several maxima were too faint to time. b41) Timings 5.59 5.63 5.59 5.72 5.65 5.71 5.85 5.43 5.80 5.56 5.77 5.37 5.99 5.59 sec. b42) ssm, 6 Timings 2.57 6.36 5.01 2.86 4.38 7.39 5.27 5.80 5.45 5.78 5.56 5.54 5.84 5.68 5.58 5.58 5.68 5.63 sec. At first a bit Irr; also several fast trains of flashes. b43) Timings 11.22 5.72 5.64 16.94 5.69 5.59 22.78 5.78 5.59 5.53 5.60 5.64 sec. Several maxima too faint to time or inv. b44) Timings 5.55 5.62 5.69 5.75 5.63 5.65 5.68 5.71 5.68 5.64 5.74 5.65 5.64 sec. b45) sm +5; Timings 5.64 5.48 5.69 5.59 5.60 5.56 5.68 5.56 5.60 5.51 5.67 5.45 [2.96 2.70] [2.89 2.55] 5.43 [2.96 2.68] [2.60 2.83] 5.58 5.57 sec. b46) Timings 5.65 5.64 5.64 17.15(3) 5.63 5.70 5.59 5.69 5.68 5.76 5.67 5.63 5.72 5.68 5.71 5.64 sec. b47) Timings [2.91 2.76] 5.83 5.84 5.87 5.87 5.80 [3.07 2.77] 5.99 5.54 5.89 5.85 5.74 5.87 5.88 5.87 5.77 [3.10 2.81] [2.91 2.84] [2.87 2.86] [3.06 2.71] sec. Several sm were visible. b48) Timings 5.82 6.03 6.04 6.04 6.07 5.93 12.07 6.01 5.93 6.00 6.08 5.92 6.01 sec. One max not seen. b49) Timings 5.93 6.21 5.74 5.90 6.07 12.00 6.09 5.77 5.99 6.00 5.98 sec. b50) Alternate (timed) flashes were +5 and +7 b51) Timings: 3.24 3.35 3.21 3.31 3.19 3.26 3.38 3.27 3.29 3.32 3.34 3.21 3.39 3.20 3.26 3.27 3.34 3.25 3.28 3.30 3.28 3.26 3.35 3.35 3.18 3.32 3.22 3.32 3.36 3.25 3.22 3.29 6.62(2A) 3.24 3.26 3.31 3.33 3.23 3.32 3.21 3.30 3.30 Culmination 41°/056° at 03:56:46 b52) Timings: 6.69 6.65 6.60 6.72 6.68 6.68 6.77 6.65 6.70 6.77 6.66 6.65 6.75 6.72 6.73 6.67 6.67 6.74 6.73 6.75 6.74 6.80 3.48 3.31 3.51 3.25 3.31 3.48 3.27 3.57 3.49 3.32 3.43 3.51 3.47 3.43 6.90 3.60 3.40 3.45 3.53 3.47 3.48 Culmination 40°/305° at 19:35:34 b53) Timings: 6s.87 6.96 6.82 6.96 6.82 6.89 6.89 7.00 6.80 6.90 6.91 6.89 6.93 6.94 6.90 4.68 2.48 1.57 1.56 10.57 6.77 6.95 6.90 6.90 6.97 6.84 6.94 6.91 6.92 6.99 6.87 6.95 6.97 4641 culmination 35°/307° at 20h51m09s. end 1976-019A 1976-022A 08744 Kosmos 807 b1) Timings 24.79 27.73 23.15 25.34 sec. b2) Timings 14.08 29.68 27.03 sec. b3) Timings 23.32 12.62 19.24 34.33 8.22 6.20 12.20 8.64 2.95 23.80 4.13 sec. end 1976-022A 1976-023A 08746 LES 8 b1) Observed by Brad Young (BY), identified by Kevin Fetter (KF) Best of all, consistently "bothered" by 1X flashing geosat in S, as follows: Obs RA Dec Timing Mag Inst 1 15h15 +1.5 11:40:50 UT +3 10x 2 11:41:55 +3 10x 3 11:42:22 +3 10x 4 11:42:59 +3 10x 5 11:43:37 +3 10x 6 11:44:13 +3 10x 7 11:44:51 +3 10x 8 11:45:29 +3 10x 9 11:46:06 +3 10x 10 15h19 +1.4 11:46:43 +3 10x 11 15h30 +1.6 11:56:41 +3 10x 12 11:57:55 +3 10x 13 11:58:33 +3 1x 14 11:59:10 +3 1x 15 15h48 +1.4 12:13:29 +3 1x 16 12:15:58 +3 1x b2) only saw four flashes; brightest might have been +2.0 or brighter; last one was only +6.0 -- Timings 128.13, 124.10, 124.09, 126.56 See also note b2. b3) I saw LES 8 last night after nearly missing it on the 7th (local; UTC-7) when Ed timed four flashes. BTW, my timings for the four flashes Ed timed were: 128.13, 124.19, 124.12 and 124.43. That would give the same flash period that Ed posted in his PPAS obs. However, I have noticed that those last few flashes seem to have a shorter period than the preceding (see flash timings). Timings 127.99, 127.81, 127.66, 127.84, 127.83, 128.12, 127.75, 128.18, 127.95, 127.22, 127.50, 127.86, 128.14, 127.96, 127.87, 128.22, 128.00, 127.64, 127.77, 127.99, 128.05, 128.18, 128.13, 124.19, 124.12, 124.43 Last night I started looking considerably earlier, and saw flashes around 3:40 UTC. I did not time all of the flashes, and only a few might have made it to 1X this time. b4) Timings 127.28, 127.22, 127.28, 127.22, 127.21, 127.39, 127.23, 127.41, 127.35, 126.82, 127.37, 126.76, 126.93, 126.69, 127.15, 127.40, 127.35, 127.43, 127.34, 127.23, 127.22, 127.26, 127.12, 127.17 b5) Last night Mike got LES 8 with his telescope, so I didn't have to try to watch with handheld binoculars for two-minute stretches trying to catch a flash. At a certain point, he noted that it was brightening. The brightest one(s) seemed to be at least +1.5 magnitude. Here's a PPAS report on the brightest flashes seen from BCRC last night (about 3:16 to 3:26 -- about two hours earlier than only five nights ago!): Timings ------ 3:15:49.40 +3.5 123.83 3:17:53.23 +2.0 123.93 3:19:57.16 +2.5 123.65 3:22:00.81 +2.0 MM ("MM" are Mike's mag. estimates.) 123.40 3:24:04.21 +1.5 123.52 3:26:07.73 +3.0 +2.0 MM (I missed this one.) 247.36 3:30:15.09 +4.5 123.76 3:32:18.85 +3.5 123.77 3:34:22.62 +3.5 247.70 3:38:30.32 +4.0 Early on Mike saw both primary and secondary with the telescope, and over time the primary grew fainter and the secondary brighter, and if memory serves the ones above were the secondary. b6) The flash period of LES 8 continues to decrease by about one second from night to night! It also flashes something like 12-14 (?) minutes earlier each night even though it's not drifting. In my three, I used eight cycles when it was flashing at about the brightest magnitude. For a bit of puzzlement, last February-March it was observed with a flash period between 35 and 40 seconds, e.g., by Brad Young: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/Feb-2005/0269.html b7) hampered by cirrus clouds, but the brightest eight seemed to be from 2:39:04 to 2:55:12 -- b8) the brightest eight from last night -- b9) Each evening's brightest flashes a little farther WSW of Altair (Sept. 18 report a bit later than the brightest flashes) -- b10) Last night -- September 9/10 -- I managed to see three flashes from it. They were not very bright: ------ 4:17:06.7 Sept. 10 UTC (last decimal place rounded) 126.07 4:19:12.8 252.56 4:23:25.3 Two nights ago I saw it 50 minutes later. It seems that it's flashing quite a bit earlier from night to night. Obviously the Sun is going south rapidly, which may be making the flash track move north. The actual times from two nights ago were (five of them -- obviously I was too tired to count past four when I sent a message the other morning): ------ 5:06:55.5 Sept. 8 UTC 128.13 5:09:03.7 124.10 5:11:07.8 124.09 5:13:11.85 126.56 5:15:18.4 The second or third flash was *very* bright. I was using the 8x42, and I thought it could have been zero magnitude. b11) We waited and waited, and 3 minutes and 13.5 seconds later it flashedagain -- very bright. This was not long after 10:00 PM local time (3:00 UTC). It very gradually got fainter over the next hour (?.Don't know when it started. This was very easy to see without magnification. b12) From the Ney Museum grounds I saw four or possibly five flashes without binoculars, beginning at 2:11:32 UTC. They were at intervals of about 3 minutes, 29.5 seconds, a flash period 16 seconds slower than six nights ago. And the episode was very roughly about an hour earlier than October 1. The last flash I saw with my 8x binoculars was at 2:49:57. When I first saw it, it was a few degrees southeast of Altair, roughly RA 20h, Dec +5. b13) We don't know when it started, but we watched LES 8, 1976-023A, 08746 flashing about every 10.68 seconds last night from 3:47:52 till 4:33:16 October 8 UTC. The brightest flashes, which are very fast like those of Superbird A, were at least +4.0 magn. if not +3.5. This episode was while it was located RA 22:00 to 22:45, Dec -8.5 to -10.5, approximately. end 1976-023A 1976-038A 08818 NOSS-1 1 (A) aka OPS 6431 b1) 205952.5 flare 1452+23 end 1976-038A 1976-042B 08840 Comstar 1 rocket [Centaur] b1) timings 4.05 5.44 5.30 5.04 5.34 5.10 05.41 No clear evidence of combined period. b2) Timings 15.63(3F) 31.34(6) 20.86(4) 36.48(7) 10.27(2) 15.62(3) Eclipse exit 28°/111° at 21:21:59 b3) Timings 5.11 5.18 5.32 5.33 5.21 5.52 4.68 5.69 4.92 5.57 5.13 5.59 4.94 5.34 5.31 5.07 5.26 5.21 5.45 5.01 5.50 4.95 5.72 5.12 5.53 4.90 5.66 10.47(2A) 15.94(3) 5.51 4.83 5.13 5.53 4.97 5.55 4.98 5.55 5.17 5.59 15.43(3) 10.44(2) 5.20 5.79 4.65 5.64 5.16 5.51 5.00 5.27 10.62(2) 4.82 5.90 4.72 10.94(2) 4.50 5.79 5.20 5.43 Culmination at 20:03:17 Az 173° alt 13° b4) Timings: 5.22 5.19 5.14 5.68 5.17 5.46 5.18 5.34 5.18 5.68 5.47 5.54 4.81 5.26 5.50 5.16 5.43 5.16 5.43 5.14 5.40 5.31 5.36 5.24 5.43 5.48 Eclipse 25°/148° at 18:59:33. end 1976-042B 1976-067B 09013 Kosmos 839 rocket [Kosmos] b1) 23:48:56 RA 11:15 dec +33 end 1976-067B 1976-070A 09025 Kosmos 842 1) immersed at 2:21:40.69, reappeared 3 more times until 2:22:01.69 not counted here. end 1976-070A 1976-073B 09329 Comstar 2 rocket [Centaur] b1) Timings 45.28 19.04 23.31 20.02 44.57 sec. Period more likely around 43-44 sec. b2) Timings 22.86 22.91 23.03 22.81 23.19 22.97 22.96 22.94 23.10 23.05 22.75 23.04 23.00 22.75 23.25 23.03 22.87 23.00 23.06 22.88 22.94 23.00 23.09 22.91 23.09 22.84 23.07 23.06 [22.94] b3) Timings [21.54] 23.97 22.00 24.03 21.66 24.37 21.82 b4) Timings 23.73 22.47 23.78 22.08 23.89 22.12 23.79 22.09 23.87 22.00 23.82 22.06 23.94 21.97 23.93 21.87 b5) Timings 23.54 22.45 23.85 21.41 24.43 21.92 23 36 22.66 23.79 21.82 24.32 21.68 24.09 22.02 24.09 21.82 24.29 21.30 24.40 21.40 18.10 06.63 21.50 24.49 21.33 23.96 21.95 b6) Timings 24.92 21.30 24.94 20.48 25.34 20.69 25.31 20.60 25.83 19.70 26.18 19.97 26.83 19.36 45.00(2F) asym end 1976-073B 1976-091A 09415 AMS 1 b1) somewhat irregular - asymm [12.21], 19.16, 14.43, 17.24, 15.06, 17.11, 14.33, 17.79, 13.50, [.59 -- double flash] b2) Timings [11.94 5.99 15.51] [12.49 5.27 15.15 18.21] b3) Timings [3.49 4.51 7.57 2.35] [6.01 8.43] 14.98 [9.43 9.56] [14.05 1.61] [12.06 5.10] 18.07 end 1976-091A 1976-108B 09509 Kosmos 864 rocket [Kosmos] b1) 22:35:32 RA 09:35 dec +57 end 1976-108B 1977-002A 09661 Meteor-2 2 b1) Timings (16.60 19.45 24.52) (16.95 36.08) 49.54 b2) Timings 22.04 21.39 17.57 24.97 20.75 40.50(2) b3) Timings 30.84 50.65 53.57 57.91 29.04 sec. First flash was mag 3, rest mag 5. First and last timing hp? b4) Timings 35.59 41.82 34.89 sec. Possibly combined period of around 80 sec. end 1977-002A 1977-012F 09982 Tansei 3 debris 1) Zipped through field while waiting for a Highfly object (not seen). This is possibly a despin weight! end 1977-012F 1977-041B 10025 Intelsat-4A 4 rocket [Centaur] b1) Identified by FINDSAT. on average were doubles. but part of the time one pair was a lot brighter than the other. b2) Timings [16.35 89.07] sec. Probably 1 period with a secondary maxima b3) Timings 5.66 5.40 5.68 5.32 5.75 5.51 5.64 5.55 5.51 5.69 5.38 5.69 5.36 5.68 5.68 5.38 5.75 11.05(2fls) 5.55 5.58 11.11(2) 5.64 5.45 5.62 5.44 5.35 5.98 5.41 5.60 5.56 5.56 5.51 5.52 5.86 5.32 5.67 5.56 5.53 5.62 5.48 5.65 5.47 5.47 5.65 5.47 5.72 5.50 5.70 5.43 5.37 5.69 5.40 5.76 5.49 5.56 5.66 5.47 5.66 5.56 5.84 5.07 5.87 5.19 5.69 5.72 b4) Timings 5.54 11.16 5.57 16.96 11.22 16.97 5.69 5.53 5.59 5.55 5.69 5.60 5.63 16.90 5.60 5.56 5.66 sec. Some maxima were very faint or invisible. b5) Timings 5.51 5.55 11.39(2F) 5.64 5.64 11.34(2F) 5.57 5.65 5.66 5.78 16.84(3F) 5.59 16.97(3F) 5.67 5.59 5.70 5.61 5.62 5.63 5.69 11.28(2F) 5.69 33.93(6F) 5.66 5.60 11.29(2F) 22.61(4F) 5.81 5.47 5.72 11.28(2F) 16.97(3F) 28.21(5F) 5.66. Some flashes missed. b6) Timings 11.29 11.28 11.41 11.28 11.35 11.21 11.34 11.32 11.34 11.27 11.39 11.34 11.27 11.30 11.34 11.33 11.42 11.25 11.28 11.28 11.28 11.49 11.30 11.25 11.37 11.28 11.35 11.34 11.28 11.47 b7) Timings 5.59 5.73 5.61 5.72 5.69 5.65 5.62 5.73 5.71 5.60 5.63 5.72 5.64 5.73 5.66 11.41(2F) 5.74 5.70 5.61 5.59 5.73 5.71 5.63 11.70(2) 5.42 28.44(5) 5.66 5.64 5.68 5.57 5.70 5.63 5.81 5.65 5.61 5.68 5.71 17.10(3) 5.69 5.68 22.74(4) 5.64 5.63 5.68 5.66 5.56 5.75 5.73 5.66 5.73 5.71 5.62 5.69 5.52 5.78 39.76(7) 5.70 5.65 5.71 5.67 5.70 5.65 5.75 5.63 5.65 5.62 5.71 Culmination 19°/184° at 19:41:37. b8) Confirms my last observation (1x, or ueo) was missing every other fainter flash. b9) Secondary flash grew to be as bright as primary at end of pass b10) Timings: 11.41 11.34 5.84 5.68 5.89 5.31 5.90 5.68 5.70 5.57 5.86 5.41 5.94 5.49 5.89 5.55 5.92 5.50 5.84 5.50 5.76 5.72 5.93 5.46 5.75 5.84 5.71 5.70 5.79 5.47 28.76(5) 5.48 5.75 5.64 11.51 11.44 11.29 11.49 11.26 11.41 5.80 5.66 5.72 5.53 5.91 5.57 5.70 5.69 5.79 5.62 5.68 5.73 Culmination 18°/224° at 18:02:26. end 1977-041B 1977-044A 10033 AMS 2 b1) timings (6.64 5.21) (6.45 5.05) 11.66 (7.77 4.03) (7.54 4.08) b2) alternating short and long periods averaging 5.80 and 6.51 seconds. b3) Timings 3.85 3.28 8.54 7.76 8.07 7.99 8.08 39.82(5 fls) b4) Other minor flashes not timed. b5) 2 brief flahses before being hided by clouds end 1977-044A 1977-112E 10544 NOSS-1 2 (E) aka SS 2 b1) max near delCyg end 1977-112E 1978-002B 10722 Intelsat-4 3 rocket [Centaur] b1) 36X; golden flare end 1978-002B 1978-012A 10637 International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE) b1) LB used the video and reported: Timed it four times and got as average: 4.39 4.40 4.40 4.43 sec. end 1978-012A 1978-016C 12908 Fleetsatcom 1 rocket [Centaur] b1) Timings 11.12 10.83 10.98 10.90 11.07 11.27 sec. b2) Timings 10.03 20.46 10.39 10.14 10.25 10.20 10.56 9.94 10.24 10.44 10.35 10.18 10.35 10.30 sec. b3) Timings 10.11 10.16 10.14 10.51 10.49 9.97 10.33 20.44 10.33 10.29 10.17 10.38 10.33 10.12 11.72 8.91 10.25 10.25 10.59 sec. Missed 1 flash. Some irregularities. b4) Timings 9.72 10.48 10.05 10.29 10.33 10.42 10.03 10.41 10.11 10.38 10.21 10.00 10.32 10.68 10.21 10.12 sec. b5) timings 9s.80 9.57 9.98 9.49 9.34 9.78 9.89 58.11(3fl) 9.70 48.47(2.5) 19.56 28.64(1.5) 48.58(2.5) 48.11(2.5) combined period b6) timings 9s.68 9.88 9.56 9.77 9.54 9.76 9.59 9.87 9.39 38.69(4fl) 48.64(5) 29.28(3) 9.56 9.85 9.37 19.62(2) combined period b7) later +5.5->7.5 timings 10s.09 9.25 9.84 9.52 10.07 9.31 9.86 9.49 9.76 9.52 9.99 38.71(4fl) 38.71(4) 38.75(4) 38.47(4) 29.17(3) 38.92(4) combined period b8) timings 9s.78 9.50 9.75 9.66 9.60 9.80 9.86 9.69 9.54 173.90(18fl) 9.87 9.57 9.74 9.71 9.63 9.83 9.62 combined period. b9) and +5.5->7.5 timings 9s.51 9.96 9.40 9.87 9.56 9.68 9.58 9.81 9.57 9.73 9.69 9.81 9.78 9.59 9.78 9.63 9.68 9.84 combined period. b10) and +5->7 timings 9s.64 9.82 9.84 9.44 9.73 9.67 9.70 9.54 9.77 9.48 97.22(5fl) 58.16(3) 38.74(2) 38.94(2) combined period b11) Timings 18.80(2) 9.38 9.15 9.07 9.50 Transit very low on the horizon (h= 15°). b12) Timings 9.51 9.04 9.37 9.10 9.34 9.17 9.38 9.10 9.31 9.21 9.24 9.14 9.30 9.25 9.18 9.31 [9.26] Combined period. Data in brackets not considered. b13) start, 1:06:10, then -- 7.60, 7.75, 7.79, 7.69, 7.86, 7.71, 7.82 -- end 1:07:04 b14) I was amazed to see possibly the deep twilite pass AND the 1:02 pass. 1st "pass" was two very faint flashes with 10 x 50's - estimated at +2 very low in S only 20 minutes after sunset (date = 11/30/05): Time (UT) Azi Alt 1 23:28:54 185 10 2 23:29:02 190 10 I would characterize these as "dubious" - until I saw the next pass; see note b15 b15) (12-1-05): Time (UT) Azi Alt 1 1:02:35 210 5 2 1:02:42 205 5 Both flashes were about +4 or +5 and I could just see it between them - then it cut out fast at shadow ingress. At such low altitude, I was amazed to see it but I'm sure I did at the 2nd pass. end 1978-016C; decayed 2005-12-05 1978-018B 10675 Ume 2 b1) Timings 6.74 13.83 6.79 13.89 6.90 13.74 13.73 sec b2) Timings 6.81 10.54 6.80 3.48 3.47 3.47 3.44 3.34 17.41 3.48 3.40 3.47 26.42 8.25 3.43 3.52 3.42 3.46 3.46 3.48 sec b3) Displayed several very rapid trains of flashes at maximum. Dtm. Timings 1.95 2.82 4.09 3.56 18.16 4.80 5.36 2.94 10.38 sec b4) Timings 6.95(2) 3.54 10.55(3) 3.32 3.47 3.37 3.52 3.43 3.65 3.38 3.49 3.46 3.48 3.45 3.44 3.49 3.60 3.40 sec. b5) Timings 3.44 3.62 3.65 3.65 3.61 3.68 3.61 3.70 3.67 3.56 sec. b6) Timings 3.54 3.66 3.52 3.62 3.76 3.57 3.55 3.64 3.62 3.67 3.58 3.64 3.58 3.68 3.62 3.57 3.70 3.54 3.61 3.78 sec. b7) Timings 3.63 3.61 3.72 3.66 3.67 3.65 3.71 3.72 3.75 3.89 3.67 3.83 3.67 3.91 3.87 3.76 3.90 3.73 4.01 3.62 3.75 4.42 3.29 3.48 3.73 3.62 3.70 3.77 3.56 3.60 sec. With Synodic it gets P=3.75 b8) Timings 3.62 3.63 7.37 7.34 3.71 3.58 3.62 3.70 3.63 3.59 7.43 3.67 3.66 3.57 3.72 7.34 3.62 3.62 sec. Some flashes very weak and looking more like a glint than a flash; several maxima not seen. b9) Nice flashes in the northwest. Timings 3.59 3.58 3.61 3.57 3.51 3.57 3.57 3.53 3.47 3.48 3.52 3.47 3.44 3.30 (early timing) 3.67 3.53 3.44 3.55 3.63 3.58 sec. b10) Timings 3.26 2.19 2.84 5.75 6.34 12.16 5.48 5.11 3.28 10.70 6.25 10.82 8.07 10.90 14.60 21.86. Flash magnitude changed to 5->i. 7.46 3.76 7.32 3.71 3.53 3.72 3.62 3.74 3.61 3.68 3.70 3.62 sec. P calculated over the last 12 timings. b11) Timings 3.68 11.14 2.43 4.80 5.97 4.61 4.17 6.22 7.07 9.77 4.97 3.47 5.36 3.80 7.37 3.67 3.61 3.66 11.08 3.69 3.65 3.70 3.71 3.63 11.16 3.65 11.02 3.79 3.62 3.62 sec. In the beginning of the pass the max were little trains of rapid flashes; difficult to time. b12) Timings 2.72 2.29 3.00 3.58 6.56 6.05 8.00 2.87 20.00 7.29 11.18 7.26 7.45 3.86 3.43 3.63 3.71 3.06 3.68 3.66 3.77 3.68 sec. DTM due to some fast flashtrains at max. b13) Timings 2.77 3.23 1.53 0.92 1.16 2.34 2.00 2.11 5.97 2.09 1.67 1.98 1.79 3.54 3.65 7.43 3.68 3.64 3.75 3.66 3.66 3.64 3.70 3.64 3.72 3.63 sec. First part of the pass a lot of sm. some maxima were rapid trains of flashes. Later in the pass more regular flashes. b14) Timings 3.64 3.67 3.66 3.71 3.71 3.67 3.62 3.67 3.76 3.70 3.62 3.68 sec. b15) Was hard to time; faint with multiple and missing maxima. Timings 3.63 29.59 14.90 sec. b16) Timings 3.15 7.96 7.48 3.77 3.61 7.51 3.71 3.71 3.71 3.65 3.82 3.57 3.78 3.68 7.61 3.67 3.62 3.71 sec. Some maxima not seen or very faint and not timed. b17) Timings 3.58 3.85 3.71 3.70 3.71 3.76 3.76 3.75 3.78 3.81 3.86 3.76 3.77 4.19 3.80 4.02 4.00 3.95 4.10 3.87 sec. Starting with the 4.19 sec interval there were also sm. b18) Timings 3.81 3.95 3.98 3.76 3.89 3.85 3.96 3.66 3.87 3.72 3.86 3.81 3.75 3.76 3.82 3.84 3.66 3.78 3.79 3.72 3.79 3.85 3.68 3.80 sec. b19) Timings 7.49 7.49 7.63 3.66 3.75 3.66 3.81 3.83 3.71 3.81 3.66 3.77 3.81 3.75 3.86 3.73 3.75 3.69 3.86 3.72 sec. Not easy to measure at the beginning, later much better and sharper and brighter flashes. b20) Low pass in the North. Timings 2.67 6.40 5.55 5.10 45.45 sec. b21) ssm, Timings 8.33 2.97 2.33 5.32 2.85 3.54 11.57 4.69 3.80 3.76 3.89 3.72 3.91 7.56 15.10 sec. Several maxima were trains of rapid bright flashes. b22) Timings 3.54 5.38 11.80 4.09 sec. A lot of sm not timed, several max were trains of bright flashes. b23) sm Timings 6.71 4.33 5.93 10.39 5.64 15.96 5.00 0.97 0.92 1.26 5.68 2.50 1.34 1.81 1.38 1.59 1.41 1.80 1.10 1.65 2.49 2.50 1.75 1.75 2.08 3.35 2.08 sec. b24) Timings 2.63 6.22 10.71 6.44 4.84 4.88 2.23 4.81 4.33 3.95 3.63 3.82 3.71 3.81 3.75 3.78 3.86 3.73 3.76 3.76 3.89 3.70 3.85 3.71 3.73 sec. P based on timings 13-28 b25) Timings 2.11 9.09 2.05 3.95 1.72 3.63 11.23 1.19 9.96 7.97 3.64 4.00 7.47 3.81 3.81 7.46 7.64 3.76 3.78 3.80 3.68 sec. b26) Timings 3.68 3.91 3.67 3.79 3.79 3.78 7.62 4.09 7.39 3.67 3.82 3.76 7.72 3.67 3.81 3.69 sec. Three weaker maxima not timed or seen. b27) Timings 5.98 5.28 2.57 2.63 2.90 2.71 8.09 3.10 2.66 6.57 5.30 1.88 3.13 6.91 8.35 3.68 3.80 3.71 3.81 sec. At first irratic timings; used the four last timings for the period. b28) Timings 5.04 5.17 5.14 2.52 3.28 2.24 2.48 3.19 2.82 4.58 3.69 5.07 3.11 3.11 5.78 1.90 4.14 5.30 sec. b29) Timings 1.90 3.14 8.06 6.22 9.25 3.72 2.72 2.98 2.48 2.72 4.10 4.63 7.39 sec. Several flashes not seen or timed. b30) Timings 1.89 2.76 2.52 5.37 4.16 3.12 2.94 2.84 2.40 4.04 5.02 sec b31) Timings 3.73 3.76 3.86 3.75 3.93 3.71 3.94 3.75 3.80 3.87 2.88 16.22 22.90 3.79 3.81 3.78 3.83 3.86 3.81 3.76 3.76 sec b32) Timings 3.83 3.71 3.90 3.88 3.80 4.87(late) 2.85 3.84 3.85 3.90 3.85 3.91 3.71 3.90 3.82 3.78 3.90 3.87 3.90 3.79 3.76 3.34 (early) 4.57 3.61 3.96 3.74 sec. One late and one early timing. b33) Timings 3.73 3.90 3.94 3.63 3.84 3.94 3.69 3.89 3.77 3.80 3.76 3.87 3.75 sec b34) Timings 3.72 3.76 3.82 3.75 3.71 3.86 7.64 3.66 7.58 7.60 3.88 7.50 3.82 3.75 sec. Some max were missing or to faint to time. b35) Timings 3.77 3.90 3.81 3.86 3.85 3.86 3.75 3.86 3.85 3.86 3.87 3.85 3.88 3.91 3.78 3.83 3.86 3.89 sec. b36) Timings 3.92 3.76 3.84 3.95 3.86 3.88 7.91 11.69 3.97 23.28 3.89 3.85 3.81 sec. b37) Timings 11.71 3.93 3.75 3.90 3.91 3.98 3.81 7.65 4.00 3.90 3.77 3.95 7.84 3.82 3.89 3.86 sec. Several (s)m too faint too measure. b38) Timings 3.86 3.89 3.95 3.87 3.94 3.95 3.86 3.70 31.61(8) rapid flashes 3.91 3.82 4.00 3.96 3.86 3.89 3.95 4.01 3.81 3.91 3.90 4.00 3.86 sec. b39) Timings 3.82 3.97 3.96 3.91 3.86 [2.37 1.69] 3.91 3.86 3.94 3.91 3.91 4.00 3.90 3.90 3.95 3.87 3.97 3.89 3.94 3.95 sec. b40) Timings 3.79 3.90 3.82 4.13 3.89 4.06 3.85 3.85 3.96 3.94 3.96 7.89 3.96 3.86 sec. Two strange somewhat longer periods. b41) Timings 3.73 3.95 3.94 3.96 4.00 3.90 3.94 3.94 4.00 3.95 3.90 7.98 4.00 3.88 3.91 4.05 7.80 7.97 sec. b42) sm +6; Timings 3.72 3.93 3.92 3.86 3.94 3.89 4.05 3.79 3.90 4.00 3.91 3.90 3.90 3.97 3.92 3.91 3.96 3.96 3.96 3.84 3.94 4.03 3.90 3.94 3.93 3.93 3.86 3.96 3.90 4.06 3.79 sec. b43) Timings 3.82 3.96 3.86 4.00 3.94 3.99 3.99 3.87 3.93 4.03 3.86 4.00 3.95 3.88 4.00 4.00 3.91 3.91 3.95 4.01 3.92 3.96 4.04 3.92 7.92 3.89 4.03 3.86 3.94 3.97 sec b44) Timings 3.92 3.85 3.93 3.95 3.99 3.81 4.01 3.94 3.94 3.98 3.91 3.95 3.88 3.94 sec. b45) Timings 4.89 7.89 7.85 4.05 4.10 3.82 4.03 3.96 3.96 4.14 3.95 3.82 4.02 3.91 4.05 4.02 8.00 4.13 3.85 3.99 sec. Some maxima not timed, too faint. Seems like a combined period. In the beginning in the SW several trains of rapid flashes. b46) Timings 3.86 4.04 4.00 3.94 4.00 3.94 4.09 3.99 3.93 3.96 4.01 4.00 4.00 3.96 4.02 3.91 3.92 3.99 3.96 sec. b47) Timings 7.95 7.04 3.91 8.07 4.01 4.00 4.04 3.97 4.01 3.99 3.95 sec. Missed some faint maxima. b48) +5.5(7)->inv Timings [1.94] 4.35 2.45 1.89 2.30 2.05 2.30 2.06 4.39 4.34 4.37 4.36 4.39 4.33 4.37 4.33 4.35 4.28 4.38 4.43 4.26 4.33 4.38 4.37 4.38 4.32 4.30 Culmination 67°/300° b49) Timings: 4.45 17.52(4F) 4.37 4.30 4.48 4.27 4.37 4.41 4.36 4.36 4.56 4.27 4.31 4.32 4.39 4.44 8.74(2) 4.41 4.32 4.44 4.36 4.36 4.41 4.37 4.34 4.51 4.23 4.38 4.42 4.33 8.87(2) 17.61(4) 8.66(2) [4.40] Culmination 23°/257° at 20:47:24. b50) Started counting after irregular flickering known for this object. end 1978-018B 1978-035A 10778 Intelsat-4A 6 b1) On 2004 Sept 18 while looking for Gorizont 24 accidentally found this object. Confirmed Sept 20. Currently flashing at about 2230 UT near RA 22h 30m, Period = 164.5s, Max between mag 5 & 7. Currently well placed for Europe (longitude 2deg E), and drifting very slowly eastwards. Might be visible from eastern USA. end 1978-035A 1978-035B 10779 Intelsat-4A 6 rocket [Centaur] b1) Yesterday. I made an interessant observation of Intelsat 4A6 Rk (78035B 10779). First. I counted 50 flashes. and during this observation I remarked that two consecutive flashes had not the same aspect : one was more bright and sharp, the other one was smoother like a flare. It suggested that I was counting the HALF period 3 m 52.84 s / 50 = 4.66 s * 2 = 9.32 s for the whole period. Then I used my stop watch and I found an asymetrical period: 4.73 s between the sharp flash and the smoother 4.58 s for the other interval. But at the end of this second sequence of measures the two periods were less and less different and suddenly (at 22:10 UT) a little flash appeared short after the sharp one : F f A F with following intervals : F-f = 1.28 s f-A = 3.35 s A-F = 4.69 s which gives again a period of 1.28+3.35+4.69 = 9.32 s How can be explained this modification of the pattern? synodic effect? MJ. b2) A mag 1 meteor distraction between those two reports. I'm assuming the second set I missed a couple, and that the true period is 4.8. Thanks to Mike McCants for noting inconsistency. b3) last flash was mag 8, as it approached shadow entry. b4) Timings 4.83 4.84 4.69 4.78 4.82 4.68 4.97 4.81 4.78 4.71 4.85 4.78 4.98 4.65 4.82 4.65 4.84 4.85 4.93 4.88 4.74 4.78 4.77 4.78 4.90 4.75 4.76 4.71 4.94 4.81 4.89 4.67 4.41 5.22 4.69 4.85 4.83 4.87 b5) Timings 4.55 4.92 4.69 4.88 4.75 4.65 4.97 4.82 4.84 4.69 4.93 4.68 4.78 4.94 4.70 4.71 4.87 4.90 4.55 5.03 4.81 4.82 4.62 4.97 4.71 4.80 4.86 4.63 5.00 4.84 4.69 4.71 4.76 5.06 4.65 4.91 4.69 4.79 4.76 4.89 4.59 4.87 4.72 4.79 4.75 5.09 4.68 4.79 4.88 4.99 b6) Timings 4.89 29.00 4.69 4.93 4.79 4.84 4.78 9.74 4.71 9.79 4.73 4.88 sec. Several maxima inv. b7) Timings 4.74 4.91 4.99 4.77 4.88 Eclipse time 21:27:00 32°/160°. b8) Timings 4.84 4.75 4.85 4.87 4.86 4.77 4.93 4.75 4.85 4.84 4.97 4.80 4.82 4.75 5.00 4.83 4.86 4.87 4.80 4.80 4.86 4.83 4.84 4.84 4.82 4.90 4.79 4.87 4.93 4.85 4.78 4.85 4.87 4.78 4.86 4.92 4.85 4.79 4.88 4.80 4.87 4.90 4.88 4.75 4.92 4.83 Culmination 35°/195° at 19:37:56. b9) Timings 4.67 4.88 4.76 4.88 4.84 4.81 4.88 4.95 4.70 4.86 4.83 4.76 4.97 4.88 4.83 4.85 4.82 4.89 4.86 4.78 4.97 4.77 5.00 4.73 4.84 4.86 4.76 5.00 4.78 4.86 4.85 4.99 4.68 4.93 4.81 4.92 4.80 4.86 4.81 4.81 14.54(3F) 4.93 4.86 4.82 4.76 4.99 4.72 9.77(2) 14.69(3) 4.60 4.85 4.86 4.87 4.73 5.00 4.72 5.00 4.70 4.96 4.87 4.88 4.78 4.90 4.85 4.71 [5.04] Culmination 13°/227° at 20:48:55. end 1978-035B 1978-042A 10820 AMS 3 (DMSP 5D-1 2) b1) Timings 17.21 14.37 18.98 21.70 sec. b2) Timings 18.98 22.98 19.02 sec. b3) Timings 26.94 23.99 [11.10 12.93] 22.98 23.61 25.23 sec. b4) timings are: (26.08 6.40 15.67) (28.14 2.89 19.69) (16.76 10.78 21.11) several flashy maxima. b5) Timings 24.01 24.49 23.88 24.87 sec. b6) Timings 26.08 48.38 23.62 26.57 25.96 sec. b7) Timings 25.14 24.93 26.70 24.48 sec. b8) Timings 26.21 23.13 51.12 sec. b9) some mag +1 maxima; Timings 21.88 24.90 30.76 27.31 6.02 15.42 15.07 14.78 24.20 sec. b12) Timings [6.84 21.04 25.27] [5.80 20.98 22.83] sec. b13) Timings [11.36 10.58] 26.74 [15.53 10.17] 28.20 25.02 sec. b14) Timings [44.74 37.34] 200.25(3) 70.63 sec. Timed 1 flash before at 33.93 sec. b15) Timings [14.00 8.78 15.00 13.62 4.75] [7.91 45.20 3.36] end 1978-042A 1978-058B 10942 OPS 9454 rocket [Titan 3C Transtage] b1) I compared the measured flash positions (in RA/Dec) on the CCD image against a tle for 78-058B. Taking into account the delta T between predicted and measured end of the trail, I adjusted times until predictions matched these positions (or otherwise said: until each flash had a similar delta T as the trail end, compared to predictions). Doing so, the main flashes are on average 2.98s apart, based on five measured flash positions corresponding to: flash, UTC (Jan 9, 2012), brightness ------------------------------------ flash 1, 03:04:06.49, mag +15.5 flash 2, 03:04:09.47, mag +16.0 flash 3, 03:04:12.38, mag +16.0 flash 4, 03:04:15.28, mag +15.6 flash 5, 03:04:18.40, mag +15.3 ------------------------------------ Each of these main flashes has a secondary flash on either side, in this pattern: .*. .*. .*. .*. .*. end 1978-058B 1978-064A 10967 Seasat b1) Beautiful flare next to Venus and crescent moon in conjunction. end 1978-064A 1978-068B 10976 Comstar 3 rocket [Centaur] b1) At a height of almost 8000 km. it was hard to time. Timings 5.02 10.10 5.12 40.77 10.08 40.74 5.03 15.21 sec. Some maxima missed due to faintness. b2) Timings 5.22 5.19 5.15 5.25 5.26 5.27 5.15 5.19 5.25 5.16 5.16 5.31 5.18 5.18 5.32 5.17 5.14 5.26 5.19 5.22 5.16 5.30 5.16 5.17 5.20 5.15 5.32 5.14 5.27 5.13 5.23 5.30 5.16 5.15 5.30 5.17 5.25 5.19 5.15 5.26 5.20 5.20 5.19 5.24 5.13 5.24 5.17 5.26 5.17 5.20 5.18 5.31 5.19 5.32 5.03 5.31 1.66 3.50 5.24 1.40 3.82 5.21 5.20 5.26 5.17 5.16 5.28 5.15 5.29 b3) Timings: 5s.30 5.35 5.20 5.42 10.85 5.44 5.37 5.34 5.29 5.37 5.39 5.33 5.38 5.35 5.34 5.43 5.36 5.31 5.36 5.34 5.37 5.38 5.38 5.42 5.31 5.31 5.38 5.41 5.36 10.90 5.23 5.25 5.34 5.43 5.32 5.34 5.41 5.38 5.35 5.36 10.75 5.32 5.43 5.41 5.27 21.42 . 4641 eclipse exit 25°/121° at 21h32m41s. b4) Timings: 10.73 5.35 5.34 5.20 5.22 5.60 5.50 5.24 5.44 5.30 5.11 5.65 5.36 5.31 5.50 5.28 5.19 5.61 5.16 5.45 5.41 5.33 5.37 5.35 5.51 5.37 5.46 4542 culmination 22°/183° at 20:04:51. end 1978-068B 1978-096A 11060 TIROS N b1) Timings [7.28 6.44] 13.72 [7.05 7.07] 13.87 [6.99 6.69] 13.19 [7.22 7.13] 14.44 [5.07 7.00] 13.64 sec. Sm in between alternate max. b2) Timings 7.47 7.59 6.02 6.06 8.28 6.58 6.72 6.01 7.91 6.63 6.66 6.87 sec. Probably hp, see previous obs; P=13.80 sec. b3) Timings 7.71 13.72 5.88 7.02 8.85 4.93 6.57 6.61 7.57 7.34 sec b4) Timings [2.72 3.85 1.58 2.48 5.04 2.78] [1.56 3.57 2.43 2.14 1.93 1.57 2.36 2.28] [2.77 4.52 2.03 1.80 1.88 2.36 3.59] [1.95 6.15 2.31 3.86 2.00 3.04] b5) Timings [1.19 3.10 3.80] [4.06 1.82 1.40] [2.29 2.72 3.04] [6.34 2.13] [2.31 1.79 1.57 1.89] [1.93 2.50 1.61 1.66] [2.59 1.98 3.59 2.39] [1.85 3.78 3.11] [2.66 2.13 2.17] [1.98 2.14 1.37 2.02] b6) Nice object with flashes and secondary flashes. unexpectedly regular for such an object. b7) Odd numbered flashes +5, evens +7 end 1978-096A 1979-050A 11389 AMS 4 b1) Timings 15.91 29.68 21.48 7.95 5.48 39.15 very uncertain determination More observations would be very welcome b2) One +1 flash at 2:41:54.72 b3) Iridium like flash on first, got my 1X attention in corner of eye. Flashes decreased to +4 at end end 1979-050A 1979-057A 11416 NOAA 6 b1) timings are: (7.09 6.87 7.22) (4.69 14.57) (8.71 8.11 5.24) (6.16 8.82 6.61) (5.73 5.72 9.36) (5.06 7.05 7.01) b2) Difficult to find a consistent flash period: in the timings "a" means round maximum relatively faint "f" means flash relatively faint "F" means bright flash a 6.50 f 9.89 f 7.72 aa 5.62 F 10.94 f 6.39 f 10.61 faa 19.15 a 8.89 a 8.51 The bright flash was also reddish b3) Timings 7.53 7.14 8.83 6.78 [4.94 3.85] 6.75 5.18 9.82 7.68 8.21 9.45 6.01 9.74 5.57 9.58 15.25 sec. b4) In the beginning of my measurement all maxima were flashes evolving to round maxima at the end. Flashy maxima: 11.16 [3.45 7.77] [3.81 2.99 4.79] Rather round maxima: [6.75 5.15] [3.47 2.77 4.37] [6.72 4.80] [6.72 4.35] [4.00 3.22 4.24] [7.44(m 1) 40.6] [4.38 7.06] 11.53 [3.99 2.23 5.59] b5) Optical pattern changed from irregular to regular. Irregelar in this case means several relative maxima within a period that disappeared later in the transit. b6) b7) Displayed an AAF pattern with two breaks in the series (?). I derived a periode by determining the time between two flashy maxima. The maxima are in the following data, in which "a" means "round" maximum and "f" means flashy maximum: 7.47 a 1.92 f; sum = 9.39 2.87 a 4.50 a 2.29 f; sum = 9.66 2.49 a 4.75 a 2.32 f; sum = 9.56 2.65 a 4.64 a => phase change? 2.27 a 2.18 a 4.75 f; sum = 9.20 2.78 a 2.08 a 2.31 a 2.26 f; sum = 9.43 2.64 a 2.12 a 2.40 a 2.23 f; sum = 9.39 2.45 a 2.36 a 2.41 a 2.14 F; sum = 9.36; flash had magn. +3 4.83 => phase change? 4.51 a 4.89 a; sum = 9.40 4.75 a 4.79 a; sum = 9.54 1.63 f 3.10 a 4.65 ?; sum = 9.38 4.75 a 4.75 f; sum = 9.50 4.85 a 2.54 a 2.11 f; sum = 9.50 4.68 a 2.46 a 2.30 f; sum = 9.44 b8) Timings (2.35 2.25 4.72) (2.45 2.27 4.73) (2.30 2.22 4.09) (2.87 2.38 4.31) (2.87 2.13 4.41) (2.78 2.22 4.42) 5.00 4.55 4.75 4.35 5.00 4.06 b9) Timings 9 .52 3.30 5.97 9.94 9.62 2.50 6.47 1.31 8.78 2.50 7.06 2.66 6.37 3.23 6.81 2.52 6.76 9.27 2.85 3.06 3.44 3.19 2.87 3.41 3.18 2.57 3.78 9.47 9.59 9.63 2.87 6.60 9.55 9.73 9.75 Culminating 23°/267°. The pattern A'aaA' sometimes was more complex. b10) Seems to be the main period - major flashes only b11) decreasing amplitude b12) timings and groupings: 4.00 2.64 2.25 4.80 2.15 2.39 => 18.23 3.64 2.33 2.70 4.28 2.35 2.58 => 17.88 2.31 2.31 2.42 2.44 3.82 2.61 2.76 => 18.67 3.88 2.65 2.46 3.71 2.82 2.12 => 17.64 17.61 => 17.61 2.72 2.34 3.93 2.35 1.98 7.13 => 17.73 2.29 4.36 2.35 2.50 3.96 2.46 => 17.92 2.87 6.08 2.62 3.71 2.27 => 17.55 4.05 2.73 2.46 4.14 2.60 2.27 => 18.25 4.41 2.37 2.33 2.33 3.53 2.64 2.97 => 18.25 b13) Phase shift - where 2nd max became lesser than 1st max during middle of pass - may effect accuracy. b14) Timings 8.57 8.24 8.41 9.12 7.66 17.10(2A) 16.60(2) 29.86(3) 17.01(2) 10.40 25.24(3) 6.53 27.27(3) 6.56 25.28(3) Culmination 88°/270° at 17:19:50. b15) Timings: (4.62) 1.99 1.85 4.38 4.78 1.87 1.94 8.67 8.83 8.32 80.91 5.84 8.44 2.64 5.97 8.50 8.45 8.34 5.32 3.66 2.72 14.17 8.68 8.06 2.62 6.23 2.43 5.97 2.38 6.15 8.59 8.54 8.46 8.69 8.60 Some flashes +4.5. Culmination 28°/265° at 17:55:52. b16) Timings: 7.94 7.89 49.57(6A) 7.74 Culm. 21°/268° at 18:04:31. b17) Timings: 7.85 7.54 7.90 7.89 7.83 7.91 7.68 7.67 7.96 7.86 7.78 7.88 7.94 7.84 7.90 Culmination 19?/268? at 17:49:58. b18) Timings: 7.65 3.84 7.92 5.62 8.15 7.50 7.91 2.42 5.42 2.31 5.48 2.27 5.38 2.45 5.49 7.79 2.30 5.44 2.58 2.23 3.23 2.02 2.36 5.51 2.32 5.74 2.00 7.70 3.68 3.16 4.84 3.95 3.75 2.62 1.56 3.65 2.41 1.78 3.14 4.46 7.83 4.27 3.05 Culmination 21°/268° at 18:03:29. end 1979-057A 1979-089B 11574 Kosmos 1140 rocket [Kosmos] b1)Recheck on being V; West of gamCom end 1979-089B 1980-004A 11669 Fleetsatcom 3 b1) Laps: 55.85, 11.25 55.83, 11.26 55.87, 11.27 122.96, 11.31 (For this 122.9 and below, I wasn't looking.) 55.76, 11.27 55.82, 11.29 122.95, 11.19 55.91, 11.27 55.87, 11.17 55.88, 11.31 b2) was observed from 3:21-33 (RA 7:03-15). Brightest maybe +5.5. This one alternates, about 52.75 and 10.65 (more rapid rotation than some months ago). It might have been flashing before and may have continued after when it was observed. b3) pair of flashes separated by 11.2 secs. end 1980-004A 1980-087B 12069 FleetSatCom 4 Rocket [Centaur] b1) Some flashes very faint to invisible. Timings 10.68 10.62 10.96 10.32 10.71 10.61 10.64 32.14 10.42 42.83 32.28 sec. b2) Difficult to acquire due to full moon, but once found easy to follow. Timings 10.64 10.59 10.64 10.71 10.65 10.60 10.72 10.64 10.83 10.53 10.63 10.63 32.11 10.60 10.74 10.72 21.25 10.60 sec. b3) surprised me some due to their unevenness. It may be that its period was actually 22.8 or 22.9. Here are the individual clicks that I got. (#18 was a bad click.) 10 -- 1:08:37.87 11 10.15 12 12.31 13 33.73 14 11.91 15 10.95 16 12.15 17 11.11 18x 19 11.69 20 11.21 21 12.04 1:10:55.12 b4) Timings 12.18. 13.38. 12.29. 13.71. 12.29. 13.35. 12.06 b5) Timings 14.09 13.20 13.66 13.79 28.04 26.16 179.00 12.60 14.81 12.79 13.78 sec. Some sm missed; for almost 3 minutes no flash seen or very faint and not timed. Seems period is around 27.35 sec. b6) Timings 14.53 14.69 14.94 14.75 14.87 14.40 14.87 14.60 14.99 14.88 sec. Nice flasher, hard to find, but then easy to follow. b7) Timings 30.20 30.23 30.04 30.67 29.67 30.14 sec 4th timing was late. b8) timings 14s.95 7.26 7.66 15.23 15.21 15.21 14.98 b9) timings 15s.41 14.73 15.92 14.23 15.46 14.66 15.48 15.11 14.39 30.39(2fl) 15.29 15.07 14.94 15.50 14.88 15.43 14.83 combined period b10) later +6->+7.5 timings 14s.87 14.97 15.20 15.18 14.92 15.17 15.32 14.85 14.74 15.36 14.91 15.12 15.27 14.77 60.49(4fl) 60.58(4) 60.48(4) 60.09(4) combined period b11) later +5.5->7 timings 15s.47 14.71 15.47 14.79 15.32 14.87 15.20 15.13 14.80 15.07 15.39 14.81 15.62 14.70 15.36 14.80 15.51 15.22 60.53(4fl) combined period b12) and +6->7.5 timings 15s.31 14.84 15.52 14.46 15.55 14.59 15.46 15.11 15.07 15.30 14.65 14.65 15.89 15.20 60.22(4fl) 45.22(3) 15.22 60.48(4) combined period. b13) timings 15s.16 15.12 14.85 15.21 15.07 15.29 15.09 226.93(15) 15.11 14.90 60.48(4) 60.37(4) 120.37(8) combined period. b14) Timings 14.92 15.52 15.01 15.47 15.58 15.40 15.41 30.80 15.69 15.48 30.85 sec. Two faint max not timed. b15) Timings 16.34 16.21 16.65 16.58 16.59 16.51 16.58 16.62 15.26 (early timing) 18.35 sec. b16) Timings 16.21 16.67 16.38 16.80 16.26 16.71 16.35 16.44 16.66 16.38 16.46 16.82 16.35 16.76 (combined period?) b17) Timings 16.67 16.55 16.74 16.52 16.54 16.42 16.80 16.68 16.60 16.36 16.89 16.82 b18) Timings 17.10 16.27 16.92 16.38 16.87 16.30 17.06 16.30 17.12 16.50 16.68 16.80 16.81 16.60 16.69 16.47 16.64 16.43 16.87 17.27 b19) Timings 16.32 16.43 16.62 16.17 16.78 16.28 13.06 03.53 15.29 1.63 12.12 4.09 14.63 1.95 12.26 3.99 4.61 11.81 12.42 4.30 4.35 12.00 12.34 4.14 4.36 12.14 12.79 3.59 16.51 16.32 16.69 b20) Timings 17.95 17.63 18.12 17.41 18.15 17.38 18.16 17.18 18.82 17.29 18.36 35.71(2F) 17.70 17.97 17.93 17.65 17.60 18.06 17.69 18.10 17.68 17.94 18.22 b21) Timings 17.86 17.77 17.84 17.81 17.85 17.84 17.84 17.83 17.93 17.75 17.84 17.51 18.06 17.69 18.22 17.52 18.07 17.75 17.90 17.88 b22) Timings 18.15 17.94 18.00 17.94 18.10 17.78 18.33 17.89 18.18 17.84 18.00 17.91 18.00 18.23 18.02 18.10 18.05 17.99 18.04 17.84 18.12 17.70 18.16 18.41 17.96 17.94 b23) Timings 40.82(2A) 20.12 20.19 80.98(4) Eclipse time 19:21:05 in 23°/175°. b24) Timings 20.11 20.22 20.38 20.18 20.38 20.21 20.38 20.19 20.20 20.28 20.45 20.25 20.22 20.21 20.17 20.59 20.04 20.15 20.44 20.01 20.90 20.24 Culmination 35°186° at 19:31:24. b25) Timings 22.41 22.75 22.72 21.38 44.68(2F) 22.72 22.00 44.51(2) Eclipse at 20:40:41 23°/161°. b26) Timings 23.33 24.02 23.63 23.85 24.09 23.85 23.99 24.27 22.94 24.68 Culmination alt/Az 25°/161° at 18:51:31. b27) Long/short flashes alternate, most timings neo b28) Timings: 25.56 26.13 25.28 25.48 26.23 25.05 26.49 Predicted eclipse 18°/171° at19:16:54. b29) Timings: 24.09 1.63 26.50 25.06 26.46 25.01 1.91 24.86 25.80 25.91 25.96 25.87 25.82 25.64 26.02 25.84 26.13 25.76 25.77 Culmination 25°/166° at 17:32:37. b30) Timings: 107.06 108.60 4641 culmination 14°/176° at 18:58:21. end 1980-087B 1980-098B 12445 Intelsat 5-2 rocket [Centaur] b1) Timings 15.82 16.01 16.09 15.79 15.96 15.94 15.93 15.86 15.96 15.89 15.97 15.85 sec. Some max were mag 5. other barely 7. b2) Timings 47.54 48.47 31.81 79.93 15.88 160.37 sec. Several maxima fainter than mag 7 and not seen. b3) Timings 32.52 16.84 16.21 16.62 16.06 17.40(late) 15.69 16.94 16.16 sec. The flashes were bright and dimmer alternately. One flash timed late. b4) Timings 49.53 16.44 16.46 33.20 32.90 66.11 sec. Flashes dtm at more than 10000 km range. Used averted sight to see most of the flashes. b5) Timings 33.93 17.18 16.68 17.01 17.89 16.09 16.98 sec. b6) Timings 17.17 17.65 17.26 16.68 17.69 16.69 17.19 17.23 17.12 17.36 16.17 17.85 sec. b7) Timings 17.69 17.31 16.93 17.26 17.17 17.31 17.23 34.25 34.47 sec b8) Timings 17.45 17.18 18.00 16.48 34.39 17.17 34.72 16.54 34.50 17.78 16.51 sec Probably period is combined at 34.4 sec. Timing of 18.00 sec was late. b9) Timings 16.82 17.17 17.23 17.30 17.37 17.08 17.23 17.55 34.13 17.51 17.32 17.12 sec. Nice flasher with a sharp and a flatter maximum. b10) Timings 34.94 35.24 17.57 35.22 34.88 17.51 35.37 17.25 sec. Several flashes not seen. b11) Timings 17.79 34.95 17.61 18.02 16.73 17.73 17.42 17.63 sec. b12) Timings 17.75 17.17 17.83 17.57 17.60 17.08 17.68 17.70 17.75 17.44 sec. b13) Timings 17.20 17.50 17.56 17.52 35.19 34.77 35.64 52.57 17.62 sec. Several maxima not seen. b14) Timings 9.06 8.96 18.15 9.03 9.11 8.95 9.14 8.98 9.09 9.00 9.04 36.19 9.18 9.00 26.83 9.84 8.90 sec. b15) Timings 17.59 17.69 17.50 17.50 17.63 17.61 17.65 17.50 17.73 17.47 17.47 17.63 18.12 17.57 17.03 35.12(2fls) 17.79 17.56 17.65 17.33 17.98 17.03 (5.78 12.06) (13.78 3.89) (4.97 12.36) 17.85 17.79 17.40 (5.00 12.43) 17.55 18.20 b16) Timings 17.78 17.86 53.33 35.71 17.74 17.59 71.24 35.89 17.44 sec. Several maxima were not seen. b17) Timings 17.39 18.16 17.40 18.21 17.72 35.33 18.02 17.45 sec. b18) Timings 17.40 18.45 16.91 18.22 17.77 17.74 18.36 35.18 71.39 17.11 17.45 18.53 sec. Several maxima were too faint to time. b19) Timings 18.18 17.54 17.93 17.52 17.48 sec. b20) Timings 35.48 [53.41 17.77] [18.16 17.39] sec. Some maxima not seen due to a white glow from an almost full moon. b21) Timings 17.74 17.92 17.75 17.75 17.78 17.87 17.82 17.54 18.00 17.76 17.85 17.61 sec. b22) Timings 17.94 17.69 35.59 17.85 17.72 17.86 17.86 17.87 17.63 sec. b23) Timings 5.34, 12.75, 17.78, 5.42, 12.46, 17.63, 17.87, 89.00, 17.80, 17.69, 17.90 timed two very asymmetrical secondary maxima b24) VR = determination from Video Recording; there is a mid dim flash at 4.609th sec; From video frames playback - measure only 1 cycle b25) Not asymetrical this time; Timings 17.70, 17.65, 17.46, 17.96, 17.85, 17.90, 17.51, 18.23 b26) Timings [18.26] 39.22(2F) 19.16 19.09 38.66(2F) 19.22 19.06 38.59(2F) 19.13 19.12 19.41 19.03 [21.37 17.09] Timings in square brackets not considered. b27) Timings 19.51 19.31 18.75 19.69 18.94 19.62 18.79 19.69 19.37 19.03 18.97 19.63 19.09 19.34 19.07 19.29 19.17 19.16 19.15 19.29 19.06 19.17 19.23 19.16 First part of obs F'F', 6->i . On the second part of obs the pattern was f F'F f F'F (f immediately followed by F', followed by F at about half a second interval). b28) Timings 18.64 20.00 18.72 19.80 18.82 0.88 (two Flashes) 18.71 19.29 19.30 19.35 19.10 19.15 19.19 19.75 18.94 19.16 19.42 19.23 18.97 19.65 18.54 19.75 19.06 19.47 19.00 19.53 20.38 17.74 19.16 19.10 19.52 18.75 19.35 [19.34] b29) Timings 19.13 19.63 19.12 19.73 19.19 19.18 19.40 19.57 19.34 19.28 19.16 19.56 17.90 20.63 19.31 19.29 19.21 19.12 19.63 18.95 19.50 19.42 19.41 18.95 19.53 18.80 19.51 19.53 Culmination 34°/193° at 20:44:46. b30) Timings 19.44 19.15 19.60 19.33 19.52 19.48 19.38 19.50 19.38 19.70 19.36 19.68 19.29 19.45 19.06 19.88 19.44 19.55 19.21 19.59 38.88(2F) 19.39 19.52 19.46 19.52 19.30 19.51 19.56 19.35 19.53 19.31 Culmination 49°/210° at 20:11:21. b31) Timings 19.94 18.96 19.94 18.92 19.86 19.35 19.77 19.17 19.86 19.22 38.99(2F) 19.58 19.37 18.95 19.86 19.81 19.22 19.70 19.27 19.53 19.16 20.00 19.37 19.48 38.91(2) 19.27 19.62 19.47 19.82 19.37 9.91 28.93 19.53 19.45 10.09 9.46 19.35 9.92 9.23 19.80 19.52 19.48 9.72 9.79 19.23 19.44 19.68 19.34 19.56 [9.95] Culmination 33°/229° at 21:11:35. b32) Timings 19.27 19.70 19.25 19.78 19.62 19.45 19.44 19.47 19.58 19.66 19.45 19.42 19.69 19.38 19.62 19.41 19.59 19.47 19.58 19.49 Culmination 49°/210° at 17:04:56. b33) Timings 19.26 19.82 19.18 19.91 19.32 19.69 19.45 19.73 19.26 19.77 19.31 20.04 19.42 19.65 19.30 19.75 [19.45] Eclipse time 21:13:38 in 19°/175°. b34) Timings 19.67 19.00 19.86 19.07 19.83 19.12 [19.15] Culmination 31°/230° at 20:00:45. b35) Timings 19.77 606.28(31F) 19.20 20.06 19.47 19.52 Culmination 56°/187° at 20:49:27. end 1980-098B 1980-099A 12091 Kosmos 1226 b1) slight hint of brightening but no period to it like report of 2007-04-16. end 1980-099A 1981-018B 12363 Esiafi 1 (Comstar 4) 1) Timings 3.27 3.28 3.03 3.59 3.32 3.23 3.36 3.28 3.30 3.26 3.30 26.58(8) 3.14 3,24 3.31 3.26 3.36 3.23 3.27 2.73 3.64 3.60 3.23 3.18 3.39 3.39 3.31 3.25 3.34 3.16 3.44 2.99 3.48 3.16 3.63 3.14 3.35 3.10 3.47 3.31 3.43 3.09 3.33 3.21 3.34 3.35 3.35 3.34 3.25 3.18 3.50 3.29 3.45 Expected eclipse 19°/181° at 20:11:00 2) Timings: 3.31 3.31 3.27 3.26 3.31 3.30 3.30 3.25 3.33 3.36 3.28 3.24 3.35 3.25 3.41 3.23 3.39 3.23 3.63 2.98 3.37 3.26 3.34 3.25 3.35 3.28 3.64 3.02 3.31 3.15 3.40 3.36 3.25 3.29 3.33 3.31 Culmination 40°/195° at 05:25:47. End 1981-018B 1981-031A 12376 Kosmos 1261 (Oko) b1) Last flash suspect - seen after shadow entry predicted. Couldn't see next 2 nights. end 1981-031A 1981-050A 12474 Intelsat-5 1 b1) Has different flash periods, for different surface causing the flashing. For example, for video I still have for a few minutes of it, I observed flashing at roughly All times UTC ( Mar 29 ) 9:22:35 9:23:50 9:26:20 9:27:35 So one flash would be followed by another by roughly 1 min 15 seconds with a gap of 2 min 30 sconds, to the next series of flashes (the one's separated by that 1 m 15 seconds of time ) BD's interpretation: a combined period of 1m 15s + 2m 30s = 3m 45s = 225 s. end 1981-050A 1981-050B 12497 Intelsat-5 1 rocket [Centaur] b1) A rare crystal clear evening - just by chance I observed Molniya 3-27 #16393 at >30000 km range. flashing to +4.5 for 10 minutes with 20.795 s period and fainter flashes at half-period. 2001-10-14 17:10-17:20 UTC from RA 02:41 +26 and up left. Returning to the site I found no more flashes in 7*50 17:45-18:00. b2) First observed over 7 periods; then some 7 minutes later some other flashes observed and the resulting period calculated. b3) Timings (two columns to show pronounced asymmetry) 6.23 8.16 6.44 8.41 6.32 8.26 6.34 8.43 6.30 8.44 6.26 8.36 6.17 b4) Timings 7.77 6.88 8.00 21.33 14.76 8.48 6.30 7.82 6.82 7.85 6.75 8.06 6.73 7.96 6.67 13.27 45.60 14.68 7.82 6.80 sec. Several flashes not seen. A short and a longer flashtime combine to a period of 14.7 sec. b5) Timings 8.14 6.58 8.16 15.18 21.80 8.03 14.69 15.10 6.68 8.21 6.95 8.05 6.73 sec. Several max too faint. P is combined period of 6 and 8 sec flashperiod. b6) Timings 14.96 7.40 16.04 6.82 7.44 22.88 7.43 14.89 8.00 7.10 8.00 7.21 7.83 7.08 7.92 7.40 23.23 15.04 15.04 15.02 15.25 7.85 4.83 10.02 7.38 7.44 7.64 7.54 8.22 sec. Series of bright flashes and dim flashes. b7) Timings 14.85 22.63 23.51 7.18 7.07 7.86 7.58 60.69 7.26 15.29 7.57 15.47 14.93 15.41 30.28 7.26 8.02 sec. Several max not seen or very faint and not timed. One longer period no max seen. b8) Timings 60.51 60.88 60.84 sec. b9) Timings 8.35 sec. Just saw two flashes. b10) Timings 8.01 7.20 8.25 7.11 8.33 7.26 8.09 7.39 8.34 7.08 8.16 7.20 8.10 7.18 8.06 7.35 8.40 6.98 8.21 7.36 sec. Obviously a combined period. b11) Timings 6.52 8.99 6.49 9.21 6.39 9.01 6.45 9.05 6.54 9.06 6.62 8.89 6.36 9.07 6.45 9.02 6.57 9.16 15.67 6.41 9.11 6.43 9.07 6.64 8.94 6.46 8.97 sec. Combined period of 6.5 and 9.1 sec b12) Timings 6.88 8.75 6.97 8.74 6.82 8.58 7.01 8.72 6.89 8.82 6.75 8.82 sec. Combined period of 6.9 and 8.7 sec. b13) Timings 6.70 9.00 7.15 8.30 7.17 8.62 6.74 8.71 6.84 9.27 sec. Combined period. b14) Timings 7.86 7.79 7.81 7.90 7.71 7.93 31.33(4) 31.49(4) 23.46(3) Combined period. b15) Timings 7.49 8.48 7.37 8.28 7.98 8.31 7.73 8.34 [7.56] Combined period. Data in square brackets not considered. b16) Timings 8.64 7.18 8.70 7.43 15.77(2fls) 8.88 15.74(2) 7.75 8.27 7.52 8.73 7.33 8.48 7.72 8.38 7.52 8.55 7.54 Combined period. b17) Timings 8s.64 7.55 8.74 7.63 8.29 7.86 8.44 7.53 8.80 7.46 8.75 7.61 8.39 7.62 8.76 7.51 8.64 7.63 8.20 7.96 8.36 7.63 8.87 7.44 8.66 7.71 8.03 7.98 8.78 7.34 8.88 7.34 8.46 8.10 8.27 7.38 8.85 7.44 8.86 7.61 8.34 7.80 8.60 7.20 8.93 7.43 8.73 7.56 48.75(6fls) 8.16 7.65 8.87 7.26 9.09 7.07 9.06 7.63 b18) Timing: [7.60 8.24] [7.60 8.41] [7.72 8.31] [7.59 8.74] [7.38 8.17] sec. Combined period. b19) Timings 17.22 17.20 8.57 8.69 8.48 17.49 16.98 17.31 25.99 8.57 60.31 8.81 17.04 51.73 sec. Several flashes were very faint; possible hp. b20) Timings 8.49 8.67 17.44 8.67 8.62 17.54 8.85 8.38 8.73 17.42 8.75 sec. Some maxima were inv. b21) Timings 8.92 8.40 8.71 8.69 8.72 8.76 8.65 8.68 8.77 8.70 8.78 8.71 8.71 8.70 8.66 8.69 8.75 8.71 8.71 8.74 8.71 8.10 9.19 8.90 8.81 8.66 8.72 8.44 9.00 8.75 8.66 8.72 b22) Timings 8.40 8.74 8.28 8.95 8.44 8.69 8.50 8.79 8.48 8.79 8.52 8.65 8.52 8.89 8.25 8.94 8.41 8.58 8.62 8.73 8.45 8.90 8.45 8.69 8.61 8.59 8.55 8.83 8.40 8.76 8.84 8.43 8.49 8.86 8.45 8.72 8.55 8.62 8.61 8.75 8.50 8.76 8.43 8.86 8.52 8.72 8.48 8.65 8.67 8.63 8.44 8.78 8.47 8.86 Probable combined period of 17.24 sec. b23) Timings 8.82 8.50 8.52 8.72 9.13 8.30 8.53 8.46 9.10 8.60 8.69 8.68 8.76 8.45 8.95 43.85(5F) 8.22 8.34 8.94 8.56 8.87 8.73 8.61 8.89 190.70(22F) 4.54 4.25 8.37 4.79 4.09 8.56 4.66 4.13 8.70 4.55 4.13 8.18 9.13 8.70 8.64 8.59 8.78 8.72 8.68 8.67 8.84 69.40(8F) 8.58 b24) Timings (6.54 2.35) 8.47 (6.84 1.89) 8.64 (6.72 2.19) 8.56 6.60 2.12 8.75 6.53 2.02 8.89 6.56 2.03 8.75 6.61 1.86 9.06 6.50 2.00 8.97 6.37 2.34 8.64 6.42 2.48 8.39 6.61 2.03 8.88 6.48 2.23 8.60 6.65 1.97 9.03 6.38 2.03 8.69 6.74 2.07 8.58 6.76 1.98 8.68 8.81 8.66 8.87 8.85 8.69 8.46 8.91 8.47 8.89 8.71 At the beginning FFF mg +7, in the middle of the observation AAF with A +6.5 and F+6, followed by AAf with A+6.5 f +7, at the end AA with A+6.5 , very short maxima. My feeling is for a combined period of 17.42 seconds. b25) Timings 8.64 8.58 8.85 8.66 6.57 2.29 8.54 6.57 2.25 8.66 6.55 2.16 8.48 6.77 2.13 8.78 6.50 2.22 8.69 6.53 2.15 8.85 6.44 2.09 8.69 6.66 2.31 8.34 6.81 2.22 8.34 6.85 2.15 8.50 8.72 9.00 8.59 8.63 8.85 8.75 8.84 8.66 8.71 8.52 8.86 8.47 9.03 8.61 8.74 8.65 b26) Timings 8.62 17.46 8.77 8.61 17.59 8.75 8.61 8.77 8.58 8.90 8.53 8.75 8.65 8.78 8.67 sec. b27) Timings 18.74 3.99 18.80 22.99 22.38 sec. `b28) Timings (6.54 2.35) 8.47 (6.84 1.89) 8.64 (6.72 2.19) 8.56 6.60 2.12 8.75 6.53 2.02 8.89 6.56 2.03 8.75 6.61 1.86 9.06 6.50 2.00 8.97 6.37 2.34 8.64 6.42 2.48 8.39 6.61 2.03 8.88 6.48 2.23 8.60 6.65 1.97 9.03 6.38 2.03 8.69 6.74 2.07 8.58 6.76 1.98 8.68 8.81 8.66 8.87 8.85 8.69 8.46 8.91 8.47 8.89 8.71 At the beginning FFF mg +7, in the middle of the observation AAF with A +6.5 and F +6, followed by AAf with A +6.5 f +7, at the end AA with A +6.5, very short maxima. My feeling is for a combined period of 17.42 seconds. b29) Timings 8.64 8.58 8.85 8.66 6.57 2.29 8.54 6.57 2.25 8.66 6.55 2.16 8.48 6.77 2.13 8.78 6.50 2.22 8.69 6.53 2.15 8.85 6.44 2.09 8.69 6.66 2.31 8.34 6.81 2.22 8.34 6.85 2.15 8.50 8.72 9.00 8.59 8.63 8.85 8.75 8.84 8.66 8.71 8.52 8.86 8.47 9.03 8.61 8.74 8.65 See note b28 at end. b30) f'f(F'); +6.5(6)->inv later F; +6->inv Timings 8.73 8.66 6.50 2.27(F) 8.66 6.50 2.22(F) 8.78 6.38 2.25(F) 8.59 6.62 2.23(F) 8.53 6.62 2.19(F) 8.59 6.90 1.87(F) 8.67 7.04 1.74(F) 8.59 7.00 1.73(F) 8.75 8.84 8.64 8.77 8.84 8.52 8.87 8.73 8.54 8.71 8.88 8.72 8.63 8.90 8.34 9.00 8.68 8.70 8.81 8.63 8.73 8.73 8.82 8.25 9.17 8.61 8.84 8.58 8.83 b31) Timings 8.57 8.63 8.78 8.63 8.80 8.66 8.79 4.71 3.82 8.87 4.51 4.21 8.41 4.87 4.19 8.71 8.73 8.65 4.55 4.23 8.60 5.17 3.67 8.69 4.71 4.04 8.66 8.65 8.75 8.83 8.71 8.71 8.58 8.80 8.62 8.85 8.73 8.73 8.54 8.80 8.73 8.78 8.65 8.79 8.75 8.75 8.65 8.72 8.66 8.77 8.60 8.75 8.81 8.82 8.59 8.88 8.65 8.81 8.63 8.66 8.80 8.72 b32) Timings 8.77 8.84 8.71 8.94 8.87 9.13 8.94 8.86 9.00 8.95 9.08 8.73 8.85 8.94 8.96 9.00 8.91 8.94 8.88 8.90 8.96 8.93 8.89 8.84 8.95 9.03 8.93 8.91 [8.75] b33) Timings 8.75 9.06 9.00 9.19 18.15(2F) 18.12(2F) 9.07 9.19 8.97 9.21 9.13 9.06 8.94 9.10 9.15 9.16 9.06 9.22 b34) Timings 9.37 9.45 9.27 9.14 9.46 9.37 9.41 9.44 9.21 9.30 9.37 9.40 9.37 9.23 9.43 8.95 9.86 9.34 9.32 9.42 9.20 9.43 9.29 9.45 9.29 9.33 9.34 9.38 9.35 9.35 9.39 9.36 9.28 9.24 9.75 9.31 9.22 9.40 9.23 18.71(2F) 9.71 Eclipse time 20:30:18 38°/167°. b35) Timings 9.25 9.39 9.32 9.36 9.34 9.42 9.46 27.96(3F) 9.49 9.27 9.46 9.38 18.69(2) 9.14 9.59 [9.36] Eclipse time 20:33:12 49°/166°. b36) Timings 18.70 9.52 18.72 9.44 9.42 9.40 [8.19 early timing 10.60] 9.58 9.34 9.40 9.47 9.38 9.42 9.41 9.42 9.46 9.43 9.43 9.36 9.47 9.36 sec. b37) Timings 18.66(2F) 9.62 9.21 9.37 9.00 9.67 9.27 9.59 9.19 9.56 9.22 9.42 9.45 9.36 9.40 18.59(2) 9.53 9.31 9.52 9.24 9.46 9.04 9.60 9.52 9.34 9.41 9.38 9.05 9.66 9.37 9.23 9.43 9.55 9.04 9.71 9.22 9.67 9.22 9.43 9.36 9.33 9.50 9.38 9.36 9.44 9.32 9.35 9.42 9.33 9.54 9.17 9.55 9.33 9.28 9.57 9.28 Eclipse time 21:55:19 59°/190°. b38) Timings 9.43 8.85 9.93 9.46 9.47 9.41 9.44 9.31 9.87 9.11 9.58 9.31 9.48 9.38 9.48 9.35 9.37 9.48 9.54 9.36 9.45 9.39 9.69 9.06 9.66 9.29 9.66 9.20 9.47 9.24 9.74 9.06 9.86 9.25 18.76(2) 9.75 9.20 9.54 9.39 9.40 9.42 9.50 9.42 9.63 9.25 9.54 9.27 9.53 9.44 9.36 9.36 9.55 9.24 8.87 9.95 9.68 9.56 [9.37]. Culmination 39°/208° at 20:03:23. b39) Timings 10.27 8.11 10.25 7.94 10.71 7.92 10.64 7.56 10.66 7.50 10.87 18.22 7.72 11.00 7.65 10.76 18.32 7.66 10.65 7.63 10.92 7.58 10.74 7.46 18.27 10.42 7.85 11.06 7.42 11.16 7.32 [11.33] Culmination 43°/189° at 20:55:10. b40) Timings 7.96 10.78 7.44 10.74 7.68 10.82 7.48 10.63 7.34 11.25 7.31 11.14 7.36 11.63 6.93 11.07 7.28 11.07 7.18 11.09 7.11 11.28 7.26 11.26 7.31 11.12 7.21 11.15 6.74 11.53 6.78 11.44 6.87 11.85 6.68 11.50 7.06 11.48 6.66 11.76 Culmination 48°/200° at 20:39:34. b41) Timings: 8.57(2A) 5.49 12.41(3) 5.81 18.89(4) 10.30(2) 4.28 4.40 9.75(2) 4.19 5.12 9.33(2) 9.24(2) 28.25(4) 9.22(2) 4.78 4.78 14.63(3) 4.53 10.00(2) 13.41(3) 9.47(2) 14.69(3) 9.39(2) 9.44(2) 8.89(2) 4.97. Culmination 39°/187° at 19:28:01. b42) Timings: 9.11 18.94(2F) 10.00 18.95(2) 9.08 9.83 9.26 9.72 9.33 9.74 9.27 9.71 9.36 9.75 9.29 9.15 9.92 9.73 9.24 9.77 9.26 9.82 9.23 9.84 9.03 10.05 8.96 10.05 8.95 10.02 9.10 9.87 9.17 9.90 9.19 9.88 9.14 9.78 9.28 9.73 9.32 9.83 9.22 9.84 9.17 19.04 9.88 19.04 8.96 10.02 9.03 10.10 Culmination 37°/139° at 18:13:31. b43) Timings: 10s.36 10.81 10.57 10.50 10.60 10.41 10.52 10.45 10.74 10.24 10.48 21.46 10.20 10.81 10.28 10.69 10.40 10.73 10.08 10.86 10.37 10.77 10.61 10.62 10.38 10.64 10.41 10.64 10.55 10.21 10.85 4641 culmination 24°/179° at 20h02m31s. end 1981-050B 1981-058D 12574 Kosmos 1278 rocket-2 [Molnia] b1) Edge of vision - assumed a few maxes missed, new to me end 1981-058D 1981-059A 12553 NOAA 7 b1) Timings 6.36 2.43 4.04 2.19 1.87 8.90 2.18 2.01 2.19 2.21 2.12 2.26 2.08 1.90 2.33 sec b2) Timings 8.71 8.58 8.72 8.77 8.65 8.83 8.68 24.00 6.46 40.79 8.68 8.78 8.82 10.66 34.75 8.77 8.78 sec. Several primary flashes not seen and some secondary flashes timed. b3) Timings 6.43 7.12 6.49 6.78 6.72 6.93 5.93 7.92 5.45 7.70 sec. Before and after 5th flash. flashes from different surfaces? b4) Timings 7.23 7.68 7.68 6.55 7.49 7.29 sec. Strange period in the middle. b5) Timings 8.20 8.39 9.38 8.82 9.24 9.04 8.94 sec. b6) Timings 8.76 8.92 8.35 9.16 8.61 10.24 7.57 sec. b7) A few non-specular secondary maxima were visible. b8) Timings 8.81 9.26 9.30 8.77 9.00 9.33 9.61 8.28 10.36 sec. b9) Timings 8.39 8.54 7.42 11.08 9.18 10.59 6.71 18.80 13.42 sec. A complex pattern; P most likely 18.8 sec. b10) Timings 9.74 8.83 10.04 9.80 8.95 9.28 sec. b11) Timings 12.10 11.96 12.85 11.83 12.95 13.10 sec. b12) Timings 16.12 14.18 16.23 14.77 16.03 15.27 16.46 sec. b13) Timings 15.26 14.83 17.41 16.62 16.42 15.82 17.19 16.63 sec. b14) Timings 17.31 7.76 17.94 6.69 7.41 33.48 sec b15) Timings 10.26 14.07 23.13 11.98 10.55 23.76 24.86 sec. Several sm not timed or seen. end 1981-059A 1981-059F 24914 NOAA 7 fragment b1) double max .25 sec very pretty, some of the double maxima seemed like they could have been triples, but they were not bright enough for me to be sure. end 1981-059F 1981-065B 12586 Meteor Priroda b1) Is this object really variable; more obs needed. end 1981-065B 1981-070A 12624 Dynamics Explorer 1 1) Dynamics Explorer 1; new to me, and I see no record of it in PPAS database. Extremely active flashes, irr and alot like UME. end 1981-070A 1981-077B 12682 Kosmos 1295 rocket [Kosmos] b1) Timings 9.15, 9.04, 8.81, 9.73, 18.48, 17.98, 17.86 b2) Timings 66.79 47.13 60.54 sec. Probably combined period of 116 sec. b3) Timings 47.37 44.44 48.75 40.33 end 1981-077B 1981-088A 12818 Kosmos 1305 (Oko) b1) Range 11570 kms, flashing every 11-12 sec. It produced about a dozen regular flashes to mag +2 before flashing stopped - low in western sky. end 1981-088A 1981-119B 13007 Intelsat-5 3 rocket [Centaur] b1) Timings 8.04 38.92 15.70 7.70 7.77 15.62 7.90 sec. Several maxima not visible. P is going up slowly. b2) Several maxima too faint to see or to time. Timings 23.97 8.10 8.11 7.97 8.01 8.02 7.87 16.17 8.46 7.68 16.04 8.46 7.53 16.03 8.15 8.01 16.07 sec. b3) Timings 24.25 7.90 8.25 8.25 7.93 7.79 8.28 7.81 7.11 9.06 8.27 7.75 15.96 8.34 8.18 sec. Some maxima were too faint to be timed accurately. b4) Timings 6.75 9.25 8.21 8.33 8.23 10.09 6.33 8.44 6.61 9.79 6.60 9.39 8.12 8.38 7.90 8.40 8.12 8.23 8.04 sec. Several timings on sm. when max was not seen. b5) asymmetrical 2ndaries 8.49. 6.61 8.49. 6.62 8.38. 6.84 8.29. 60.33 6.85 8.27 2:44:03.51 b6) Timings 8.59 8.58 8.96 8.66 8.86 17.90 8.18 8.90 8.71 sec. One (secondary) flash not seen. b7) Timings 8.50 8.87 8.53 9.09 8.41 8.94 8.81 8.84 8.35 9.05 8.94 8.79 8.78 8.72 8.81 8.68 8.89 8.81 8.73 8.82 8.59 8.80 sec. Still a nice flasher. b8) Timings 8.47 17.65 8.75 17.50 17.59 8.67 17.59 8.85 8.71 52.63 8.70 8.81 17.42 8.80 8.75 8.76 8.36 8.81 8.30 sec. Several maxima were not or barely seen. b9) Timings 8.80 8.74 61.65 sec. Measured in between clouds. Also timed the following: 53.82 29.71 sec here after, but these do not fit. b10) Timings 8.58 17.77 9.00 8.77 8.72 8.62 8.67 18.15 8.61 8.50 17.73 8.88 8.62 sec. b11) Timings 8.72 35.61 44.04 8.61 8.92 8.76 8.85 8.76 17.72 8.77 9.00 8.93 8.56 8.87 17.63 17.59 9.03 8.75 8.90 17.62 sec. Used my 16x50 bino to observe this high sat. b12) Timings 8.28 8.72 17.52 9.03 9.17 8.42 8.72 8.92 17.47 9.00 8.68 8.92 8.75 9.10 8.69 8.89 8.64 8.83 26.42 9.00 8.73 8.81 8.73 8.87 sec b13) Timings 17.86 8.62 9.25 8.52 17.91 9.15 8.80 9.14 8.43 9.32 8.64 8.95 8.77 9.39 sec. Combined period, some sm not seen. Was easy to see at 3500 km. b14) Timings 8.72 9.11 8.73 9.01 8.77 9.05 8.79 9.18 8.74 8.99 sec. Combined period of 8.75 and 9.07 sec. b15) timings 9.05, 8.61, 9.18, 8.61, 89.54 (10), 88.76 (10) b16) timings 8.56, 9.10, 8.61, 9.24, 17.99 (2fl), 8.62, 9.16, 8.63 . b17) timings 9.10 8.61 9.24 17.99 8.62 9.16 8.63 9.08 18.04(2) 8.57 9.13 8.62 35.99(4) 8.97 18.00(2) 115.69(12.5) b18) timings 9s.04 8.65 9.31 8.73 26.91(3fl) 26.63(3) 27.09 (3) 26.52(3) 9.21 35.72(4) 35.65(4) 35.65(4) 35.81(4) 35.57(4) 8.86 35.86(4) 35.56(4) 142.50(16) Combined period. b19) FF, +7 ->i, . timings 8s.87 9.15 44.42(5fl) 44.79(5) 44.54(5) 44.85(5) 44.38(5) 44.73(5) 44.58(5) 17.88(2) 9.15 8.66 35.55(4) 35.70(4) 35.79(4) 35.61(4) 35.75(4) 35.84(4) 142.76(16) 910.03(102) 8.80 8.85 35.92(4) 35.25(4) 35.84(4) 35.85(4) 35.72(4) 35.49(4) 35.88(4) 9.04 8.70 9.07 35.74(4) 35.48(4) 35.90(4) 35.65(4) 35.49(4) 35.85(4) Combined period b20) timings 8.89 8.94 35.86(4fl) 35.62(4) 35.54(4) 35.76(4) 35.67(4) 35.76(4) 35.78(4) Combined period. b21) timings 8s.68 9.16 35.82(4fl) 35.72(4) 35.81(4) 35.87(4) 26.66(3) 26.95(3) 44.49(5) 9.12 35.75(4) 35.71(4) Combined period b22) timings 8s.63 9.20 8.62 9.26 8.62 9.25 8.54 27.16(3fl) 8.72 9.09 8.53 9.49 clear evidence of combined period. b23) Timings 8s.98 8.87 17.81(2fls) 9.04 8.86 9.10 9.32 8.40 8.98 8.90 9.12 8.79 8.89 9.05 9.09 8.43 9.08; Combined period. b24) Timings 8s.81 8.76 9.24 8.96 8.82 9.01 8.94 8.57 9.24 8.92 17.98(2) 8.86 9.01 9.09 7.92 9.96 8.93 8.83 9.04 Combined period. b25) Timings 9s.02 8.87 8.88 17.92(2fls) 35.78(4) 35.80(4) 98.29(11) 35.66(4) 178.69(20); Combined period. b26) Timings 8.72 8.93 27.03 44.71 17.71 9.00 9.04 8.97 8.97 17.78 27.00 17.69 sec. Several maxima were too faint to measure. b27) Asymmetrical intervals; combined period reported: Timings (8.68 9.09) (8.77 9.06) (8.95 9.15) (8.76 9.38) (8.83 8.92) (8.46 9.48) (9.03 8.91) (8.96 9.00) (8.92 9.28) (8.56 9.36) (8.72 9.25) b28) Timings 8.96 9.14 9.14 8.94 9.08 9.01 9.12 9.00 9.11 4.65 4.41 8.96 4.63 4.42 8.91 4.79 4.35 9.15 4.58 4.74 8.76 4.54 4.53 b29) Timings 9.06 8.96 18.15 9.03 9.11 8.95 9.14 8.98 9.09 9.00 9.04 36.19 9.18 9.00 26.83 9.84 8.90 sec. b30) Timings 8.94 9.04 (7.08 2.02) 9.05 9.03 9.07 9.02 9.07 9.13 9.13 9.11 8.83 9.01 9.19 9.16 8.87 9.26 9.00 9.09 8.91 9.25 27.28(3fls) 8.99 9.07 9.10 8.91 9.19 9.61 b31) start 0:24:39.24 -- 5.28, 14.59, 5.15, 12.98, 5.66, 12.97, 5.74, 13.38, 6.18, 12.34, 6.24, 12.28, 6.86, 12.06, 6.81, 6.63 -- 0:27:04.39 end BD's processing: drop last two flash timings results in specified record. For other timimgs: combine the short and long interval. b32) asymmetrical; Timings 1.16, 17.21, 4.21, 13.89, 4.54, 14.18, 5.57, 13.06, 5.74, 12.55, 6.31, 12.89, 6.26, 12.00, 6.93, 11.65, 7.07, 11.80, 7.30, 11.59, 26.26, 18.64, 11.03, 7.75, 10.77 b33) Timings [4.50 14.43] [5.87 12.91] [5.42 13.12] [5.62 13.48] [5.74 12.88] sec. b34) Timings 19.32 16.89 19.64 18.33 18.57 [4.45 13.98] [4.17 15.01] [4.75 13.86] [5.40 12.89] [5.48 13.49] [4.70 14.18] [6.18 12.73] sec. At first the double maxima were close together, about 1 sec. Later more distinct and separating more and more. Did time 1 more flash at 6.14 sec. b35) Timings 9.32 9.78 9.84 9.20 9.50 9.69 9.47 9.58 9.58 9.43 9.75 9.47 9.53 9.66 9.42 9.56 9.66 9.38 9.82 b36) Timings 9.56 9.44 9.74 9.49 9.71 9.25 9.91 9.16 9.88 9.32 9.75 9.63 9.54 9.41 9.76 9.37 9.71 9.46 9.59 9.52 9.57 9.52 9.65 9.20 9.89 9.60 9.57 9.58 9.52 9.64 9.50 9.56 9.55 9.54 9.55 9.63 9.51 9.63 9.57 9.52 9.34 9.68 9.73 9.45 9.55 9.53 9.50 9.67 9.52 9.58 9.57 9.58 9.50 9.65 9.62 9.43 9.54 9.50 9.67 9.69 9.55 9.52 9.38 9.75 9.53 9.64 9.48 9.59 9.64 9.48 9.58 9.58 9.54 9.69 9.36 9.64 9.63 9.53 9.61 9.51 b37) Timings (3.51 15.64) (3.61 15.44) (2.48 15.77) 19.81 2.03 39.16 16.49 19.72 19.20 19.00 18.71 17.82 19.31 18.97 19.03 (3.64 15.90) (1.77 1.87 15.35) (2.68 15.90) (3.04 16.63) (2.91 15.25) (4.64 13.82) (3.05 1.71 14.71) (5.00 13.58) (5.08 13.41) (5.68 13.29) (6.52 12.43) (6.22 12.13) (7.04 11.91) (7.09 11.77) (6.98 12.24) b38) Timings 19.30 18.93 17.96 3.75 19.05 13.81 3.80 34.06 (4.62 13.40) (5.95 13.10) 17.38 6.76 18.79 13.58 (5.86 12.73) (6.35 12.34) (6.24 12.21) (6.73 11.95) (6.91 12.30) (6.75 12.05) (6.98 11.57) (7.03 11.84) (6.77 11.77) (7.46 11.54) b39) Timings 9.64 9.76 9.34 9.78 9.74 9.41 9.42 9.81 9.40 9.59 9.42 9.69 9.41 9.88 9.32 9.70 9.46 9.56 9.52 9.67 9.41 9.71 8.88 10.24 9.48 9.68 9.50 9.72 9.58 9.52 9.64 9.55 9.46 9.67 9.44 9.72 9.49 9.61 9.48 9.66 9.58 9.57 b40) Timings 9.40 9.75 9.34 9.88 9.36 9.71 9.49 9.62 19.13(2) 9.66 9.51 9.42 9.75 9.48 9.61 9.49 9.63 9.60 9.60 9.52 9.63 9.54 9.56 9.56 9.52 9.71 (14.39 4.72) 9.54 4.87 4.72 9.58 4.82 4.75 9.57 [4.88] Time in square brackets not considered. b41) Timings 9.60 9.74 9.74 10.38 9.01 18.58 10.60 9.89 9.52 9.73 19.43 9.74 9.67 10.98 8.33 9.80 9.84 sec. At first difficult to find. Several maxama not seen or very faint. b42) Timings 10.04 20.17(2F) 19.81(2F) 20.56(2F) 19.40(2F) 19.97(2F) 19.94(2F) 10.19 9.95 9.42 10.69 9.80 9.87 b43) Timings 10.48 10.34 10.54 10.44 10.42 10.51 5.40 5.19 10.19 5.44 5.21 10.41 10.41 10.53 5.35 4.96 10.63 5.22 5.09 10.63 9.81 11.00 5.41 4.96 10.73 9.77 11.15 5.39 5.09 10.50 10.34 10.52 9.48 21.91 10.64 10.13 10.79 10.44 10.53 10.41 10.59 10.38 10.50 10.46 10.25 10.69 10.35 (10.48) b44) Timings 10.43 10.48 10.50 10.56 10.41 10.47 10.26 10.77 10.53 10 50 10 56 10.44 10.37 10.66 b45) Timings 10.51 10.55 10.39 10.71 10.25 10.57 10.13 10.90 10.47 10.47 10.46 10.48 10.50 10.50 10.56 10.53 10.38 10.50 10.46 10.57 10.24 10.73 10.53 10.34 10.59 10.35 10.72 10.47 10.46 10.54 10.40 10.63 10.47 10.44 10.52 10.44 10.56 10.50 10.47 10.44 10.50 10.41 10.68 10.48 10.49 10.44 10.50 10.59 10.50 10.13 10.81 10.28 10.72 10.44 10.59 10.51 10.43 10.44 20.94(2F) 10.65 10.41 10.62 10.28 10.63 10.53 10.50 10.34 10.59 10.60 10.53 20.94(2) 10.57 10.26 10.48 10.55 10.67 10.44 5.31 5.06 10.51 5.46 5.10 10.42 5.39 5.25 10.53 10.41 10.45 Just at the end of the obs noted some hp. Magnitude of flashes varied from +7 to +8.5 from beginning to end of obs. b46) Timings 11.30 9.97 11.47 9.87 11.15 9.79 11.37 9.66 11.38 10.00 11.34 9.97 10.94 9.96 11.47 9.94 11.03 10.00 Probable combined period of 21.18 seconds. b47) Timings 10.87 11.39 11.27 11.01 11.36 11.10 11.31 11.11 11.21 10.97 22.49 11.30 11.14 11.22 11.15 11.19 11.25 11.24 sec. b48) Timings 11.44 10.27 11.42 10.32 11.43 10.12 11.66 10.04 11.65 10.18 11.42 10.27 11.34 10.47 11.28 10.69 11.23 10.24 11.41 10.19 11.50 10.20 11.55 10.24 21.74(2F) 11.58 10.17 11.42 10.40 11.32 10.28 11.41 10.12 11.47 10.32 11.57 10.33 11.25 10.44 11.21 10.53 11.29 10.49 11.22 10.41 11.35 10.37 11.41 10.22 11.42 10.54 11.14 10.62 11.15 10.44 11.14 10.50 11.48 32.07(3) 11.28 10.31 11.26 10.63 10.92 10.69 21.78(2) 21.60 11.34 10.32 11.31 10.51 11.27 10.40 11.22 10.45 11.32 10.51 11.00 10.72 11.22 10.45 Culmination 49°/156° at 21:02:26 b49) Timings 11.62 11.69 23.27(2F) 23.42(2) 23.34(2) 11.53 11.67 11.49 11.91 11.56 11.69 12.02 11.47 23.21(2) 11.74 11.49 11.56 12.14 11.52 11.60 11.63 11.74 23.27(2) 11.63 11.73 11.75 11.70 11.55 11.62 11.78 11.69 11.78 11.29 11.82 11.59 23.43(2) 12.00 11.62 Culmination at 21:19:48 at Az 201° alt 51° b50) Timings 9.69 13.94 9.96 13.66 9.55 13.06 9.86 13.90 9.84 13.66 9.62 13.93 23.13 9.24 14.68 9.34 13.86 9.42 13.60 9.49 13.80 9.88 14.14 9.00 13.94 9.38 14.27 9.53 13.88 9.34 13.78 8.60 15.09 9.06 14.30 9.39 14.15 8.51 14.49 9.20 15.21 [8.70] Culmination alt/Az 44°/205° at 19:36:29. Comment by BJG: 81-119B clearly has an asymmetric flashing. Using your suggested 11.72s I see one main series (slightly less spread) with about 0.5s/40 (but note only even numbered flashes) shorter period and a secondary with about 1.5s/40 shorter period (an obvious synodic effect) i.e. 23.44-0.5/20 for the main series, 23.44-0.05 for the average. I used 23.41 for my double period - see that the secondary series starts out about 10s after the main but finishes at about 9s after. (SYNODIC.exe charts attached for Alberto) b51) Timings: 11.73 12.00 11.74 12.01 11.76 11.84 11.90 11.93 11.87 12.01 11.69 12.00 11.76 11.69 11.86 11.87 12.07 11.75 12.02 11.68 12.11 11.82 11.71 11.89 11.86 12.13 11.43 12.17 11.86 11.79 11.87 11.99 11.92 11.78 4.13 7.70 12.04 11.72 11.97 11.89 11.77 12.01 11.67 12.48 11.38 11.74 12.06 11.66 12.01 11.88 94.99((F) 11.93 12.07 11.69 11.81 11.75 11.98 11.86 11.90 Predicted eclipse 42°/196° at 21:47:12. b52) Timings: 11.57 12.01 11.68 12.12 11.83 12.09 11.45 12.25 11.60 11.94 11.70 12.16 11.63 12.13 11.69 11.90 11.50 12.19 11.89 12.05 11.56 12.10 11.44 12.55 11.48 12.09 11.55 12.03 11.76 12.05 11.76 12.06 11.63 12.25 11.31 24.02(2F) 11.89 11.60 12.07 11.77 12.30 11.56 12.02 11.50 12.37 11.51 12.28 11.59 11.94 24.02(2) 11.42 12.16 11.43 12.27 11.09 12.85 11.44 12.25 11.68 11.88 11.51 12.41 11.58 12.13 11.43 12.37 11.24 12.52 11.51 12.17 Culmination 42°/183° at 19:38:58. b53) Timings: 12.29 12.49 12.31 12.78 12.35 12.67 12.21 12.93 12.00 12.97 12.10 12.93 11.72 13.32 12.16 12.75 12.20 12.91 12.10 25.01 13.01 12.14 12.69 12.19 25.03 12.72 12.26 12.95 12.25 12.59 12.11 13.08 Culmination 43°/209° at 19:00:07. b54) Timings: 10.22 15.15 10.35 15.58 10.03 15.42 10.16 15.15 10.27 16.02 9.83 15.79 9.68 15.53 10.46 15.80 9.83 15.98 9.85 15.55 9.85 16.17 9.53 15.89 9.44 16.13 9.19 16.80 8.57 17.29 9.50 15.91 9.59 16.63 9.05 16.37 4641 culmination 33°/198° at 21:39:26. end 1981-119B 1981-120A 12997 Radio 3 1) Passed through search field while waiting for 6691. end 1981-120A 1981-123A 13012 Molniya 1-52 1) Last night Fred Blount was with us and spotted a slowly moving flashing object low in the SSW at almost midnight local time. It was southbound. Findsat gives Molniya 1-52 (81-123A, 13012) as a pretty good match. The flash period was pretty close to exactly 10 seconds, with alternating bright-faint maxima at about five seconds, but slightly asymmetrical in time. The brightest ones were about magnitude 5. The position was approximately RA 12:31, Dec -31 (in Hydra south of Corvus. end 1981-123A 1982-015A 13070 Molniya 1-53 b1) Last night I was startled when I spotted a satellite that flashed quite brightly every 6.7 seconds and moved very slowly from my southwest towards the zenith. It flashed to about 4th magnitude. Some flashes were "double flashes" separated by only 0.2 seconds or so. I watched it for about 20 minutes in binoculars and my 8-inch telescope. When I stopped, it was tumbling between magnitude 8 and 10 with a period of 13.4 seconds. b2) flashes in southwest 4 mag brighter. b3) Has been observed flashing very nicely, including very fast double maxima, every 6.54 or 6.55 seconds, more or less. Last night I found it just before 4:40 UTC at about decl. -1 and was still able to see it, although it was fading, after 4:46 UTC at about decl. +10. end 1982-015 A 1982-016A 13080 Kosmos 1341 (Oko) b1) Observed after an identification for a person who estimated the limiting magnitude and unintentionally saw three flashes near the star Kochab (beta UMi). b2) After five days the max. brightness area was still near Kochab. b3) First three flashes were visible to the naked eye. end 1982-016A 1982-019A 13086 OPS 8701 1) 37X; Irregular - only one flash was 7m. Several double flashes. end 1982-019A 1982-020A 13092 Gorizont 5 b1) KF: I saw a flash at approx 09:44:28 UTC 09:46:17 09:48:06 end 1982-020A 1982-029A 13124 Kosmos 1348 (Oko) b1) Timings 2.64, 26.59, 3.69, 26.43 end 1982-029A 1982-041C 13172 KH 9-17 b1) At first the sat was S. mag 7 till cumulation; then started to flash. Timings 1.18 1.25 12.0 1.20 1.25 1.06 1.25 1.21 1.26 1.21 1.34 1.13 1.28 1.19 1.15 1.27 1.25 1.15 1.18 1.20 1.18 1.29 1.19 1.19 1.27 1.23 1.23 1.19 1.24 1.28 sec. b2) Timings 3.73 3.43 4.74 1.11 1.22 1.33 1.25 1.24 1.25 1.20 4.74 18.10 1.09 2.70 sec. b3) Timings 3.58 2.39 1.25 2.39 1.16 1.15 1.26 2.39 1.22 2.34 1.20 1.24 1.20 1.34 1.19 1.23 1.15 1.29 1.04 1.29 1.04 1.19 1.17 1.31 1.28 1.06 1.15 1.19 1.28 1.04 1.29 1.28 1.24 1.19 sec. b4) Timings 1.44 1.76 1.54 1.76 1.78 1.84 1.86 1.82 2.20 1.72 1.81 1.70 1.34 1.50 sec. Then 38.91 sec not observed. b5) Timings 1.79 1.43 1.56 1.61 1.57 1.66 1.56 1.56 1.58 1.79 1.55 1.66 1.51 1.56 1.57 1.75 1.67 1.58 1.33 sec. b6) 5 sets of 10 (half) cycles each -- Timings 9.81, 9.82, 9.75, 9.90, 9.84 Flash period was probably actually 1.964, with secondary flashes. b7) 3 sets of 20 half cycles (later in pass could only see primary maxima) Timings 19.59, 19.56, 19.81 b8) Previous evening, three sets of ten cycles, but every other one fainter and moreso as it went farther north, a very neat flasher. end 1982-041C 1982-045D 13215 Kosmos 1367 rocket 2 b1) missed several flashes or it is highly irregular end 1982-045D 1982-064D 13298 Kosmos 1382 rocket 2 b1) Assumed I missed 4 flashes from timings. end 1982-064D 1982-072A 13367 Landsat 4 b1) Timings 23.01 14.44 12.11 25.19 sec. end 1982-072A 1982-087B 13493 Kiku 4 rocket b1) Flared up a bit to mag 6 @ 2:53:42 then soon into shadow. end 1982-087B 1982-100G 13609 Kosmos 1413 (Glonass) aux. motor b1) Odd maxes were dimmer than even - all timed here end 1982-100G 1982-103A 13624 Gorizont 6 b1) Timings 199.04 198.31 198.64 198.57 198.64 199.0 198.38 198.62 198.74 198.87 198.5 198.74 198.58 198.63 198.94 end 1982-103A 1982-105A 13631 Satcom 5 b1) My identification of 1 sharp flash as SATCOM C5, listed as out of service since Mar2001. This was a quick silvery white flash near the rather orange 4th mag alp Can, and about as bright. Kevin et al, might want to check on this sat. end 1982-105A 1982-113A 13669 Raduga 11 b1) Earlier tonight I was looking for Raduga 11 (82-113A, 13669) which Don Gardner reported some time ago. I saw something flashing about +5.5 every 13 seconds. That was Gorizont 15 (88-028A, 19017). After Mike got that one in his scope, he saw another flash very near it, and that was indeed Raduga 11, with a flash period of about 74 seconds. I could see it also with 10x50, probably also about +5.5 magnitude. end 1982-113A 1982-118A 13736 DMSP 5D2 F6 b1) Timings 12.99 13.83 12.46 11.50 sec. b2) Timings 19.70 26.66 23.76 sec. b4) 2 flashes, +2 Timings 7.42 9.33 19.94 41.47 14.10 14.58* 6.63* 43.82 sec. * = sharp flash mag 2. b5) N? hp? Timings 30.57 19.96 sec. First timing probably 1.5 period. Period: 20.2 sec? b6) Timings 40.67 30.76 48.51 [15.56 18.08 9.81] sec. b7) Timings 18.25 48.75 sec. b8) Plus one mag +5 flash. b9) Timings [14.69 3.69] [17.59 2.78] [16.51 4.98] [12.19 6.80] [15.67 7.25] [15.43 6.72] sec. 2nd flash was brighter and interval increased. b10) Timings 41.81 40.67 sec. b11) different times between maxima; difficult to determine a flash period. Maxima were counted with following intervals: 18.46 (12.22 7.22) 16.62 (11.83 9.94) b12) with 2 @ 5 mag F not included in count b13) UNID - matches past flaring behavior low in west. b14) First max was a crisp +2 flash, very nice. b15) Timings 25.59 45.78 43.58 45.66 24.04 Culmination 44°/290° at 18:27:39. end 1982-118A 1983-001A 13757 Kosmos 1428 b1) Seen as UNID, 2 maxes then lost, near beta UMi end 1983-001A 1983-004A 13777 IRAS b1) Timings 10.31, 9.92, 10.79, 4.97, 4.27, 16.75, 3.75, 10.08, 6.22, 3.77, 9.67, 6.78, 2.91, 10.26, 6.37, 3.85, 5.56, 4.34, 9.83, 19.93, 19.06 b2) Timings 15.64, 7.65, 5.96, 14.54, 7.66, 5.57, 22.38, 5.79, 27.74, 15.84, 11.85 b3) Timings [14.58 1.14 1.34 17.12] [12.96 1.49 18.31] [9.09 3.40 2.42 19.32] b4) Timings 18.42 [8.94 6.97] 17.02 [15.61 0.96] b5) flashes with Timings 1.57 18.23 3.71 4.56 2.57 1.54 b6) Timings [4.39 4.23 3.59 1.61 16.43] [4.92 2.83 1.64 2.96 5.58 11.60] [3.73 3.66 20.43] My grouping is arbitrary and is partly based on a long flat maximum as last maximum within each group. b7) Timings [16.99 11.93] [16.65 12.62] [15.60 2.27 9.58] [16.40 3.10 3.03 5.74 1.91] [15.57 3.15 6.77 2.87] [2.60 2.88 10.92 4.16 6.82 2.74] b8) Timings, appearances, magnitudes and possible groups group 1 sum 28.98: 0. F +3 1. 7.30 A +4 2. 2.95 F +1 short flash 3. 10.18 A +5 4. 5.79 A +5 5. 2.76 A +4 group 2 sum 27.19 6. 10.52 A 7. 5.88 A +6 8. 2.72 F +4 9. 8.07 A +6 group 3 sum 28.80 10. 10.29 F +2 11. 10.22 A +3 12. 8.29 F +1 group 4 sum 31.30 13. 10.52 F +2 long flash 14. 8.63 F +1 short flash 15. 12.15 A +6 group 5 sum 26.65 16. 7.09 A +4 reddish 17. 1.14 A +5 18. 1.15 A +6 19. 8.68 A +6 20. 7.07 F +5 short flash 21. 1.52 F +3 short flash More thorough investigation on similarities might result in a different optical period. b9) Still a difficult flasher; my period determination is just guesswork. I did not find any similarity in the flash pattern. Timings [1.76 1.76 12.70 5.36 2.58 1.28 1.86] [11.31 1.52 15.92] [4.61 1.38 25.40] [8.13 1.14 6.30 4.97 1.38 1.08] [1.43 8.17 10.94 1.38 1.48 8.76 1.38] [13.22 9.77 7.33] [4.14 2.08 8.48 12.91] [2.26 2.45 8.68 11.61 1.18 2.68] [7.75 6.93 4.04 2.03 12.07] Almost all maxima were flashes. b10) some F, 2 Timings 3.26 9.43 12.22 7.00 4.12 14.00 20.43 3.66 10.16 10.84 13.49 10.72 2.47 11.78 8.98 13.02 26.28 sec. b11) Timings 15.00 19.45 [9.24 7.31] 15.85 28.80 sec. b12) Timings 13.62 6.58 8.32 9.80 40.99 8.56 5.94 4.04 34.24 5.55 9.89 sec. b13) Timings 6.12 17.59 [10.93 4.98] 16.56 15.46 10.64 sec. First and last timing partly period, together 1 period. b14) Timings 20.51 13.36 17.85 6.49 9.47 43.50 27.19 24.17 sec. Irregular pattern. Difficult to get a good period. b15) Timings 16.86 10.25 6.82 6.08 8.87 6.39 19.49 27.21 38.99 15.99 17.88 6.68 13.92 sec. b16) Timings 14.13 20.70 1.88 22.16 8.51 8.81 23.93 9.97 9.37 8.00 5.94 13.72 7.80 41.75 29.17 sec. b17) Timings 54.57 29.78 8.85 7.80 16.31 sec. Several faint flshes not timed. b18) Timings 24.89 37.58 30.22 19.64 sec. b19) Timings 17.28 34.69 19.29 23.08 22.78 sec. Increasing interval as sat moved to the southwest. b20) 0:42:04.09 F +4 0:42:13.50 start of flare (sof) +5 0:43:13.79 eof 0:43:37.09 sof +5 0:44:04.69 F +3 0:44:08.68 eof 0:44:31.58 sof +5 0:44:42.50 eof enigmatic object! b21) cycle time irrelevant - slow flares and irr flashes very enigmatic object b22) Still VERY difficult to see patterns but what a cool object to watch! b23) Timed only flashes "on top" of flares. b24) Seem to have gotten only half the flashes here - so dp? b25) 1:03:51.68 start of +5 flare (sof) 1:04:27.25 eof 1:04:49.72 sof 1:04:58.43 +4 F 1:05:06.87 +3 F 1:05:15.58 +4 F 1:05:23.08 eof b26) 1:03:51.99 +4 F 1:05:32.06 +3 F 1:05:54.41 +4 F b27) Only last few flashes counted, flaring ignored b28) Timings [21.00 4.23] 46.02 44.03 60.21 sec. The last timing was probably on the first flash of the double max. Period somewhat higher, around 22.5 sec. b29) Timings 4.45 26.11 24.16 43.80 22.70 sec The first and the last were F, mag 3. Difficult to get a good period. b30) Timings 37.76 50.93 sec. b31) Concentrated on only the dimmer slow tumble, no flashes counted. b32) +7(6.5)->inv; Timings: 39.40 1.30 37.33 3.61 19.86 3.84 13.66 3.72 37.59 3.81 38.72 38.63 2.31 40.36 41.78 Culmination alt/Az 28°/295 at 18:48:55 b33) Seen as UNID, F/A but no period determined in 4 minutes of observation b34) Enigmatic object. First flash much brighter than following avg. +3 mag. Still groups of 3 flashes that degrade to 2 or 1 flash plus a slow A. b35) Pretty irregular, used mid points of four maximas I observed in the PPAS formatted observation. Max's varied in length 6, 17, 4 and 5 secs. Periods between Max's also varied, (mins 11, 05 & 14 secs). There were flashes embedded in the Maximas. Noted one flash near mag 1.0 naked eye before switching to binoculars for rest of observation. b36) mostly invisible; some flashes b37) Several "missed" F neo only end 1983-004A 1983-008A 13791 NOSS-1 4 (A) aka OPS 0252 b1) 211202.6 flare 0930+78 end 1983-008A 1983-022A 13923 NOAA 8 b1) Timings 2.20 2.25 2.40 1.54 2.44 1.86 2.38 1.92 2.21 2.49 2.17 1.74 2.32 2.18 2.22 2.02 2.48 6.45 4.15 4.33 4.50 3.95 4.24 3.06 sec. A bit irregular flash pattern. b2) Timings 11.70 9.70 10.80 12.43 8.89 9.67 8.10 sec b3) Timings 3.87 5.23 2.23 (was mag 2) 8.14 2.58 7.09 4.94 7.01 4.75 5.59 10.58 sec. Irr. b4) Timings 4.79 5.86 2.29 2.25 2.85 2.44 2.52 2.19 2.80 2.38 2.41 2.70 2.78 2.68 2.31 2.31 2.73 2.65 2.45 2.31 2.76 2.48 2.54 2.61 sec. Every 4th flash was a bright one. b5) Timings 2.54 2.57 2.38 2.49 2.80 2.67 2.25 2.43 2.96 2.52 2.55 2.63 2.65 2.44 2.65 2.49 2.77 2.27 2.70 2.68 2.67 2.54 2.57 2.57 sec. b6) Timings 2.24 2.71 2.92 2.57 2.29 2.60 2.71 2.33 2.48 2.63 2.78 2.39 2.68 2.63 2.75 2.18 2.62 2.82 2.53 2.78 2.41 2.49 2.54 2.57 sec. b7) Timings 3.72 3.51 4.10 2.46 3.29 3.05 3.38 3.23 3.24 3.14 sec. Third flash was timed late. b8) Timings 4.09 3.66 8.07 4.79 2.86 7.77 4.23 3.60 7.82 4.62 3.34 3.81 3.53 4.65 sec. b9) Timings 13.94 15.34 13.94 14.83 17.61 12.04 3.27 11.47 5.00 sec. Last 4 timings over two periods with secondary maxima. The flash at 17.61 sec was a bright flare to at least mag 0. b10) Timings [5.50 6.84] [6.03 6.38] [5.91 3.91 1.97] 12.18 12.32 sec. At first also secondary max and a double max. b11) Timings 5.01 2.00 2.48 4.57 2.29 2.19 2.81 2.29 2.34 1.78 4.99 2.40 2.12 3.19 1.85 1.98 2.35 2.68 2.17 2.00 2.55 4.70 2.14 2.43 2.78 2.18 sec. Missed some sec max. b12) Timings 1.90 2.27 2.81 1.93 2.30 2.29 2.66 2.18 2.16 2.37 4.58 2.65 2.15 2.27 2.19 2.54 2.32 2.08 2.17 2.69 2.26 2.23 2.22 sec. b13) Timings 5.69 3.43 3.00 5.75 3.52 3.23 9.92 2.77 3.14 2.85 3.53 6.72 2.39 3.50 3.06 3.16 3.19 3.16 3.06 3.20 3.25 3.05 2.91 3.52 3.21 3.28 2.77 3.90 3.38 sec b14) fF, 3->i; then FF, 2->i Timings [6.28 5.26] [5.80 5.78] 10.89 11.05 11.54 [2.52 8.49] sec Several sm timed. b15) Timings 5.17 5.01 4.95 5.13 4.98 5.03 5.18 5.01 5.13 sec Timed on the bright flashes. There were several sm in between. b16) Timings 5.94 4.60 5.85 4.51 5.86 4.26 6.13 4.46 5.15 5.22 sec. Better is a combined period at 10.4 sec. b17) Timings 10.94 10.92 10.93 10.95 10.79 sec. b18) Timings 11.02 10.68 10.97 11.05 10.56 11.27 sec. b19) three different maxima per period. b20) Timings; 2.86 3.09 4.63 3.28 2.95 3.52 3.85 3.08 3.27 3.15 4.18 2.60 3.19 3.29 4.25 2.77 3.54 2.96 3.99 3.07 sec. Every 4th flash was brighter. b21) Timings [2.96 3.57 6.97] [3.23 3.20 6.98] [3.87 3.05 6.59] sec. This obs matches the one from yesterday, that had aaaA, 3.37 sec. b22) Timings 16.08 14.91 14.22 28.25 [4.55 9.99] sec. b23) Timings 2.27, 2.54, 9.44, 9.38, 4.77, 2.25, 2.35, 4.86, 4.74, 4.77, 2.48, 2.20 b24) Timings [4.76 4.37] [4.93 4.75] [4.84 2.29 2.04] 9.38 9.49 9.38 18.89 9.87 9.04 9.38 sec. b25) ssm: +5; Timings 9.87 9.48 9.30 9.51 9.80 [6.01(F, 1) 3.81] 9.75 9.54 9.47 sec. One brighter flash inbetween. b26) Timings 9.11 9.14 9.33 9.35 9.61 8.96 9.94 sec; Sixth timing early. Clearly synodic effect; Sat became almost S, 4 in zenith; b27) Timings 10.12 8.73 7.68 8.96 10.11 9.06 4.69 4.82 5.07 4.17 5.08 4.47 sec; First 2 flashes mag -2 and -1. b28) some F, +5; Timings 9.54 [6.17 2.81](1fl) 9.05 9.63 9.95 9.39 18.17(2fl) [3.08 8.87 10.88 5.87](3fl) 9.84 sec. b29) some F, +1; Timings 3.11 5.65 3.28 11.33 4.19 9.58 4.40 7.16 2.29 4.11 3.24 1.85 2.42 2.54 2.42 2.12 4.04 3.32 1.74 2.73 1.93 2.45 2.17 2.44 1.98 2.73 1.98 2.44 2.28 4.49 2.68 2.20 2.32 2.12 2.54 2.41 2.41 2.03 2.40 2.13 2.56 2.13 2.53 2.22 sec. b30) +3(4)->inv; Timings 4.89 4.75 4.77 4.17 4.62 9.07 [2.71 2.30] [2.10 2.00] [2.00 2.58] [2.36 2.31] [2.21 2.52] [1.78 2.64 2.21] [2.39 2.32] [2.59 2.09] In the 2nd but last set, there was some sort of time shift; b31) +3(5)->inv; Timings 4.40 4.64 4.36 4.69 4.52 4.46 4.79 4.33 4.88 4.33 4.99 4.33 [2.97 2.07] 4.51 [2.46 2.79] 3.77 [2.91 2.12] 4.50 [2.59 6.66* 3.15](2) [2.02 1.93] [2.28 3.15 1.47](2?) [2.31 2.30] Also a time shift in the one but last set, like the day before. The sat was beautifully orange. b34) Timings [2.39 6.82] 9.18 9.10 [5.12 4.28] 9.27 9.43 8.84 7.07 9.22 11.99 [4.45 2.45 1.95] [2.40 1.98 2.51] [2.21 2.37 2.21] [4.64 2.73 2.22] [4.29 2.69 2.16] b35) Timings [3.73 9.50] 13.20 [5.09 3.77 4.68] [4.93 3.97 4.60] [4.33 4.70 4.89] [4.36 4.29 4.21] [5.07 4.74 4.47] b36) Timings [4.79 4.58] [4.32 4.34] [4.67 4.60] [4.70 4.05] [3.24 2.25 3.77] [2.97 2.21 4.42] [2.49 2.22 4.49] [2.41 2.35 4.39] [2.50 6.61] [2.73 6.55] 9.32 [5.05 3.99] b37) Timings 4.16 4.71 4.64 4.18 4.57 4.79 4.64 4.37 5.31 3.81 4.75 3.96 5.05 4.57 b38) Timings 4.26 5.95 b39) Timings 5.22 6.78 11.22 8.06 6.01 8.90 3.19 2.24 3.42 3.10 6.40 3.26 2.17 3.96 3.76 4.89 46.44 9.38 13.98 4.36 4.48 9.34 8.97 sec. In the long timing the sat made a bright, mag +1 flash towards the end. Number of periods determined as many timings can be combined to 18 b40) sm; +5 Timings [5.21 3.75] 9.18 [5.46 4.26] 8.90 [5.10 6.15 2.95 9.09 4.84](3?) Possible combined period. b41) Timings [5.11 4.13] [5.22 3.42] 9.43 8.86 9.26 9.16 [5.44 3.46] [4.99 4.19] [5.28 3.67] b42) Some F, magn +4; Timings [3.96 3.72] [4.00 3.95] [4.12 3.65] 8.00 [4.78 3.23] [4.50 3.55] [4.39 3.55] 8.31 [4.10 3.73] [2.11 6.00] 8.36 7.89 [4.50 3.90] b43) Optical pattern changed from irregular to regular. Irregelar in this case means several relative maxima within a period that disappeared later in the transit. b44) some F +3; Timings 13.51 4.02 6.68 2.99 3.71 7.12 3.23 3.18 5.77 4.45 3.36 6.94 6.53 Some flashes were sharp and bright. b45) Timings 7.21 [4.94 4.05] 7.95 [4.20 3.94] 8.62 [3.99 3.76] 8.48 [4.06 3.67] [4.66 3.71] sec. b46) Timings [9.26 3.50 3.76] [8.24 4.28 3.98] [8.40 3.99 3.98] [8.01 4.56 3.95] sec. b47) Timings 17.11 18.16 16.20 16.12 18.48 16.33 15.67 sec. b48) Timings 16.11 18.66 15.64 16.34 15.27 16.40 16.50 sec. Sm not timed. b49) 2 flashes but then lost in trees. b50) Timed only sharp flashes, but they got more flat at end. Secondary maxs were A. b51) Cycle 15,17,19 had normal pre-max flash (not timed), 17 included a bright meteor passing by. b52) I tried to determine a combined but rather constant period and found following: f 3.15 f 5.78 a 2.67 sum = 11.60 f 3.00 f 6.12 a 2.62 sum = 11.74 f 3.10 f 3.56 a 2.38 a 2.62 sum = 11.66 a 3.07 a 3.40 a 3.20 m 1.99 sum = 11.66 a 2.91 a 3.43 ? 5.40 sum = 11.74 m 2.85 f 3.52 a 5.34 sum = 11.71 a 2.96 => phase change? f 3.16 f 3.31 a 5.17 sum = 11.64 a 3.52 a 2.39 a 5.71 sum = 11.62 a: round maximum; f: flashy maximum; m: flat maximum. b53) timings with groups within parentheses: (4.84 6.75) (5.86 2.86 2.47) (5.99 2.77 2.71) (8.39 3.01) (3.34 2.73 2.79 2.51) b54) MUCH faster than ever before, bright flashes near apex of pass in WNW b55) Seems to have a pattern of 6,5,4->8 mag cycles b56) Amazing pass, tended to "disappear" after very bright flashes. Only primary flash used for period. b57) Timings 5.74 6.05 6.73 6.48 6.03 5.84 6.25 6.46 5.17 12.54 6.48 6.17 5.58 6.23 sec. b58) Pick a period! Phase angle seems to be affecting period strongly. Timings all within 0.5s range this time, so confident in this accuracy. b59) Timings [2.69] 8.82 2.89 8.97 3.07 32.75 3.13 9.21 2.75 11.75 9.04 3.84 11.34 Culmination 18°269° at 19:29:32. b60) +5.5(6.5)->inv; Timings 6.07 5.68 6.49 5.82 5.84 7.03 5.63 5.19 5.84 6.79 5.49 6.12 6.10 5.84 6.41 5.49 5.82 6.14 6.22 5.64 6.70 4.92 6.89 2.34 3.12 11.52 11.87 6.42 5.38 6.16 6.15 6.23 5.35 6.83 5.34 6.25 5.81 11.81 23.74 11.88 Culmination 32°/264° at 19:02:30. b61) +6.5(7.5)->inv; Timings 7.28 4.84 6.66 5.50 5.97 5.73 6.27 5.63 3.84 8.13 11.56 12.05 11.54 12.74 11.51 Culmination 22°/267° at 19:18:44. b62) Timings: 11.65 12.10 12.03 6.92 16.35 7.42 5.05 6.37 4.82 12.45 3.47 8.46 5.96 12.33 17.02 (29.78) Culmination 60°/072° at 17:35:06. b63) Timings (2.91) 8.89 2.50 12.13 11.81 11.88 11.96 8.64 3.74 11.59 5.79 3.30 2.72 21.25 14.24 12.05 11.78 11.93 (9.10) Culmination 18°/269° at 19:27:21. b64) Timings 11.86 9.23 2.74 9.26 2.88 6.17 5.95 9.61 2.58 12.00 5.98 3.46 2.59 12.22 12.13 12.12 12.08 12.11 12.18 Culmination at 19:24:02 Az 268° alt 20° b65) Timings 18.06 18.84 18.70 18.88 18.39 10.86 7.92 8.79 10.21 10.25 8.31 18.5118.49 18.49 9.95 8.51 18.25 18.65 [11.77 6.82 12.03] Culmination at 18:28:16 at Az 260° alt 58° b66) Timings 18.56 18.49 19.08 18.67 19.59 92.10(5A) 18.45 19.94 17.52 19.60 18.68 19.15 Culmination at 18:20:42 Az 259° alt 68° Timings taken at the end of each flat maxima (M) b67) Timings 18.20 13.93 5.02 18.43 19.40 18.76 9.70 4.21 4.85 19.15 5.93 12.36 5.46 4.00 4.47 4.97 18.81 18.75 7.25 2.37 8.73 4.56 13.99 5.65 22.02 3.13 15.77 10.60 Culminaton at 18:40:01 at Az 242° alt 45°. Mainly F and some a +7, up to culmination. b68) Timings: 9.06 3.53 3.81 12.66 2.69 1.84 8.91 3.56 4.01 8.34 4.30 4.44 8.94 3.18 2.71 1.61 8.66 3.79 4.33 8.82 3.56 3.85 8.33 4.52 4.16 9.00 3.26 4.16 8.68 3.92 4.35 7.50 4.61 4.09 7.85 4.49 4.01 Culmination 60°/260° at 18:23:01 b69) Timings: 12.52 12.15 12.66 12.28 7.01 5.56 6.63 5.36 6.69 6.72 5.74 5.62 Culmination 43°/262° at 18:46:09. b70) Timings: 9.16 8.41 8.11 9.67 7.60 9.44 8.95 8.50 7.83 9.74 7.42 9.78 [7.74] Culmination 48°/262° at 18:31:04. b71) Timings: 9.66 4.00 4.00 9.26 1.59 6.96 10.73 7.06 9.50 8.22 8.96 1.68 2.62 4.79 9.03 1.06 2.74 4.54 8.64 4.37 4.29 13.50 4.06 13 36 4.43 13.15 4.65 10.23 7.21 As per previous observations, the photometric period should be 17.66 seconds with the following photometric behaviour: A'aaA', 6.5(7.5)(7.5)(6.5). Culmination 26°/266° at 18:42:19. b72) Timings: 6.37 6.49 6.43 6.48 6.54 6.54 Expected exit from eclipse 13°/359° at 21:05:29 end 1983-022A 1983-041A 14050 GOES 6 1) ID as GOES 6 needs confirmation 2) Saw a strange flasher at 10h18m -4 @ 3:11:06, drifting east a bit. May have been GOES 6 (14050, 83-41A), but period was <2s. end 1983-041A 1983-066A 14160 Gorizont 7 b1) On 050530 I found 83066A = #14160 = Gorizont 7 flashing with a period of 82.2s near Gamma LIB. The flashes were mag 7 or 8, much fainter than usual for a Gorizont. Identity confirmed 050531. Currently (050531) at longitude 4deg W, drifting westwards at 7° per day. b2) Mike got Gorizont 7 (83-066A, 14160) in the scope. It was too faint for my binoculars. It was reported by Mike Waterman last May. The flash period tonight was under 82 seconds (accelerated a bit from end of May.) end 1983-066A 1983-069H 14178 Kosmos 1480 1) Unexpectedly bright for this tiny sat, kind of flare? In same FOV as 33331 2008-042A Geoeye 1 end 1983-069H 1983-070A 14182 Kosmos 1481 b1) Dubious on this one - I have tried several times to see Kosmos-1481 and just don't - is it really a 6 mag object? b2) I saw this satellite unintentionally due to its bright flashes. I was able to identify it as an Oko (Kosmos 1481) end 1983-070A 1983-075B 14208 Kosmos 1484 rocket [SL-3, Vostok] b1) Variable appearance. Needs confirmation. end 1983-075B 1983-094A 14328 Satcom 2R b1) While looking for 91014A = Raduga27 last night (29th) I accidentally found a near-GSO flasher not in PPAS10. It is 83094A = #14328 = RCA Satcom 2R and was flashing about mag 6 every 46.241 secs. I first saw it at about 2154 UT RA=2344 Dec=-13.4 and was still flashing at 221146 UT RA=0002 Dec=-13.2 These positions are near full phase (eclipse starting 2222 UT) and maybe it only flashes when nearly opposite the sun. It is currently near longitude 14 deg east, drifting about 3 deg per day westwards. end 1983-094A 1983-113A 14506 DMSP 5D-2 F7 b1) Only 2 flashes seen, otherwise steady end 1983-113A 1984-001D 14614 Kosmos 1525 1) Seen as an UNID - one flash near Kappa CMa then could not find again in 12 x 60's end 1984-001D 1984-012A 14690 OPS 8737 (NOSS 1-6 MSD) b1) This object has disrupted. This object was also observed on December 19 at 07:06:20 U.T. It now spins rapidly. Estimated revs/day is 13.4111.. b2) From TJM: Russell recovered 84012A on Dec 19 UTC, which he initially reported as an unknown, running more than 20 min late relative the epoch Nov 08 elements. He made the confirming observations on Dec 21 UTC. He reports that coincident with the significantly late arrival, the object no longer is steady in brightness, and has a ~1 s period of variation, which indicates that it has undergone a small explosive release of some sort. The object is the Multiple Satellite Dispenser of the NOSS 1-6 triad, so it has a propulsion system, which could have experienced a rupture. b3) AR: The supposed 84 012A was flashing F'f' +6(6.5)->inv with a period of 1.99 secs (or 7.96 secs if f'f ...f 'f +8(8)->inv just 10° over the horizon). I followed the object for 3 minutes. As far as I know, 84 012A is not considered a flashing sat. b4) in early evening transit 84012A showed alternating bright and faint flashes b5) in subsequent transit 84012A showed only bright flashes but not as bright as in the early transit. Moreover the fp was longer than in the early transit between the bright flashes. b6) stoptime is not real, my electronic chronograph failed, battery empty. Reconstruction from clicks of its button on voice recording. end 1984-012A 1984-012F 14795 JD 3 b1) Between 0945 and 0947UT I observed a series of flashes moving from the South to the North above the western horizon. Later, consulting CalSky, I identified this as 1984-012F. I only report this as the listed end 1984-012F 1984-019B 14760 Kosmos 1538 rocket [Kosmos] b1) Timings 04.97 04.73 04.85 04.89 05.46 04.15 09.52(2A) 05.34 04.52 05.21 04.67 04.69 05.20 04.34 05.30 end 1984-019B 1984-047H 15054 Kosmos 1554 aux. motor b1) Timings [7.32 7.65 6.54] [7.59 7.62 6.66] sec. Clouds made more obs impossible, timed two more flashes: 7.30 7.37 sec. Fast moving sat. end 1984-047H 1984-065C 15071 USA 3 b1) 01 11 16.24 M1 -19.01 124.18 (sun elev. & phs) 01 11 18.17 M2 MAX with embedded flash 01 11 21.25 f 01 11 23.56 f 01 11 27.00 f 01 11 36.93 M1 -19.11 118.04 01 11 39.37 M2 MAX with embedded flash 01 11 44.24 f 01 11 49.53 f -19.18 111.85 01 11 58.52 M2 MAX with embedded flash b2) Timings: 21.01 20.83 20.73 Culmination 26°/070° at 04:29:45. b3) Timings: 20.32 21.09 22.02 12.11 8.55 10.94 9.79 11.57 11.89 9.49 11.32 Culmination 32°/287° at 18:38:06 end 1984-065C 1984-096D 15270 Kosmos 1596 (Oko) b1) Last flash not seen, after ShI, but estimated to get full cycle time. end 1984-096D 1984-106B 15334 Kosmos 1602 rocket-2 [Proton] b1) Seen as UNID. sa - missed 2 maxes end 1984-106B 1984-109B 15360 Kosmos 1605 rocket [Kosmos] b1) Timings 6.28 6.58 5.41 5.41 4.80 4.19 5.23 4.33 4.89 4.07 4.43 4.89 5.26 3.70 4.33 3.24 3.90 4.17 4.73 4.14 sec. Not sure about number of flashes, due to small amplitude. end 1984-109B 1984-113E 15390 Leasat 1 PKM b1) Timings 4.45 (10.16 2.25) 4.65 3.90 4.26 4.72 3.90 4.60 4.06 8.53(2F) 4.81 16.66(4F) 4.82 8.45(2F) 4.35 8.84(2F) 4.10 8.56(2F) 4.55 4.00 4.26 4.30 end 1984-113E 1984-114A 15385 Spacenet 2 b1) Ed Cannon: This is a "flashing geosynch". Mike McCants found it flashing last night. To my knowledge the only time it has been observed previously was by Steve LaLumondiere in May 2000 (reported to SeeSat). The flash period is about 96.40 (or twice that?). It had some interesting variations in the brightness and timing of the maxima, including at least a couple of double maxima. b2) Area of sky RA 12h 54m decl +0° 32' It was a few minutes between bright flashes, so less interesting to observe. end 1984-114A 1984-114E 27740 Ariane 3 debris b1) flashed brighter by 1 magnitude. end 1984-114 E 1984-123A 15427 NOAA 9 b1) Timings 44.49 67.63 35.44 31.04 sec. Time 1 and 2 together for 3 flashes? Then P=35.72 sec b2) Timings 44.90 29.95 60.22 35.57 sec. Got dtm near zenit. b3) Timings; 18.80(1) 75.21(4) 47.08(6) sec. b4) Timings 6.89 27.43 28.82 11.18 22.68 49.51 8.50 8.18 14.43 sec. Great difference in flashintervals. Period not certain. b5) Much variation in times: 18.37 29.96 25.28 32.53 39.02 sec. b6) Timings 38.66 46.51 55.37 sec. Second flash was a bright flare. b7) Timings 38.21 26.25 30.74 sec. b8) Timings 40.47 53.54 sec. b9) Timings 56.54 73.44 [8.16+50.02] sec. Somewhat Irr. also a sm b10) Several (secondary) maxima not timed; large spread. Timings on bright flashes: 45.28 36.25 sec. b11) Timings 13.46 13.39 34.68 11.35 sec. b12) Timings 71.14 61.88 sec. Type of max differs from flash to flash. b13) Timings 21.43 100.09 15.80 19.97 13.99 sec. Long almost S phase in the northeast. later flashes to the north. b14) Timings 35.62 49.84 34.13 [11.06 39.88] b15) Timings 44.86 41.44 46.81 sec. b16) Timings 9.06 11.30 18.85 3.51 17.59 sec. Didn't time some secondary max as they were very flat. Ghost object? was reported between 84-123 A reports. FF.var. 1(4->i Timings 7.87 17.81 46.16 38.09 44.55 7.14 sec. Irr flashing with two bright flashes to mag 1. one double b17) Timings 20.66 9.80 sec b18) Timings 3.34 70.31 93.44 sec. The first two flashes were bright; then slowly var with some flashes. b19) Timings 17.74 39.62 sec. b20) Timings 15.82 15.18 36.83 29.46 15.09 sec. The long timing in the middle pushes the period up. b21) Timings [9.95 12.67] 19.79 40.08 sec. b22) +2(5)->inv; Timed on the bright flashes: 42.88 16.55 sec. Not all flashes seen due to clouds. b23) Timings 75.04 [27.49 44.77] sec. b24) Timings 38.02 24.44 sec; Dtm, missed a max? b25) Timings 21.33 59.69 sec. b26) Timings 34.32 18.67 20.15 10.79 13.34 11.97 30.50 8.47 31.24 47.14 sec. b27) Timings 34.57 147.76(5) 57.42(2) 32.29 29.34 sec In the longer timings the sat was mostly S, 5. b28) Timings 51.79 49.58 sec. b29) Timings 13.28 33.35 52.24 21.23 10.56 26.09 sec. b30) Timings 52.74 [14.91 12.39 22.69] 43.00 sec. Dtm in a low easterly pass. b31) Evolved to almost S, magn. +5. Timings 30.41 25.24 21.49 sec. b32) flare to +3 end 1984-123A 1985-020A 15592 Kosmos 1633 b1) end 1985-020A 1985-035A 15677 Gstar 1 b1) 2 flashes seen, about 60s apart, but had to pick up stopwatch, so not accurate. end 1985-035A 1985-040A 15738 Molniya 3-24 b1) end 1985-040A 1985-055B 15874 Intelsat-5 11 rocket [Centaur] b1) Intelsat 511 Centaur Rk (seen accidentally at range of 8,000 km) b2) Timings 8.87 57.61 29.22 sec. Hard to observe; just four flashes seen for sure. b3) Timings 9.97 19.30 19.16 10.17 56.27 77.02 sec. Hard to observe, also due to some cirrus. b4) Timings 10.05 9.94 10.19 9.93 10.03 10.10 10.00 10.02 10.05 10.09 9.92 10.01 b5) Timings 10.09 9.20 10.97 10.13 9.87 9.63 10.53 9.50 10.65 10.04 10.00 10.06 9.90 9.84 10.00 10.39 9.71 10.29 9.90 9.97 10.00 10.34 10.19 9.75 10.31 9.83 b6) Timings 10.09 9.20 10.97 10.13 9.87 9.63 10.53 9.50 10.65 10.04 10.00 10.06 9.90 9.84 10.00 10.39 9.71 10.29 9.90 9.97 10.00 10.34 10.19 9.75 10.31 9.83 b7) Timings 9.95 10.37 9.77 10.48 9.94 10.16 10.13 10.09 10.03 10.17 10.02 10.15 10.06 10.04 10.28 10.09 10.00 9.97 10.39 9.92 10.15 10.16 10.19 10.13 b8) Timings 10.39 9.81 10.31 9.90 10.17 10.06 9.84 10.28 9.97 10.00 10.03 10.13 9.91 10.15 9.97 9.97 10.12 10.15 9.73 10.20 9.83 10.30 9.79 10.28 10.03 10.07 10.15 9.97 10.07 10.00 9.96 10.00 b9) Timings 10.06 10.00 10.10 19.97(2F) 20.28(2) 10.29 9.81 10.29 10.06 10.03 9.94 10.00 10.06 10.12 9.85 9.72 20.74(2) 10.19 9.88 9.62 10.40 10.23 9.97 10.25 9.78 9.62 10.19 10.35 10.29 9.83 9.81 10.10 10.71 9.87 10.35 9.78 10.22 9.78 9.38 9.81 11.03. b10) Timings 7.50 2.06 10.24 9.85 10.45 9.81 10.63 9.62 10.66 9.74 10.35 9.91 10.40 9.85 10.41 9.87 10.47 9.38 11.18 9.44 10.48 9.82 10.58 9.77 10.14 10.15 10.53 9.53 10.59 9.63 10.44 9.87 10.69 9.59 9.84 10.51 10.53 9.61 10.73 9.25 10.80 9.54 10.83 [9.71] Culmination 16°/208° at 17:53:09. b11) Timings: 10.68 9.97 10.57 9.98 10.64 10.02 10.38 10.32 10.38 10.06 10.74 9.95 10.71 9.97 [10.63] Predicted eclipse 37°/176° at 21:30:21. end 1985-055B 1985-056C 17255 Ariane 1 deb b1) Range 17716 km; Az 219, El 36 Approx Flash period 1 ­ 2 sec 10.5. mag This object wandered through my field of view while I was waiting for GOES 11 to flash. Its predicted brightness was 14 mag so it would seem to be brighter than advertised. b2) I happend to observe this object again on Saturday Night from Alpha Ridge Park (39.3058 N, 76.8992 W, 146 mALS). It seems to flicker rather than flash making it (for me) difficult to time. end 1985-056C 1985-070A 15946 Raduga 16 b1) The last two nights I was able to observe Raduga 16 (85-070A, 15946) with a flash period of 56 seconds. This was roughly 4:30 to 5:00 UTC. Either it quits earlier each night or there was a phase shift Sunday PM and I gave up too soon. end 1985-070A 1985-071A 15952 Kosmos 1675 (Oko) b1) Best pass so far and still don't see variability in several passes. end 1985-071A 1985-076C 15994 ASC 1 b1) In the FOV of the 8x42 together with 21533, Gorizont 23; at about roughly RA 15:30-50 (about 5:30-6:15 UTC). end 1985-076C 1985-079B 16012 Kosmos 1680 rocket [Kosmos] b1) Timings 10.16 10.86 10.89 9.09 10.56 11.84 10.78 9.64 9.95 12.54 sec. b2) A somewhat strange flashpattern: 13.71 12.11 12.63 12.87 12.79 14.03 12.55 13.26 13.90 14.04 sec. b3) Timings 17.50 18.19 18.66 18.79 sec. Slowly increasing P due to synodic effect. b4) Timings [16.06 23.57] [21.19 17.52] [16.14 26.05] sec. Complex period. b5) Timings 20.80 18.94 13.41 24.77 16.88 sec. b6) Timings 22.66 18.26 15.77 18.54 18.14 sec. b7) Timings 18.03 15.24 17.69 20.40 17.59 16.74 sec. b8) Timings 24.36 18.91 23.07 20.41 19.82 22.40 sec. b9) Timings 20.76 20.43 20.64 21.10 sec. b10) Timings 20.57 22.37 21.12 20.66 sec. b11) Timings [17.45 20.05] [17.47 20.94] sec. Combined period of 17.4 and 20.6 sec. b12) Timings [16.14 19.15] [16.34 19.08] [14.50 20.81] sec. One timing before of 21.47 sec. b13) Timings 18.69 20.66 20.17 20.14 18.32 22.21 sec. b14) Timings 17.69 20.77 18.83 22.07 19.10 20.72 sec. b15) Timings 19.74 19.11 20.36 21.89 sec. b16) Timings 21.68 23.29 23.18 17.25 sec. b17) Timings 20.96 17.63(early timing) 24.38 19.83 20.91 21.28 sec. b18) Timings 20.51 20.12 22.16 22.57 sec. b19) Timings 21s.73 21.20 20.36 b20) Timings 21.80 19.43 22.72 30.25 23.30 35.15 sec. b21) Timings 29.34 43.92 sec. Dtm; indications of sm, not timed. b22) Timings 22.82 19.00 19.74 17.63 20.25 sec. b23) Timings 13.37 17.76 18.39 16.04 17.75 18.89 sec. b24) Timings 17.59 16.12 17.56 18.05 16.97 18.64 sec. b25) Timings 15.72 14.81 14.44 15.16 15.47 15.08 sec. b26) Timings 13.57 14.06 15.09 14.38 sec. b27) Timings 11.75 13.40 13.38 14.69 12.73 13.37 sec. b28) Timings 13.10 14.62 13.87 14.67 12.04 13.59 sec. b29) Timings 13.80 11.50 13.91 11.87 16.29 13.53 13.69 13.62 13.07 b30) Timings 12.37 12.54 12.25 12.28 11.88 14.64 11.57 11.24 13.00 14.60 24.34(2A) 13.82 13.59 Culmination 40°/297° at 19:06:21. b31) Timings 11.97 13.18 13.89 13.26 13.56 13.61 sec b32) Timings 13.14 11.06 12.75 11.19 12.72 11.05 11.66 12.48 Eclipse time 18:18:40 18°/028°. b33) Timings: 10s.19 10.12 10.65 10.52 9.82 10.48 10.77 9.89 10.05 10.60 Culmination 36°/064° at 18:08:17. b34) Timings: 9.01 11.51 8.49 10.64 9.09 18.62(2A) Culmination 72°/293° at 17:29:53. b35) Timings: 9.92 9.20 10.04 9.35 10.08 10.89 7.71 9.30 12.19 10.28 8.79 9.99 10.72 10.35 Culm. 40°/297° at 17:26:08. b36) Timings: 10.16 9.81 10.51 9.91 11.08 10.44 10.06 9.57 10.11 11.40 10.30 9.69 11.46 9.91 8.92 11.64 10.36 10.37 8.71 11.26 9.71 11.16 Culmination 52°/067° at 19:08:50. b37) Timings: 10.56 9.60 10.38 9.66 10.58 10.97 9.60 10.49 10.54 9.86 10.23 10.41 11.28 9.42 10.33 10.14 10.71 9.87 Culmination 32°/259° at 20:15:27. Observed from site 4542. end 1985-079B 1985-087A 16101 Intelsat-5A 12 b1) The phase shift a while ago was between 5:36:47 and 5:39:00 June 28 UTC. when I couldn't see it. So it ought to be visible from the west coast of North America. Its flash episode is about 12-13 minutes later from night to night. Its flash period is speeding up about .18 second in five nights. end 1985-087A 1985-087B 16102 Intelsat-5A 12 Rocket [Centaur] b1) timings 4.21, 4.61, 4.34, 5.43, 3.67, 22.38 (5), 22.38 (5) 44.76(10) combined period. b2) timings 4.67 4.42 4.20 22.83(5fl) 22.47(59 17.84(4) 22.50(5) 71.94(16) combined period, as per previous obs. b3) timings 22s.40(5fl) 4.43 4.67 4.41 4.51 4.42 22.57(5) 22.48(5) 22.50(5) 22.45(5) 5.70 21.25(5) 22.35(5) 22.73(5) 22.47(5) 17.81(4) 49.12(11) b4) Timings 8.28 8.36 8.60 4.04 4.14 8.51 8.22 8.63 8.08 8.36 8.20 8.70 8.09 8.61 8.02 8.62 8.22 8.43 8.17 8.59 8.24 8.51 8.24 8.42 8.03 8.68 8.16 8.66 8.03 8.59 8.20 8.33 8.22 8.69 4.29 3.97 8.26 8.39 8.45 8.11 8.41 8.16 8.68 8.19 8.53 8.15 8.32 8.37 8.62 7.94 Combined period? b5) Timings 4.74 4.66 4.65 4.55 4.76 4.65 4.58 4.72 4.76 4.66 4.77 4.77 4.69 4.60 4.72 4.77 4.68 4.60 4.79 4.63 4.73 4.76 4.60 4.81 4.59 4.77 4.62 4.74 4.70 4.74 4.67 4.57 4.79 4.84 4.50 4.82 4.60 4.82 4.60 4.82 4.64 4.70 4.63 4.84 4.64 4.58 4.85 4.65 4.75 b6) Timings 4.62 4.66 4.67 4.71 4.65 4.66 4.69 4.66 4.74 4.65 4.70 4.68 4.78 b7) Some double flashes may have affected the flash period - obs of 07-04-20 should be used instead b8) Got in 12X60s after previous night in 125mm Mak; still can't nail period b9) Timings 4.65 4.66 4.81 4.58 4.80 4.50 4.93 4.72 4.69 2.50 2.21 4.75 2.51 6.91 2.37 2.44 4.59 2.43 2.26 4.74 2.42 2.26 4.80 2.40 2.25 4.68 2.48 2.25 4.72 4.78 4.64 4.80 4.69 4.74 4.74 4.64 4.71 4.68 4.80 4.69 4.64 4.73 4.81 4.72 4.68 4.76 4.66 4.51 4.89 4.78 4.65 4.79 4.66 4.75 4.65 80.22(17F) 4.74 b10) Timings 4.67 5.09 4.51 5.08 4.53 5.05 4.45 5.22 4.63 5.03 4.75 4.87 4.70 4.74 4.85 4.98 4.64 5.26 4.42 5.13 4.66 5.08 4.63 5.03 4.36 5.55 4.47 4.94 4.56 5.26 4.52 5.22 4.56 4.95 4.52 5.36 4.26 5.32 4.34 5.17 4.66 5.11 4.31 5.38 4.50 5.10 4.11 5.49 4.50 5.22 4.61 5.04 4.49 5.30 4.39 5.01 4.61 5.31 4.26 5.44 4.51 53.49(11F) Culmination 28°/189° at 19:46:58. b11) Timings 9.52 9.59 9.53 9.59 4.87 14.36(3F) 9.57 28.82(6) 9.65(2) 4.82 4.74 4.85 9.53(2) 19.07(4) 14.35(3) 4.87 4.84 9.49(2) 9.57(2) 4.84 4.85 14.54(3) 14.18(3) 4.78 4.91 4.66 14.46(3) 9.45(2) 4.95 4.70 14.40(3) 4.78 9.67(2) 4.70 14.45(3) 9.59(2) 4.82 4.74 9.67(2) 4.67 4.81 4.90 19.10(4) 4.77 14.58(4) 9.53(2) 4.74 4.65 4.89 4.78 4.82 4.72 9.60(2) 4.89 4.73 4.29 5.30 4.81 4.83 4.69 4.77 4.86 4.77 4.79 4.81 4.86 9.54(2) 4.77 4.89 4.71 4.76 14.51(3) 9.45(2) 4.86 9.63(2) 4.72 4.75 4.87 4.76 9.58(2) 9.60(2) 4.81 4.88 4.68 4.82 4.69 4.76 4.92 4.76 4.76 4.86 4.79 9.55(2) 4.77 4.80 5.07 4.52 4.68 [4.91] Eclipse time 21:11:16 22°/155°. end 1985-087B 1985-090B 16111 Kosmos 1689 rocket [Vostok] b1) Could only get 1 cycle as it was an UNID at first- it had also been +2 very low in S which caught my eye. Always listed as S in PPAS database - has it changed? b2) No sign of variability on this low eastern pass, make dubious last report of its variability. end 1985-090B 1985-094G 16144 Kosmos 1690-1695 rocket [Tsyklon] b1) Timings 15.00 6.31 14.38 7.71 19.58 17.21 22.44 sec. Two sm at the beginning of the pass; phase shift in the middle? b2) Timings 21.90 22.64 23.21 22.00 sec. b3) Timings 24.22 23.92 22.51 23.32 19.06 29.04 sec. Fifth timing was early. b4) Timings 23.83 21.61 44.44 21.34 21.68 sec. b5) Timings 17.69 19.47 18.11 19.21 sec. Period double at 37.2 sec? b6) Timings 17.67 14.67 17.18 16.44 23.22 17.16 20.02 sec. b7) Timings 17.82 (10.89 7.22) (11.85 8.16) (9.71 9.96) sec. Combined period. b8) Most maxima had mag +7, some mag +5 b9) Timings 10.23 11.49 19.28 21.51 19.13 19.84 20.86 22.44 22.52 19.93 20.81 b10) Timings 23.10 20.76 22.28 22.36 sec. b11) Timings 23.92 23.62 22.23 22.72 23.65 70.42(3A) A' lasting about 18 seconds. b12) Timings 22.64 22.65 22.80 22.78 sec. b13) Timings 20.29 20.44 21.07 19.95 sec. b14) Timings 20.39 18.14 18.62 sec. b15) Observation under a poor sky. b16) Timings 16.81 17.62 35.25(2A) 16.97 52.03(3A) 17.66 18.50 16.87 16.75 18.36 15.45 b17) Timings 16.12 15.41 18.01 13.97 sec. b18) Timings 15.09 13.68 26.16 20.52 18.48 16.28 19.79 18.49 14.72 fm b19) Timings 25.82 17.64 22.51 24.75 20.38 23.77 Culmination 29°/068° at 18:22:50 b20) Timings 21.50 22.12 22.49 23.10 22.64 22.07 23.23 23.19 21.90 22.50 22.98 22.75 Culmination 50°/271° at 19:29:48 b21) Timings 14.68 6.68 14.74 6.68 15.43 4.91 9.55 2.97 11.78 8.93 11.49 7.76 3.77 30.11 3.13 22.04 11.16 9.72 20.80 22.26 11.55 9.34 11.41 10.67 12.68 8.59 21.71 Culmination 42°/273° at 18:50:24. b22) Another one that "lost" its initial minor A period during pass - not counted. b23) Timings 17.01 17.73 18.41 15.98 17.58 17.85 18.00 17.10 17.34 18.34 15.98 17.39 16.93 15.57 18.43 19.33 Culmination 43°/287° at 19:36:32. b24) Timings 8.38 8.76 7.70 8.18 9.64 8.48 8.65 8.82 8.50 8.50 8.82 8.08 8.83 7.90 9.24 8.11 9.29 8.26 8.98 7.36 17.62 17.80 17.04 At the beginning, short A +7.5, at the end of observation long A +6.5. Culmination 85°/279° at 18:23:43. b25) Timings 16.82 17.67 16.26 18.13 17.89 17.22 17.82 16.64 18.00 16.63 17.52 18.18 17.62 13.91 18.54 15.84 20.12 17.90 [18.07] Culmination 18°/299° at 20:20:48. b26) timings are 14.94 16.82 17.44 17.92 16.17 low in southwest. b27) Sharp start to cycle, almost like a flash, then slow to fade. b28) including some flashes at begin and end which were deviating b29) excluding some flashes at begin and end which were deviating end 1985-094G 1985-097B 16182 Kosmos 1697 rocket [Zenit] b1) Timings 12.67 8.82 7.92 6.78 5.33 6.07 5.60 4.80 4.66 3.66 sec. Irr pattern. b2) Timings 20.83 17.24 16.34 20.90 sec. end 1985-097B 1985-116B 16369 Kosmos 1709 rocket [Kosmos] b1) Timings 8.68 5.85 3.90 4.60 7.65 5.46 5.87 5.82 4.36 4.08 sec. were checked with Synodic to determine the correct number of flashes end 1985-116B 1985-117A 16393 Molniya-3 27 b1) Trying to find flaring geosats. also by chance I found Intelsat 5-1 rk #12497 at 9500 km range. flashing to +6 with 12.52 s period. Secondary maxima were perhaps +7. and slightly later than half-period. end 1985-117A 1986-019A 16613 SPOT 1 b1) end 1986-019A 1986-019B 16614 Viking b1) Some very bright flashes far to the north b2) fainter than expected by 1 mag; flashed brigther than expected by 2 mag. b3) Timings group A: [2.97 3.43 3.32 9.86 3.08 13.18] sum = 35.84 group B: [3.51 6.09 3.47 6.45 3.43 3.04 13.19] sum = 39.18 group C: [3.15 3.20 6.49 10.04] sum = 22.88 some tricky assumptions: a basic unit of 97.90/30 = 3.263 seconds exists; group A contains 11 such basic units, makes 11 * 3.262 = 35.90 group B contains a full "rotation" of 12 basic units, makes 12 * 3.263 = 39.16 group C contains 7 such basic units, makes 7 * 3.263 = 22.84 b4) Timings Following the same assumption as in previous note: 6.32 = 2 basic units (of 3.263 seconds) 9.70 = 3 basic units 6.41 = 2 basic units 6.98 = 2 basic units sum = 9 basic units = 29.41 seconds A full rotation should be 12 basic units, this is 12/9 * 29.41 = 39.21 seconds end 1986-019B 1986-019C 16615 SPOT 1 rocket [Ariane 1] b1) Timings 3.87 6.91 6.17 4.95 5.46 5.75 4.21 4.68 sec. A bit Irr. end 1986-019C 1986-019S 17122 SPOT 1 rocket debris b1) Timings 2.15 2.15 2.00 1.81 2.04 2.34 1.59 2.08 2.13 2.00 2.17 2.18 1.76 2.03 2.27 3.08 2.18 5.51 2.92 1.84 1.60 1.80 2.01 sec end 1986-019S 1986-024A 16647 Kosmos 1736 b1) Obvious naked eye flare at zenith, then tracked in 12x70s S at 7 mag end 1986-024A 1986-061A 16908 Ajisai b1) Difficult to see. Just some flashes now and then. Timings [3.11 5.54] [2.59 6.34] [5.64 4.12 5.53](2) 7.72 6.69 7.16 9.12 sec b2) Timings 2.01 2.04 1.71 1.77 2.25 1.98 2.05 2.04 1.83 1.76 2.13 1.88 2.17 1.85 2.00 sec. b3) Timings 1.95 2.05 1.72 2.00 1.82 1.81 1.77 1.91 1.48 1.72 1.69 1.58 1.57 1.93 2.17 9.08 (series of rapid flashes) 2.11 1.75 1.95 1.79 1.86 1.86 1.60 1.47 2.10 sec. b4) Timings 2.00 1.73 1.72 2.24 2.10 2.11 1.96 2.53 2.40 9.48 2.17 2.06 11.36 2.08 1.74 1.90 2.09 3.66 2.27 2.70 12.29 2.39 3.67 3.90 1.79 2.21 sec. b5) Timings 2.10 1.76 1.88 1.65 1.73 1.85 2.06 8.76 1.89 2.00 1.77 1.75 1.89 1.89 sec. b6) Timings 1.80 2.15 2.01 1.86 1.63 1.87 1.70 1.83 1.86 1.98 1.66 1.52 5.70 1.97 2.04 1.87 1.72 1.89 1.89 1.72 sec. The 5.70 sec timing was because the 'missing' max didn't occur; for 3 periods the rapid flashes continued. b7) Is DTM. sometimes pattern is absent. sometimes clearly visible. Timings 7.51 7.51 1.97 2.05 1.85 1.92 1.81 1.86 1.63 5.92 2.40 1.90 2.36 sec b8) Was rapid flashing continuesly without its typical missing fourth flash. Timed two sets of 30 flashes: 17.93 18.27 sec. b9) Timings 1.27 1.39 1.35 1.25 1.29 6.52 2.13 2.06 1.76 2.01 1.75 5.65 2.02 1.85 1.79 sec. Some parts of pass no 'missing' fourth flash. b10) Timings 1.58 1.37 1.51 1.40 1.86 1.87 1.63 1.56 1.55 1.81 1.57 1.72 1.79 1.74 1.62 1.89 1.80 2.12 4.57 1.86 1.76 1.88 1.99 1.54 18.69 2.04 1.99 1.99 2.05 1.90 sec. b11) Timings 4.65 1.82 1.78 1.72 2.10 1.68 2.15 3.79 2.24 2.48 1.74 2.17 2.22 2.18 2.60 2.13 sec. b12) Timings 1.81 1.76 1.82 11.43 2.43 2.66 22.41 2.10 1.87 2.15 1.89 1.97 1.61 1.56 1.80 1.96 1.84 2.04 1.66 sec. b13) Timings 5.84 2.00 1.91 1.83 2.07 2.25 1.97 3.65 1.95 1.82 4.33 2.22 1.85 6.71 7.79 1.90 2.23 sec. Very Irr pattern; several flashes missed. b14) Timings 2.00 1.95 1.82 2.13 1.90 2.05 1.82 1.83 1.91 4.02 5.96 2.54 2.17 2.08 sec. b15) Timings 4.12 1.70 1.93 1.78 1.65 2.43 1.96 1.96 1.73 sec. b16) Timings 1.61 1.95 1.92 1.88 2.05 2.20 2.05 2.23 sec b17) Timings 2.29 7.54 5.89 4.09 10.01 9.87 6.64 4.13 4.55 3.93 3.57 7.92 2.46 3.40 6.67 7.35 2.50 2.77 sec Hard to figure a correct period from this randomly taken timings. b18) Timings 2.29 1.61 5.13 1.95 1.97 1.96 6.37 1.90 2.05 2.85 1.88 1.77 sec b19) Timings 2.11 2.10 1.93 4.51 1.94 1.69 1.83 3.61 2.61 28.42 1.95 1.94 2.00 4.36 1.90 1.75 2.13 1.86 sec. b20) Timings 1.97 1.82 1.93 2.01 1.92 1.96 1.58 2.10 2.21 1.92 1.91 sec. b21) Timings 1.66 1.90 1.85 1.54 1.59 1.53 1.21 1.45 1.72 1.41 1.39 1.79 1.53 1.49 sec. b22) +4(5)->inv Timings 2.00 2.25 2.81 [3.38 3.54]3fl 2.41 9.84 9.98 2.80 2.61 sec. b23) +4(5)->inv; Timings 1.95 1.85 2.11 1.96 1.91 2.35 1.89 1.86 1.96 2.01 1.81 sec. b24) 4(5)->i Timings 2.06 2.10 1.92 2.16 1.71 2.00 1.91 8.74(4) 6.92(3) 45.65(22) 7.99(4) sec. b25) +4(5)->inv; Timings 1.89 1.97 2.00 2.01 2.00 1.81 2.01 2.57 1.89 2.53 sec. Two longer timings at the end. b27) Timings 1.95 1.96 2.00 2.00 2.00 1.97 3.85 2.24 1.91 1.96 2.04 2.32 4.10 1.94 2.08 1.92 sec. b28) Timings 2.14 2.25 1.96 2.06 1.91 1.96 2.04 1.94 2.01 2.01 1.99 1.97 2.03 1.93 1.99 sec. b29) Timings 2.01 2.01 1.97 1.99 2.00 2.00 1.95 sec. b30) Timings 1.91 2.02 2.00 2.00 2.02 13.26 1.67 2.30 2.00 2.01 2.03 1.74 2.56 1.93 2.21 1.95 sec. b31) Timings 2.43 1.76 2.19 2.05 2.05 4.56 1.81 2.10 2.01 1.87 2.16 1.99 17.32 2.25 1.79 2.27 1.96 4.00 1.95 2.08 sec. In the middle a train of rapid flashes. b32) +4->6; Timings 2.10 4.76 2.02 2.06 1.94 2.03 1.99 2.01 1.90 2.10 1.80 11.10 1.98 2.04 1.85 2.00 2.28 1.98 1.95 sec. b33) Timings 1.99 2.16 5.13 6.04 1.97 1.91 2.12 1.67 1.88 1.67 1.52 1.53 1.46 sec. b34) Timings 1.05 1.14 1.15 1.52 2.54 1.91 1.87 7.83 2.00 17.85 2.07 2.09 1.46 1.99 2.07 1.68 2.36 2.03 2.04 sec. b35) Timings 1.84 7.13 1.96 2.05 2.09 1.96 2.01 2.14 1.96 2.06 2.03 8.36 1.70 2.00 2.44 1.99 2.03 sec. In the 2 longer timings the sat was flashing rapidly and continously. b36) Timings 1.94 2.03 1.96 1.97 2.15 12.92 2.34 2.09 2.00 sec. b37) Timings 1.94 1.96 2.10 2.25 1.59 2.24 2.11 2.11 1.96 2.05 1.79 sec b38) Fooled by EGP while looking for 28514, but it was a nice brass colored flasher as always. b39) Just a count of 51 flashes - dtm a true "period" b40) +4(5)->inv Timings 2.06 1.97 2.07 2.11 2.09 2.01 2.55 2.18 sec. Before and after it was flashing rapidly. b41) Looked at timing EGP 2 ways - first is on first flash after a period of very rapid flashes, which repeats. Second method is count 100 flashes, which is not as accurate IMO. end 1986-061A 1986-070B 16953 Kosmos 1777 rocket [Kosmos] b1) Timings 21.95 17.67 sec. b2) Timings [4.31 14.85] 18.63 22.53 b3) Timings 16.68 21.28 17.72 19.28 18.10 16.95 sec. b4) Timings 12.17 14.58 12.73 13.34 sec. b5) Timings 14.82 11.97 13.89 13.03 14.60 13.96 sec. b6) Timings 30.60 29.26 30.03 30.82 148.17(5A) 91.08(3) 31.62 30.20 b7) Timings 30.70 32.50 31.96 31.57 31.06 18.31 13.15 19.04 12.25 end 1986-070B 1986-073A 16969 NOAA 10 b1) Timings 7.87 7.12 13.83 8.18 7.86 13.64 8.65 12.78 7.90 8.89 8.62 11.92 sec. b2) Timings 20.28 18.52 26.31 25.62 sec. b3) different times between maxima; difficult to determine a flash period. Maxima were counted with following intervals: 22.77 30.54 56.58(2max?) 29.04 36.26 b4) I should've ignored flashes. b5) Timings [13.69] 12.44 12.21 36.56(3A) 35.82(3)73.16(6) Timing in square bracket not considered. Culmination 40°/068° at 17:09:10 b6) Timings 6.30 6.30 12.30(2A) 7.01 6.70 6.12 6.79 5.42 6.75 13.48(2) 5.40 19.75(3) 7.06 5.35 19.02(3) 6.91 6.80 18.01(3) 7.75 18.07(3) 39.56(6) 12.81(2) 11.89(2) Culmination at 18:28:03 at Az 261° alt 50° b7) Timings: 22.15(2A) 44.11(4) 22.07(2) 12.99 9.48 11.37 11.05 Culmination 88°/274° at 18:04:27. b8) Timings: 5.34 10.98 4.62 5.26 15.48 5.21 10.65 5.15 5.35 15.21 4.97 10.82 4.81 5.54 10.85 4.55 5.81 14.85 5.65 15.14 5.52 10.76 4.43 15.84 4.75 11.42 14.89 5.84 14.63 21.08 31.09 20.66 Culmination 22°267° at 18:55:08. b9) Timings: 3.26 2.75 4.00 4.38 2.95 1.16 2.23 4.06 4.13 10.00 4.43 2.50 1.18 3.04 3.53 4.14 2.99 1.00 2.22 1.40 2.76 3.90 3.37 7.20 4.02 3.01 1.21 2.12 1.19 2.50 4.34 14.44 14.32 17.16 7.18 4.67 2.58 3.50 3.44 4.77 [2.67 14.04 7.83 6.93 6.85 7.29 7.18 7.67] 4542 culmination 47°/261° at 18:41:54. Timings in square brackets are not considered. b10) Timings: 6.46 5.96 2.05 6.16 3.77 4.34 14.41 7.06 7.36 14.33 14.57 4542 culmination 31?/265? at 19:01:54. b11) Timings: [3.22 7.95] 6.46 5.96 2.05 6.16 3.77 4.34 14.41 7.06 7.36 14.33 12.73 1.84 [17.24 14.11 14.44 22.05] timings in square brackets not considered. 4542 culmination 31°/265° at 19:01:54. b12) Timings: 2.67 3.17 4.32 3.81 6.26 4.46 3.56 5.93 8.26 6.22 3.82 4.14 6.24 8.13 14.50 14.49 4542 culmination 24?/267? at 19:15:20. After culmination W-NW F +5. end 1986-073A 86-100B 17240 Kosmos 1808 rocket [Kosmos] b1) Timings 5.46 7.08 8.61 9.08 6.06 sec end 86-100B 1987-011A 17369 Kosmos 1818 b1) Timings 7.46 7.82 7.29 8.04 7.86 7.76 7.19 8.33 7.00 8.13 sec. Seems more like a complex period: 15.28 15.33 15.62 15.52 15.13 sec with the max more unevenly spread further in the pass. b3) Timings with most of the sm: [6.55 7.76 6.52 9.80] [6.92 7.43 7.48 8.15] [7.11 7.39 18.51] [4.75 30.10] sec b4) Timings 10.36 5.22 8.36 6.89 7.64 7.39 8.84 7.06 8.68 7.41 8.82 7.38 7.45 7.86 8.06 8.78 7.97 7.19 8.86 6.70 sec. b5) Timings 7.92 8.39 6.82 8.51 7.77 7.77 8.06 8.06 7.49 8.34 7.82 8.49 7.26 8.28 8.61 sec. b6) Timings 6.66 8.39 8.42 7.83 9.46 7.63 8.91 7.47 9.03 7.11 sec. Later in pass alternate timings; P probably around 16.5 sec. b7) Timings 9.25 7.50 9.79 8.53 8.77 7.83 8.64 8.48 10.34 8.51 sec b8) Timings 8.40 10.32 8.52 8.20 8.72 9.81 sec. Three shorter intervals in between longer intervals. P around 35 to 36 sec? b9) Timings 9.31 10.41 9.06 8.64 9.51 8.88 11.04 8.62 9.90 9.62 9.39 9.50 10.20 9.96 9.99 sec. b10) Timings 9.50 9.36 9.43 9.49 9.42 10.00 8.96 10.23 8.05 10.69 sec. Almost regular at first. Later combined period? P=~19 sec? Also more consistent with earlier pass. b11) Timings 8.95 8.83 10.40 8.67 10.82 9.01 9.45 8.01 10.37 9.50 sec. b12) Timings 9.69 5.27 4.33 8.21 6.34 4.20 9.24 5.08 5.02 sec. b13) Timings 10.97 8.21 9.10 8.53 9.34 10.73 10.03 9.51 10.65 10.31 sec. b14) Timings 8.91 10.61 9.90 10.17 10.00 8.43 10.07 11.73 8.30 11.01 sec. Combined period. b15) Timings 9.20 10.40 9.49 10.94 19.01 8.54 10.82 8.07 9.90 sec. Combined period of 9.xx and 10.xx sec. b16) Timings 11.37 9.46 9.14 10.58 10.63 9.29 10.80 9.66 10.50 10.79 sec. A bit irr pattern b17) Timings 10.07 9.30 10.75 10.25 9.61 11.01 sec. b18) Timings 9.00 8.41 10.28 12.10 10.15 8.29 13.20 11.49 sec. A bit Irr pattern. b19) Timings 11.60 11.94 9.62 10.00 10.43 10.19 9.90 9.82 11.57 11.17 sec. b20) Timings 11.60 10.62 9.14 11.14 10.04 11.87 9.48 11.15 9.78 11.69 b21) Timings 8.67 10.16 10.93 9.60 11.22 10.92 10.36 12.68 8.57 12.15 sec. b22) Timings 8.47 9.76 11.78 10.89 12.74 9.62 10.41 11.12 9.84 10.35 sec. b23) Timings 9.83 8.56 12.08 10.73 10.88 11.85 9.18 11.45 sec. b24) Timings 9.78 10.11 10.62 10.32 9.99 10.86 11.89 10.00 11.08 9.74 sec. b25) sm, 5 Timings 7.24 4.79 8.57 6.76 5.04 10.93 5.64 4.90 9.75 7.09 5.02 8.36 11.66 10.99 11.49 sec. b26) Timings 11.03 10.04 11.00 10.55 sec. b27) Timings 9.83 11.19 10.10 10.50 10.33 11.13 9.46 10.92 10.21 10.91 sec b28) Timings 9.92 10.41 10.00 10.61 10.86 10.83 sec. b29) Timings 10.27 10.04 10.84 10.84 9.20 10.05 11.41 8.80 12.68 10.05 sec. b30) Timings 14.95 6.92 9.85 5.68 5.78 10.56 5.58 5.04 10.18 7.51 sec b31) Timings 10.25 8.29 11.45 13.31 10.09 12.21 sec. b32) Timings (11.54 10.40) (11.12 11.77) (10.04 12.58) (10.59 11.12) (10.25 12.81) (9.47 12.22) (8.97 14.89) (9.60 12.63) sec. Combined period. b33) Timings 24.51 21.04 20.53 11.37 12.57 10.24 10.36 12.77 sec. b34) Timings 10.49 11.67 12.43 10.27 12.18 12.11 sec. b35) Timings 10.94 11.92 12.32 10.65 23.95 11.09 10.24 sec. b36) Timings 10.17 13.52 11.55 11.62 14.08 11.36 11.21 12.09 12.73 10.87 sec. A bit irregular pattern. b37) Timings [13.47 10.12] [13.01 10.26] [12.87 10.20] [13.41 10.59] sec. b38) Timings 23.48 [12.60 10.85] [11.61 12.12] [11.92 12.10] [11.74 12.15] sec. b39) Timings 11.74 14.00 [3.81 5.21 4.76] 9.47 10.82 12.92 10.72 15.50 10.81 10.64 11.68 12.76 sec. Probably period is around 24 sec. b40) Timings 11.88 13.32 12.05 11.00 12.50 11.45 11.56 10.97 14.47 13.12 sec. b41) Timings 10.46 11.51 11.43 11.16 10.59 12.59 11.64 12.25 11.22 11.61 sec. b42) Timings 11.03 11.69 11.08 13.14 11.82 11.91 12.11 11.97 8.42(early) 15.94 sec. b43) Timings [7.58 3.99 12.87] [7.39 4.95 11.06] [6.22 6.66 10.26] [14.27 10.34] [11.67 11.64] [12.75 11.25] sec. b44) Timings 10.97 12.14 10.36 10.27 13.97 10.45 14.76 7.30 16.70 10.48 12.93 11.74 11.33 11.14 13.46 11.06 11.27 13.99 sec. Or perhaps 6 periods of 3 flashes each? b45) Timings 35.80 36.68 7.52 12.46 11.17 11.48 sec. Observed in between some clouds. b46) Timings 10.94 11.85 11.73 11.55 11.69 12.06 12.06 12.24 11.16 11.63 12.03 12.02 11.41 sec. b47) Timings [10.75 11.61] [12.74 10.87] [11.42 11.87] [12.34 10.78] [12.60 11.49] [10.27 12.38] [11.88 12.48] sec. b48) Timings 11.69 12.21 11.68 11.18 12.41 11.96 12.32 9.66 11.66 13.06 12.28 12.43 10.53 sec. b49) Timings 10.97 12.91 12.09 10.12 12.60 11.88 12.18 10.97 11.90 11.88 11.92 11.53 12.69 11.67 11.79 11.15 14.10 9.79 11.83 10.41 sec. Timing of flash 17 was late. b50) Timings 10.98 11.05 11.81 11.93 12.53 11.70 12.30 12.16 12.40 11.03 sec. Low pass in the west; difficult near the end. b51) Timings 12.93 10.20 12.07 12.00 12.30 12.63 11.48 11.40 13.43 10.26 sec. Complex pattern, half period. b52) Timings 11.41 11.72 12.19 11.14 11.65 12.57 11.21 13.16 11.67 11.00 11.95 13.29 9.61 sec. b53) Timings [11.02 9.11] [13.83 11.75] [13.15 11.14] [12.21 12.51] [11.33 12.81] sec. b54) Timings 11.97 11.06 12.69 11.96 11.64 10.86 11.58 11.84 11.52 11.78 sec. b55) Timings 12.04 12.46 12.07 11.08 13.04 12.12 13.46 10.12 11.42 12.71 12.19 11.80 13.83 sec. b56) Timings 11.57 20.41 23.25 13.08 34.87 10.55 11.33 23.75 12.62 sec. b57) Timings 14.22 14.38 10.74 11.92 11.57 12.15 12.44 sec. b58) Timings 30.50 23.80 26.45 sec. Very flat maxima wrt the normal flash behavior. b59) Timings 12.62 25.54 13.29 10.82 14.96 12.37 11.98 12.97 12.63 sec. It seems like a combined period. b60) Timings 23.06 13.58 11.87 11.96 13.06 13.20 11.13 16.27(late timing) 12.48 sec. b61) Timings 14.48 12.71 13.67 12.76 b62) Timings; 11.98 12.42 13.61 13.62 11.70 14.37 12.00 14.05 11.47 sec. Shortly there after shadow entry. b63) Timings 13.49 13.07 13.61 12.48 12.94 13.38 12.88 13.87 12.43 14.10 12.33 14.15 11.62 b64) Timings [6.90 5.95] 13.98 12.98 13.18 14.00 sec. b65) Timings 12.56 12.74 15.33 12.62 14.59 12.87 13.10 14.06 14.34 13.19 sec. b66) Timings 12.70 15.56 12.09 15.84 13.30 sec. Possible combined period of 27.8 sec. b67) Timings 14.81 28.18 25.83 sec b68) Timings 17.18 13.39 sec. b69) Timings 26.94 27.39 17.08 12.92 14.78 sec. b70) Timings 29.80 30.22 [16.24 12.05] [17.43 12.31] [18.54 12.46] [16.46 15.10] sec. Combined period. b71) Timings 16.23 13.83 15.48 14.60 15.24 15.97 14.17 14.74 15.4 14.96 15.42 15.02 14.56 15.84 14.75 15.91 [16.70] Culmination 18°/037° at 19:32:32. b72) Timings: 20.22 15.64 18.10 16.96 17.51 16.99 17.06 52.01(3A) Culmination 22°/251° at 19:42:36. end 1987-011A 1987-017A 17526 Kosmos 1821 rocket [Kosmos] b1) Saw this sat when it flared up. end 1987-017A 1987-018A 17527 Momo 1 (MOS 1A) b1) Complex pattern. Timed some secondary maxima. Timings (2.66 2.10 2.90) (3.24 4.09) (3.44 5.01) (3.42 4.48) (2.85 4.97) 7.94 8.02 7.79 7.93 7.93 sec. b2) Timings 2.92 5.22 3.95 3.64 3.38 4.64 3.71 3.85 3.20 5.02 3.03 4.66 3.28 4.58 3.03 4.88 7.78 3.24 4.73 7.63 4.49 3.86 7.36 4.55 4.00 7.45 3.03 5.03 7.57 4.28 3.94 11.53 sec. At the end of the pass the first secondary flash became very faint and flat and was not timed. The second primary flash became brighter and was also mag 3 in the second half of the pass. b3) Timings 14.77 15.65 15.80 15.03 15.67 15.66 14.44 17.38 15.59 sec. b4) Bright primary flashes. Period measured over the brightest flashes. b5) Timings 14.01 13.53 14.00 15.20 [9.27 11.39] [2.61 3.04 4.31 4.41] sec. Later in the pass secondary maxima became visible. b6) Timings 14.18 14.19 14.48 14.81 14.04 sec. b7) Timings 5.74 3.56 3.20F 6.02 3.51 3.10F 6.17 3.52 3.08 3.16 2.69F 9.81 2.78 13.17 sec. The flash before the longer flashtimes was bright and sharp; the second even to mag 2. b8) Timings 7.69 11.94 8.02 11.39 8.31 11.93 10.06 10.94 8.96 9.75 11.46 10.89 sec. b9) Timings 5.56 5.83 4.84 4.34 10.68 5.89 5.21 6.03 4.89 5.70 5.05 4.67 3.78 13.53 sec. b10) Timings; 21.18 18.70 sec. Last flash just before shadow entry. end 1987-018A 1987-020B 17536 Kosmos 1823 rocket [Tsyklon] b1) Timings 30.47 22.65 31.94 sec. b2) A,A, means stopwatch laps are from minima to minima. The maxima were very flat and difficult to time. b3) Timings 33.12 27.93 sec. b4) Timings 51.44 47.27 52.45 sec. b5) Timings 52.35 65.22 b6) only seen twice - suspect. end 1987-020B 1987-040A 17969 Gorizont 14 b1) Flash times UTC 3 February 2003 00:47:28.80 00:48:12.57 00:48:55.32 00:49:39.20 00:50:22.05 00:51:06.03 00:51:48.88 00:52:33.36 - Dim circa 10 mag 00:53:15.81 00:53:59.43 - Dim circa 10 mag 00:54:42.60 00:55:26.57 - Dim circa 10 mag 00:56:09.32 I didn't realize until later that I was getting flashed at the half-period intervals. The scatter in the times is due to the occasional hazy clouds that would drift through my FOV and the fact that this object seem to brighten gradually during the flash. b2) Timings and [mag]: 0 [5] 86.26 [5] 87.30 [6] 86.22 [6] 86.69 [5] 86.79 [6] 86.54 [4] 86.81 [5] sec. The max started with a sharp incline and a flatter decline. Total duration of the flash about 1 sec. b3) Apparently I was picking up the half-period flashes. The odd-numbered flash times were somewhat dimmer and of shorter duration. b4) Half period = 43.94 s b5) Half period = 43.93 s b6) Half period = 43.93 s b7) timings 43s.89 43.38 44.02 43.57 43.42 261.55(6fl) 43.12 43.76 43.53 43.63 43.47 43.82 43.14 44.06 43.28 b8) timings 43s.99 43.16 43.98 43.18 43.92 43.10 (possible combined period...?) b9) timings 43.96 42.95 43.53 43.51 43.82 43.45 43.56 43.42 43.68 43.29 43.67 43.60 43.62 43.60 43.51 43.72 43.59 43.45 43.81 b10) Timings 89.92 89.93 90.54 89.63 90.05 90.01 90.11 89.97 90.25 270.10 90.03 90.06 90.07 90.06 90.03 90.55 89.54 90.13 90.04 90.00 90.28 89.83 180.10 360.47 270.06 end 1987-040A 1987-049B 18096 Kosmos 1850 rocket [Kosmos] b1) Timings 33.98 56.90 sec. Dtm due to long. flat maximum. end 1987-049B 1987-053A 18123 DMSP 5D-2 F8 (USA 26) b1) timimgs: 0.99 10.49 5.07 23.49 26.59 b2) Irr; Some flashes only 1 or 2s apart, others up to 10s. Can't make out rhythm. Seen as UNID b3) Cannot determine a true period - irr b4) 2 "extra" flashes at 0:39:10.71 and 0:39:18.94 end 1987-053A 1987-060A 18187 Kosmos 1867 b1) Timings 6.56 7.84 8.14 7.74 10.72 7.29 9.14 8.90 9.52 8.57 Very irregular flashpattern. b2) Timings 8.18 8.96 8.76 8.59 9.19 8.04 9.83 8.19 9.81 b3) Timings 8.14 8.56 9.54 7.57 8.74 9.47 35.79 27.50 9.71 b4) Timings 8.20 8.53 10.26 8.08 9.39 9.01 9.71 8.48 9.27 9.00 A bit irregular pattern. b5) Timings 8.72 8.95 9.72 8.90 8.71 b6) Timings 8.39 9.00 9.00 9.80 8.67 10.14 9.54 8.80 8.82 19.48 (1 flash not timed) 8.63 b7) Timings 8.06 9.63 10.19 8.81 9.44 8.34 b8) Timings [7.92 10.69] 9.90 9.40 9.77 9.87 First timing probably a secondary flash b9) Timings 9.00 10.79 8.78 10.80 8.73 11.45 8.75 11.03 10.39 10.21; Combined pattern with short and long period. b10) Timings 8.75 10.82 9.68 11.31 11.01 10.15 9.37 10.80 9.43 6.39 5.54 9.32 b11) Timings 10.64 10.10 10.63 10.97 10.64 9.78 11.99 10.97 10.88 11.05 11.11 10.80 b12) Timings 11.07 10.31 11.50 22.41 44.79; Some maxima skipped. b13) Timings 11.55 10.72 10.91 10.98 10.76 10.95 b14) Timings 21.85 22.43 21.08 22.58 21.65 11.03 10.60 12.52 10.47 11.54 10.22 11.47 10.93 Possible combined period of 22.0 sec. b15) Timings 10.64 11.53 11.31 11.61 11.24 11.70 10.75 11.60 11.21 sec. b16) Timings 12.17 11.27 11.18 12.49 09.77 12.26 10.66 11.09 10.50 11.31 11.24 12.76 10.78 11.00 10.29 12.31 Visible during 5 - 4 seconds, invisible during 6 - 7 seconds. b17) Timings 9.73 11.35 11.05 11.39 10.21 13.16 11.46 11.81 9.60 12.53 sec. b18) Timings 12.61 10.30 11.23 10.97 sec. b19) Timings 12.00 11.54 10.75 11.04 10.35 12.25 10.00 11.63 sec b20) Timings 10s.83 10.75 11.64 11.39 11.11 11.62 10.86 11.74 10.80 12.65 10.77 10.91 10.75 11.88 b21) Timings [12.52 11.26] [11.06 11.71] [11.87 10.67] [11.58 12.70] [12.25 10.65] sec. b22) Timings 11.52 10.36 12.82 9.48 11.18 9.36 11.42 10.78 11.73 10.18 sec. b23) Timings 11.41 11.86 11.37 11.33 12.12 11.39 11.81 12.01 12.57 11.16 11.59 12.32 12.43 b24) Timings 13.11 9.77 10.96 13.49 10.09 12.44 10.76 11.56 12.96 12.23 11.97 11.92 11.24 11.83 11.28 12.30 11.33 12.16 10.81 11.20 11.21 13.06 13.02 12.70 11.35 11.35 11.35 10.79 11.21 12.70 11.90 12.30 12.89 10.84 b25) Timings on better defined minima (BD). b26) Timings 11.32 11.74 11.31 1.46 12.69 12.32 11.77 13.35 9.90 sec. b27) Period determined by counting the minima, as indicated by the comma in stead of the apostrophe. Secondary maxima occurred alternately. b28) Timings 12.93 12.18 12.72 10.71 13.04 13.12 sec. b29) Timings 11.25 14.11 sec. Saw another flash 14.00 sec before, so possible P is around 25 sec. b30) Timings 11.33 9.78 16.83 13.57 sec. b31) Timings 11.26 13.63 24.60 12.25 25.90 14.24 sec. b32) Timings 16.07 12.34 9.56 14.03 12.02 12.31 13.22 11.64 14.70 9.72 18.47 12.29 sec. Irregular pattern. b33) Timings 11.58 12.78 14.20 [7.50 6.93] 12.26 [6.83 4.11] 14.62 [7.25 6.05] 13.70 11.91 17.22 sec. b34) Timings 10.51 11.92 15.55 12.84 14.24 13.36 14.79 12.75 sec. Rather irregular pattern. b35) Timings 12.20 52.44(4A) 12.66 16.79 12.30 15.00 12.18 12.97 13.35 14.18 14.02 14.23 12.41 14.43 12.51 13.65 13.10 b36) Timings 14.00 13.29 14.45 12.92 14.15 13.17 b37) +4.5(5.5)->inv; Timings 15.37 12.88 14.37 12.81 15.88 13.40 15.27 13.20 14.72 15.42 13.10 14.96 [13.40] end 1987-060A 1987-074G 18340 Kosmos 1875-1880 rocket [Tsyklon] b1) Timings 36.90 37.74 36.30 sec. b2) Timings 48.68 35.00 b3) Timings 32.04 30.82 31.50 33.59 sec. b4) Timings 31.21 32.25 31.40 33.40 sec. b5) Timings 30.55 34.69 sec. b6) Timings 23.25 18.42 12.98 8.11 10.95 7.97 sec. Dtm and Irr pattern. b7) Timings 20.61 19.07 21.67 19.10 sec. More like a complex pattern, P=40.2 sec. b8) Timings 21.16 27.65 34.56 29.61 sec. b9) Timings [43.75 24.47] [40.95 25.65] sec. b10) Timings 34.34 37.75 33.93 31.49 sec. b12) Timings 33.64 32.95 36.78 34.42 sec. b13) Timings 40.28 39.18 39.29 sec. b14) Timings 37.46 34.99 sec. b15) Timings 36.24 35.76 sec. b16) Timings: 12.11 18.53 31.57 30.06 28.99 30.80 33.50 Culmination 87°/089° at18:28:53. b17) Timings: 15.42 15.98 10.82 21.09 29.53 17.00 5.24 13.32 31.24 9.93 18.32 10.67 23.26 33.27 29.91 b18) Timings: 32.44 29.76 35.20 28.27 Culm. 44°/273° at 19:20:46. end 1987-074G 1987-078B 18351 Eutelsat 1-4 (ECS 4) b1) This object was decommissioned and moved to a graveyard orbit about 3 years ago. Apparently it still broadcasts some kind of radio signal that varies every 64 seconds. I was asked to look for it visually. It was quite interesting. Three flashes and a tumble were observed every cycle. The flash period was measured as 64.40 seconds. There were secondary flashes about 7.4 seconds before and after the primary flash. The primary flash was about magnitude 6 or 6.5. The secondary flashes were about magnitude 8 or 9. Sometimes I could see a tumble to about magnitude 10.5 halfway in between the primary flashes. I watched it in my 8 inch telescope for over 25 minutes and the pattern did not seem to change during that time. Usually I could see the flash in my 12x80 finder scope. Sometimes Ed could see the flash in his 8x42 binoculars. The time was 2:35 to 3:00 UT Nov. 21 = 8:35 to 9:00 CST Nov. 20. The satellite was altitude 28, azimuth 114 during this time. There is quite a bit of sky brightness from Austin in that direction. This was from BCRC - lat 30.32, long 97.87. end 1987-078B 1987-097A 18583 USA 28 1) Very irregular flashes, probably missed several (4 seen). end 1987-097A 1987-100A 18631 Raduga 21 b1) Timings 31.5+1:23.9 & 32.0+1:21.1 b2) For a couple of nights I got some peculiar flash times. The first night I thought they were possibly Gorizont 14 and Raduga 21 commingled as they were very close to the same position. The second night again I got odd flash times but Gorizont 14 should have moved on to the west. I asked Mike McCants about these and last night he put his telescope on Raduga 21 (18631. 87-100A) and found that it alone was the source of these times. Here's a sample that I got last night using his telescope: ...... 88.85. 32.06. 47.83. 37.63 32.63. 88.31. 32.00. 47.60. 38.24 32.63. 88.36. 31.36. 48.28. 37.87 One reason there's some inexactness in the values is because some of the maxima last four to six seconds! b3) +4.5->inv; Here are the clicks (including some not used in PPAS): 107.19, 112.00, 107.30, 112.65, 107.29, 30.75, 80.76, 107.38, 219.56, 219.60, 218.61, 30.85, 219.34 The first two or three maxima were three magnitudes brighter than the last several ones. end 1987-100A 1987-101A 18665 Kosmos 1900 b1) Timings 53.74 61.97 sec end 1987-101A 1988-005A 18820 Meteor-2 17 b1) Timings [7.25 5.97] [6.92 6.60] [6.97 6.31] 13.60 [6.59 6.59] [7.23 6.39] [4.05 3.75 5.63] [3.95 3.87 6.41] b2) Timings 20.71 16.19 17.07 16.97 18.29 15.16 sec. b3) Timings 19.43 17.74 19.30 20.67 sec. end 1988-005A 1988-006A 18822 DMSP 5D-2 9 (USA 29) b1) Timings 13.71 12.78 15.51 12.49 16.53 sec. b2) timings, magnitudes and types of maxima: 4.0 round 8.72 6.0 flash 9.10 6.0 round 14.73 5.0 round 16.27 round 7.92 flash 8.47 round 14.44 round 1.18 1.0 flash 16.97 6.0 round 15.42 5.0 round 16.97 round b3) some F; +1 Timings 25.02 8.70 8.73 14.90 7.84 11.08 7.18 8.99 7.47 7.15 sec. b4) maximums brightened from +6.5->+1 and back with faint maxima in between. b5) Gone after last maxima - not in shadow. b6) Timings 23.00 24.99 23.14 21.38 [13.39 12.33] sec The first flash of the combined period was F, mag 2. end 1988-006A 1988-018A 18951 Spacenet 3R b1) In email from EC: Ron Welch of Australia has discovered that this object, a drifting geosynch, is flashing with a period of about 32.86 seconds. With the episodes being about 10 minutes later each night and lasting roughly between 15 and 25 minutes. b2) Original information: Here is a table of fl. pers. for 88 18A. April UTC 4.411 d 32.907 s 5.420 d 32.9595 s 6.448 d 33.0075 s 9.505 d 33.235 s 10.464 d 33.2944 s 11.502 d 33.3898 s 12.504 33.4889 s Times are midpoint of observed time interval, not mean of obs. times. b3) Original email: Got UT times of 47 flashes for April 13.2002. Two sets of flashes. first set first seen 11:47:06.9sUT faded out 12:03:54.1s UT, second set first seen 12:38:54.5 UT stopped obs 12:49: 32.8 UT. Observed using 7x50 binoculars. Max brightness of flashes mag +3 approx. flash period 33.59 seconds As already observed by Ron Welch (Canberra, Australia) there is a phase shift of 180 degrees between the two flash sets. b4) In field with (presumably) 96-581A although 96-581A ID is suspect. end 1988-018A 1988-018B 18952 Telecom 1C b1) was giving faint flashes just over 1 minute apart. Hard to tell what's it's flash period is. I had also observed for a short time, a brighter flash every 4 min 13 seconds apart. For example on May 5th: 3:15:29 UTC 3:19:42 3:23:55 end 1988-018B 1988-028A 19017 Gorizont 15 b1) We (EC & MM) saw Gorizont 15 (88-028A, 19017) for a little while, with flash period under 15 seconds; the second shortest flash period of a geosynch, that I can remember. (The shortest is Superbird A at 11.2 sec.) b2) I saw something >flashing about +5.5 every 13 seconds. end 1988-028A 1988-034A 19073 Kosmos 1940 b1) some +4, some +6 Timings 13.34 13.24 13.36 13.44 13.32 13.46 13.43 13.69 13.02 13.39 13.85 12.78 13.51 13.33 13.32 13.54 13.28 13.54 13.29 27.17 12.82 13.65 13.09 13.38 13.38 13.34 13.51 13.26 13.47 13.32 13.49 13.24 13.90 12.93 13.30 13.37 13.36 13.43 13.37 13.44 13.35 13.33 13.43 13.33 13.34 26.89 13.37 13.36 13.58 13.25 13.33 13.25 13.47 13.72 12.92 13.50 13.46 13.31 13.55 13.51 13.03 13.36 13.47 13.41 13.33 13.29 13.42 13.41 13.86 12.95 13.35 13.57 13.33 13.37 13.33 13.75 12.98 26.78 13.39 26.77 13.80 26.52 26.57 13.52 sec. Several maxima were very faint and timed late ore not at all. end 1988-034A 1988-043B 19164 Kosmos 1947 (GLONASS) 1) Cosmos 1947 ( 19164 ) a glonass satellite, was flashing just under 3 minutes. Time of first flash was 7:16:16 UTC, the flash lasted a few seconds, and was around mag 10. end 1988-043B 1988-050A 19210 Kosmos 1953 b1) Timings 25.23 22.96 25.20 33.86 22.91 40.23 sec. end 1988-050A 1988-051A 19215 Meteosat 3 1) Only 2 flashes seen, one neo at +4, untimed, and this one in 12x60 binocs. Needs confirmation. end 1988-051A 1988-051C 19217 PAS 1 b1) Discovered by Ron Welch. in Australia. with 7x35 binoculars; brightest flashes possibly +4.5; possibly 10-12 minutes earlier from night to night. end 1988-051C 1988-056A 19274 Okean 1 b1) Timings 6.86, 4.73, 4.79, 6.84, 11.60, 3.80, 1.73, 6.11, 11.52 b2) Timings 21.57 25.76 24.12 26.27 24.40 23.14 sec b3) half-period secondary tumble maxima as bright as the flash maxima b4) N? Timings 4.55 7.14 8.00 5.46 5.07 7.54 6.36 6.00 6.32 6.39 6.39 6.15 5.58 7.04 7.15 5.62 5.56 sec. Possible half period. b5) Timings 5.40 5.46 15.71 4.97 7.21 14.48 4.73 8.08 5.16 9.16 3.86 8.57 4.61 sec. b6) Timings 7.19 4.56 2.28 6.22 9.95 3.23 5.78 7.48 8.63 4.61 7.87 5.50 8.78 4.74 8.96 14.04 sec. Difficult to determine true period. b7) 88- 56 A: timings are: (9.54 8.91 1.16) (5.85 13.68) b8) 2 flashes only end 1988-056A 1988-062B 19325 Kosmos 1959 rocket [Kosmos] b1) Timings 24.83 55.53 sec b2) Just one long period with a flat maximum. b3) Timings 8.58 16.07 13.11 10.24 13.19 13.27 14.51 15.96 11.69 11.31 sec. Difficult to get a good period. end 1988-062B 1988-063B 19331 Eutelsat 1-F5 b1) I was getting a flash period of about 69.3 seconds. Mike got it in the telescope, and it was much more interesting, with secondary flashes as frequent as every 8.2 seconds approximately, with one set of those being a triple maximum. end 1988-063B 1988-071A 19397 Gorizont 16 b1) RYT are the (preliminary) observer's initials for Ray Terlaga. b2) Flash times: 00:44:31.92 00:46:09.91 00:47:48.46 00:49:26.65 00:51:05.14 00:52:43.48 00:54:21.72 b3) Timings 2.33 1.57 1.53 1.36 1.15 1.77 4.56 12.28 12.10 sec. At first the flashes were dtm. but the last two timings were each over 10 periods. b4) Timings 110.39 110.44 110.36 110.37 110.52 110.46 110.42 441.79(4fls) 110.45 110.79 110.42 110.46 220.87(2) 220.87(2) 110.23 110.46 442.14(4) 110.00 110.55 331.34(3) 110.49 110.41 662.58(6) Several flashes skipped. b5) Timings 110.37 772.50(7 flashes) 110.31 993.30(9) 110.38 220.72(2) 110.30 110.30 110.30 110.35 110.34 110.31 b6) Apparently I was seeing the half-peroid flashes for Gorizont 16 (Ed Cannon reported a flash period of 109.88 seconds earlier this month). For the record - the half-period flashes were closer to 10.5 mag. end 1988-071A 1988-071D 19400 Gorizont 16 r2 1) 2-3 flashes seen while observing minor planet 747 Winchester 1988-071D 1988-074B 19420 Oscar 31 b1) Followed 88- 7C B 5s spread. end 1988-074B 1988-074C 19421 Oscar 25 and 31 rocket [Scout G-1] b1) Followed by 88- 74 B 5s spread end 1988-074C 1988-076D 19448 Kosmos 1966 rocket 2 [Molniya] b1) Seemed to rising to a max - then shadow. I need to look again. end 1988-076D 1988-078A 19460 USA 32 b1) Just counted all flashes - ML's analysis is more realistic b2) Time is start of rapid flickering b3) Later "flickering" at 2:04:05 for several seconds end 1988-078A 1988-089A 19531 NOAA 11 b1) flared twice. first to about -1. second about zero. roughly about eight seconds apart. about 4:01:08 and 4:01:16 July 20 2001 UTC. b2) Timings 1.74, 3.64, 1.64, 1.76, 1.96, 5.16, 14.18, 26.16, 6.96, 3.72, 3.29, 7.21, 6.92 b3) Triggered by EC's observation this object was added to the PPAS program. Flash period derived from the intervals between the orange flashes. There were bright white flashes in between and less bright b4) Timings 1.66, 1.70, 5.38, 1.83, 5.17, 1.86, 5.29, 1.82, 5.18, 1.88, 33.42, 7.10, 6.95, 7.10, 7.05 b5) Flashing pattern was f'Ff in southeast and evolved to F'fa near culmination point. After that the brightest flash became round and the other secondary maxima disappeared. b6) +4(5)->inv; sm +6 Timings 4.75 2.47 2.28 2.44 2.18 2.53 4.85 2.00 2.44 2.33 2.91 1.86 2.27 7.04 2.41 5.21 4.29 2.44 6.78 9.35 4.75 sec. b7) Timings 8.90 8.94 9.01 9.21 9.41 9.20 9.36 9.15 9.18 9.52 9.40 sec. b8) A -> AF, +4(3)->inv Timings 9.52 9.72 8.89 8.00 8.95 10.46 [7.41 4.29] [4.22 4.99] [4.61 5.36] [5.90 6.45] [4.18 4.83] [4.74 6.98] 9.38 10.65 11.85 7.07 9.38 [1.84 6.97] [2.13 6.85] [2.13 5.75 1.11] [7.43 1.75] [7.14 1.98] sec. b9) Based on voice recording; 1 second resolution. 7.5(8)(8)(8)(8)->inv Timings: 1s.39 1.26 2.35 1.25 3.69 1.37 2.36 1.27 3.06 1.66 10.09 9.81 9.92 9.83 10.20 8.33 11.20 9.86 [10.31] 4542 eclipse exit 27°/010° at 21:31:20. b10) Timings: [1.23 3.51] 1.39 1.26 2.35 1.25 3.69 1.37 2.36 1.27 3.06 1.66 10.09 9.81 9.92 9.83 10.20 8.33 11.20 9.86 [10.31] 4542 eclipse exit expected 27°/010° at 21:31:19 end 1988-089A 1988-112A 19713 Molniya-3 34 b1) While replaying the captured video, I noticed the times of the flashes were off. Now I see why, it flashing every approx 30 seconds! Between 6:59 and 7:07 UTC, could I notice the fainter flashes. Before and after those times, I only notice the brighter flashes. So that why it flashed every approx 60 seconds. end 1988-112A 1989-001B 19750 Kosmos 1988 (Glonass) b1) end 1989-01B 1989-004A 19765 Gorizont 17 b1) No secondaries visible this time. b2) I later observed by mistake Gorizont 17 ( 19765 ) flashing. I was looking for something else. I gave a bright flash approx every 65 seconds give are take. The bright flash seemed to be in the mag 6 are brighter range. I observed fainter flashes in between the bright flashes. Time was 6:36:05 UTC ( June 15 ) for one of them. b3) Obtained three 89 004 A flash timings but I am not sure I was following it quick enough, (not practiced at it yet), to insure that they are consecutive flashes. The first two timings are 66 secs apart which is consistent with some BWGS reports. The third flash time is not consistent with reports for this object. Timings: 02:44:00.65 4.5 02:45:06.78 4.5 02:48:42.46 4.5 end 1989-004A 1989-016A 19822 Akebono (EXOS D) b1) Timings 2.00 2.10 1.91 2.09 2.15 2.25 1.86 1.90 2.09 2.21 1.98 2.21 1.94 2.07 2.08 1.95 2.03 1.84 2.17 2.19 2.27 1.98 1.75 2.18 2.22 2.08 2.02 2.13 2.08 1.82 sec. end 1989-016A 1989-027A 19919 Tele-X b1) timings were 04:06:35.26 04:09:47.75 04:13:00.80 04:18:13.92 b2) timings were 04:19:02.47 04:22:15.60 04:25:29.05 04:28:42.70 04:31:56.24 b3) The timings between maximas were 141.07. 141.13. 141.31. 141.84 b4) MM found Tele-X (89-027A. 19919) with the 13-inch (330mm) telescope. I was able to see a few of the flashes with my 10x50s. The main flashes were either two or three times 68.5 seconds. Many long tumbles at about 34.25 seconds were easily visible maybe +10. My clicks were 3:55:40.7 to 4:12:52.9. end 1989-027A 1989-028B 19922 Kosmos 2016 rocket [Kosmos] b1) Timings 35.97 24.77 14.79 19.27 15.93 11.81 sec end 1989-028B 1989-039H 20082 Raduga-1 1 aux motor 1) Timed on sharp minima. end 1989-039H 1989-041A 20040 Superbird A b1) The phase change for the 23 April (UTC)obs was around 03:12:30 UTC. For the 26 April obs it was around 03:15:00 UTC. I did notice an occasional flash around +7 mag near Superbird A during both observations. b2) The phase shift occurred at 03:16:30 UTC. 27 April. b3) The phase shift appeared to occur at 03:29:30 UTC. 7 May. b4) The phase shift occurred at about 03:33:30 UTC. 10 May. b5) The phase shift for Superbird A (20040, 89041A) occurred at 03:34:30 UTC. b6) Several flashes were very dim and some missed. Flash 0 and 2 were mag 3, flash 1 was mag 5. Timings 0 - 03:20:56.98 1 11.50 03:21:08.48 2 11.22 19.70 3 11.36 31.06 4 11.43 42.49 5 11.40 53.89 6 11.48 03:22:05.37 7 - - 8 22.72 28.09 9 - - 10 22.89 50.98 11 11.34 03:23:02.32 12 11.56 13.88 13 - - 14 22.56 36.44 15 11.52 47.96 16 - - 17 - - 18 34.17 03:24:22.13 b7) # dT Time UT 0 0 03:28:27.80 3 34.14 03:29:01.94 10 79.86 03:30:21.80 b8) The first obs is from the "Phantom Surface". the second from the solar panel (only the segment where half period flashes were observed). b9) Times. UT- 03:29:02.7 mag 3 to 4 this series 13.93 25.32 36.62 47.96 03:30:00.15 11.27 22.06 33.47 44.74 56.87 b10) 03:34:09.17 20.47 ** 31.97 43.20 ** 54.58 03:35:05.90 * 17.43 28.66 * 40.06 51.47 The double asterisks denote what appeared to be the brightest flashes of both series and the single asterisks indicate a flash brighter than the others except the double asterisks. odd that every other flash on this series was brighter than the ones in between? b11) The phase shift occurred at 03:40 UTC ± 30 seconds. b12) The phase shift occurred at 03:41:30 ± seconds UTC. 7 November. b13) Phase shift was probably 03:17:30 b14) The phase shift was about 03:28:09 b15) I was finally rewarded with Superbird A flashes. clear sky and decent hours at the same time. It was barely dark. so even in binoculars I could only glimpse reference stars. and Superbird-A may have wandered out of my field occasionally. Saw three flashed spaced 11 s. then 22 s. a gap and 22 s. When I lost it I searched for a minute then tried at 1-power but nothing more. 2002-09-26 02:36:46.5 . then 57.1. 37:09.1. 43.4. 38:05.6. 39:58.9. 40:21.8 for a period of 22.75 s. +- 0.04 Actually I saw six or seven flashes at 11 s interval before the 22 s. but wasn't ready to clock them initially. b16) # dT Tcum UT 0 0.00 0:00.00 03:32:22.46 1 -- -- -- 2 22.29 0:22.29 03:32:44.75 3 -- -- -- 4 22.64 0:44.93 03:33:07.39 5 11.36 0:56.29 18.75 6 11.23 1:07.52 29.98 7 11.33 1:18.85 41.31 8 11.28 1:30.13 52.59 9 11.37 1:41.50 03:34:03.96 10 11.26 1:52.76 15.22 11 11.35 2:04:11 26.57 12 11.32 2:15.43 37.89 13 11.28 2:26.71 49.17 14 11.35 2:38.06 03:35:00.52 15 11.28 2:49.34 11.80 16 11.42 3:00.76 23.22 17 11.22 3:11.98 34.44 18 11.38 3:23.36 45.82 19 11.29 3:34.65 57.11 20 11.38 3:46.03 03:36:08.49 21 11.23 3:57.26 19.72 22 11.40 4:08.66 31.12 23 11.33 4:19.99 42.45 24 11.48 4:31.47 53.93 25 11.14 4:42.61 03:37:05.07 26 -- -- -- 27 22.61 5:05.22 27.68 28 -- -- -- 29 22.72 5:27.94 03:37:50.40 b17) # dT Tcum UT 0 0.00 0:00.00 03:35:18.29 1 -- -- -- 2 22.53 0:22.53 40.82 3 -- -- -- 4 22.61 0:45.14 03:36:03.43 5 -- -- -- 6 22.65 1:07.79 26.08 7 11.29 1:19.08 37.37 8 11.35 1:30.43 48.72 9 11.27 1:41.70 59.99 10 11.30 1:53.00 03:37:11.29 11 11.41 2:04.41 22.70 12 11.30 2:15.71 34.00 13 11.29 2:27.00 45.29 14 11.29 2:38.29 56.58 15 11.28 2:49.57 03:38:07.86 16 11.31 3:00.88 19.17 17 11.37 3:12.25 30.54 18 11.31 3:23.56 41.85 19 -- -- -- not timed. bright flash. 20 22.74 3:46.30 03:39:04.59 21 11.27 3:57.57 15.86 22 11.30 4:08.87 27.16 23 11.27 4:20.14 38.43 24 11.32 4:31.46 49.75 25 11.40 4:42.86 03:40:01.15 26 -- -- -- 27 22.59 5:05.45 23.75 28 -- -- -- 29 22.66 5:28.11 46.40 30 -- -- -- 31 22.64 5:50.75 03:41:09.04 32 -- -- -- 33 22.72 6:13.47 03:41:31.76 b18) # dT Tcum UT ss.00 mm:ss.00 uu:mm:ss.00 00 00.00 00:00.00 03:38:51.09 01 11.23 00:11.23 03:39:02.32 02 11.30 00:22.53 03:39:13.62 03 11.32 00:33.85 03:39:24.94 04 11.26 00:45.11 03:39:36.20 05 11.36 00:56.47 03:39:47.56 06 11.39 01:07.86 03:39:58.95 07 11.26 01:19.12 03:40:10.21 Tried to observe at 1 power. but no succes 10 33.95 01:53.07 03:40:44.16 11 11.35 02:04.42 03:40:55.51 12 11.23 02:15.65 03:41:06.74 13 11.30 02:26.95 03:41:18.04 14 11.35 02:38.30 03:41:29.39 15 11.37 02:49.67 03:41:40.76 16 11.30 03:00.97 03:41:52.06 17 11.47 03:12.44 03:42:03.53 late timing of flash 18 11.13 03:23.57 03:42:14.66 19 11.43 03:35.00 03:42:26.09 20 11.25 03:46.25 03:42:37.34 21 11.33 03:57.58 03:42:48.67 22 11.30 04:08.88 03:42:59.97 24 22.86 04:31.74 03:43:22.83 26 22.59 04:54.33 03:43:45.42 b19) # dT Tcum UT 00 00.00 00:00.00 03:39:34.42 01 11.18 00:11.18 03:39:45.60 02 11.33 00:22.51 03:39:56.93 03 11.25 00:33.76 03:40:08.18 04 11.28 00:45.04 03:40:19.46 05 11.39 00:56.43 03:40:30.85 06 11.27 01:07.70 03:40:42.12 07 11.31 01:19.01 03:40:53.43 08 11.35 01:30.36 03:41:04.78 09 11.31 01:41.67 03:41:16.09 10 11.30 01:52.97 03:41:27.39 11 11.20 02:04.17 03:41:38.59 12 11.40 02:15.57 03:41:49.99 13 11.33 02:26.90 03:42:01.32 14 11.30 02:38.20 03:42:12.62 15 16 22.72 03:00.92 03:42:35.34 17 11.21 03:12.13 03:42:46.55 18 11.39 03:23.52 03:42:57.94 19 11.31 03:34.83 03:43:09.25 20 21 22.68 03:57.51 03:43:31.93 22 23 22.63 04:20.14 03:43:54.56 b20) # dT Tcum UT 00 00.00 00:00.00 03:39:25.88 01 02 22.54 00:22.54 03:39:48.42 03 04 22.56 00:45.10 03:40:10.98 05 06 22.66 01:07.76 03:40:33.64 07 08 22.66 01:30.42 03:40:56.30 09 11.44 01:41.86 03:41:07.74 10 11.12 01:52.98 03:41:18.86 11 11.43 02:04.41 03:41:30.29 12 11.15 02:15.56 03:41:41.44 13 11.49 02:27.05 03:41:52.93 14 11.21 02:38.26 03:42:04.14 15 11.34 02:49.60 03:42:15.48 16 11.22 03:00.82 03:42:26.70 17 11.32 03:12.14 03:42:38.02 18 11.33 03:23.47 03:42:49.35 19 11.34 03:34.81 03:43:00.69 20 21 22.64 03:57.45 03:43:23.33 22 11.32 04:08.77 03:43:34.65 23 11.31 04:20.08 03:43:45.96 24 11.33 04:31.41 03:43:57.29 25 11.24 04:42.65 03:44:08.53 26 11.43 04:54.08 03:44:19.96 27 11.22 05:05.30 03:44:31.18 28 11.48 05:16.78 03:44:42.66 29 11.16 05:27.94 03:44:53.82 30 31 22.70 05:50.64 03:45:16.52 b21) # dT Tcum UT 1.00 0 02:18.98 03:42:20.41 2.02 22.18 02:41.16 03:42:42.59 3.00 22.31 03:03.47 03:43:04.90 4.00 22.63 03:26.10 03:43:27.53 4.53 11.96 03:38.06 03:43:39.49 5.00 10.72 03:48.78 03:43:50.21 5.50 11.3 04:00.08 03:44:01.51 6.00 11.23 04:11.31 03:44:12.74 15.50 215.15 07:46.46 03:47:47.89 16.50 22.54 08:09.00 03:48:10.43 b22) The phase shift was not as distinctive as usual. The second flashing surface was never brighter than about +5.0 mag. My best guess is that the phase shift occurred at 03:27 UTC. b23) The phase shift was much more distinctive tonight than last night. It occurred at approxamately 03:27:30 UTC. b24) I have a bit of a problem in doing PPAS reports on it. because of its phase shift. Its actual flash period now is 22.6 seconds but because of the phase shift and not being able to report half-period counts. if I report the actual 22.6 period. I cannot include some cycles. So. which of the following is the correct PPAS report? b25) The phase shift was at 03:30:30 UTC 14 November b26) I watched from 3:07 until 3:43. and the following were the only flashes that I saw (mostly every 11.3 seconds but beginning and ending with 22.6) using handheld 10x50s. The gibbous Moon was pretty high up. Weather was very nice. The first flash I saw was 3:17:33.5; first 4.5 cycles not figured in PPAS report due to phase shift issue. The reported magnitude is something of a guess. due to watching it with binoculars. the Moonlight. of course. b27) The phase shift occurred at 03:35:30 UTC b28) The phase shift occured at 03:36:00. For some reason the peak flashes from the second flashing surface were much brighter than those from the first flashing surface (+1.0 mag vs +3.0 mag). b29) The Phase shift occurred at 03:48:30 UTC. BJG emailed following: Using the elset Ed included in his mail. Don acquired Suprbird-A on 2002-12-04 near RA 01:59. decl. -8.7 (2000). Phase shift was at RA 02:02 decl. -8.5. End of obs. at RA 02:06.5 decl. -8.4 Expect a shift of -0:04 in RA per day. If the two phases are symmetric, acquisition could have been at RA 01:57 decl. -8.8 On Nov.03 Don reported a flash from a different surface nearly 40 minutes before the usual double event. I'd be happy to receive more observations of these flashes ! 89-041 A 02-11-03 02:49:07.45 JDG 542.2 0.3 24 22.59 +2.0->inv 89-041 A 02-11-03 03:26:36.75 JDG 440.8 0.3 39 11.30 +2.0->inv ** On Nov.14. just 15 minutes before the standard series. 89-041 A 02-11-14 03:18:17.33 JDG 451.9 0.3 20 22.59 +5.5->inv 89-041 A 02-11-14 03:35:14.08 JDG 530.9 0.3 47 11.30 +2.0->inv 89-041 A 02-12-04 03:53:12.22 JDG 463.2 0.4 41 11.30 +2.0->inv The Phase shift occurred at 03:48:30 UTC b30) the first one 22.6 sec. then the next 41 were 11.3 sec. with pattern of +3. +7. gradually both approx same mag. +3. back to that pattern of bright. fainter. again with one 22.6 at the end and then off. lim mag in moonlight ~ +9.5. b31) # dT dcum UT remarks 0 0.00 0:00.00 03:24:04.44 F. mag 3 1 - - -- 2 22.47 0:22.47 03:24:26.91 F. mag 3 3-5 - - -- 6 45.30 1:07.77 03:25:12.21 F. mag 5 b32) The phase shift occurred at 03:43:30 on 24 June UTC and on 03:44:30 on 25 June UTC. I managed to accidently delete the splits for the 25 June flashes. The initial flashing surface gave the "smear" type flashes for the first minute or so. b33) The phase shift for Superbird A occurred at 03:18:30 UTC 18 November. The surface that began flashing first was about 1-2 mag brighter during the phase shift. I have some flash times for Raduga 33 but I need to extract the extraneous half period flashes if only to make some sense of the times. b34) the observation began at the phase shift (03:20 UTC 22 November) b35) The first observation covers the so-called (by me anyway) "Phantom Surface". What was particularly noteworthy was. with the exception of the first few flashes. they were all double flashes. The main flash was preceded by a dimmer flash by about 0.5 second. The double flashes ended abruptly at 03:17:55 UTC. This was followed by the usual Superbird A flash pattern (Second PPAS report). The phase shift for occurred at 03:26:30 b36) The phase shift was around 03:27:30 UTC. I wanted to see if I could observe the entire "phantom surface" and phase shift flash cycles. I started observing Superbird A at 02:40 UTC and saw no flashes until 03:06:52 UTC. I observed no double flashes. I'm convinced that if the surface that yields the bright flashes first is the "A" surface and the second surface that yields bright flashes is the "B" surface. then the "phantom surface" is the "B" surface. b37) The phase shift occurred at 03:46:00 UTC. 22 December. I managed to observe both the flash sessions. There was a period of 6:33 between the 2 sessions where no flashing was observed. b38) Phase shift at 03:14 UTC b39) Phase shift at 03:17:04 UTC b40) Phase shift at 03:25 UTC b41) The unknown/phantom surface of Superbird A was flashing around 7.5 mag when I acquired it at 02:35 UTC. The main show began at 03:08:58 UTC (after a 12 minute 38 second gap in the flashing) and ended at 03:19:55 UTC. The phase shift was at 03:15 UTC. b42) Through the summer haze on Saturday night I had a much better look at the whole Superbird A flash cycle. The phase shift was circa 03:13:00 UTC b43) Thanks to Bjorn's calculations I observed this object. A few minutes earlier than predicted. Saw one flash before the first timing. So it started perhaps already before 03:22:19 UT. Could just see it naked eye halfway, hence the 2 period timing. Last +5(6)->inv; Timings 22.07 11.18 10.93 11.09 11.07 22.21 11.12 11.11 22.10 11.10 11.12 11.04 11.04 11.14 33.25 11.14 11.14 10.98 11.14 11.10 11.06 11.15 11.05 11.05 22.28 sec. b44) Timings 44.05 22.20 11.13 11.02 11.16 11.01 11.11 11.01 11.13 11.10 11.02 11.27 10.95 11.09 11.04 11.05 11.10 11.10 11.10 11.15 11.02 11.22 10.96 11.16 11.03 22.29 sec. The first flash was seen close to Eta Hydra, RA=08h45m, d=+3d30m. Some of the flashes looked like a beam of light as from a lighthouse. It looks like there is a longer and shorter period, although the difference is small. b45) Timings 22.04 33.36 11.04 11.07 11.01 22.49 10.86 10.99 11.11 22.11 11.09 11.14 11.05 22.15 33.21 11.19 10.99 11.17 11.01 22.24 22.12 sec. Saw 1 flash before starting to time. Some flashes very bright, some just visible. Last flash just west of Zeta Hydra. b46) Timings 44.12 22.14 22.09 11.20 11.03 11.13 11.02 11.08 11.04 22.19 11.10 11.13 10.99 11.20 10.94 11.11 22.26 11.06 11.14 22.14 11.12 44.29 sec. Some flashes very bright and sharp, others fainter and flatter. Missed one flash before the last timing. b47) Timings 22.14 22.18 22.17 22.13 11.22 22.08 11.07 11.09 11.08 22.16 11.25 10.91 11.05 11.14 11.05 11.20 10.97 11.25 10.91 22.16 44.42 sec. Saw 1 flash before starting to time b48) Timings 22.05 22.31 22.10 22.18 22.18 11.06 11.09 11.12 10.98 11.04 11.19 10.99 22.99 22.08 11.25 10.96 sec. Missed several faint maxima due to some cirrus. Saw 2 flashes before the first timing. b49) Timings 11.12 10.92 11.19 10.98 11.10 11.04 11.04 11.08 11.11 11.06 11.04 11.17 10.99 11.16 11.06 11.08 11.00 11.13 22.27 11.03 22.15 22.25 22.07 sec. Saw one flash before timing. b50) Timings 22.04 22.07 22.13 22.11 22.20 11.24 10.89 11.09 11.04 11.07 11.15 10.99 11.10 11.09 11.15 11.01 11.05 11.10 11.11 11.10 11.09 11.12 11.02 11.05 22.19 22.25 22.18 sec. b51) Timings 22.06 44.43 21.84 22.18 11.06 11.03 11.11 11.02 11.14 11.02 11.11 11.05 11.16 11.04 11.00 11.16 10.98 11.11 11.07 11.12 11.06 11.08 11.02 11.22 11.03 22.25 sec. b52) I'm not sure which of these two PPAS reports is technically correct. (I think that since it begins with three 22+ second cycles, probably 22+ seconds is the actual flash period. The PPAS data-entry software decided on two versus three decimal places in the flash period.) The other one is: 89- 41 A 05-12-15 03:05:15.7 EC 243.3 0.1 22 11.058 +3.5->i Timings (UTC): ----- 3:01:12.44 22.02 3:01:34.46 22.08 3:01:56.54 22.13 3:02:18.67 11.12 3:02:29.79 10.96 3:02:40.75 11.15 3:02:51.90 11.01 3:03:02.91 11.08 3:03:13.99 11.08 3:03:25.07 11.10 3:03:36.17 11.01 3:03:47.18 11.07 3:03:58.25 11.09 3:04:09.34 11.07 3:04:20.41 11.03 3:04:31.44 11.05 3:04:42.49 11.11 3:04:53.60 11.11 3:05:04.71 11.01 3:05:15.72 I was puzzled that it didn't end with at least one 22-second cycle. I believe that the third flash may have been the very brightest one. b53) Timings 22.09 22.02 22.16 22.12 22.21 11.67(late) 10.46 11.08 11.11 22.03 11.16 22.10 11.14 11.07 11.07 11.08 11.05 33.30 sec. Saw 1 flash before starting to time. Was surprised by the first 11.xx sec flash, hence late timing. b54) Timings 22.11 22.12 [11.17 10.94] 22.19 22.07 sec. Its period is still going down slowly. Low in the southwest in between Alpha Ori and the belt stars. b55) Timings [11.02 10.98] [11.18 11.00] 22.13 22.05 22.14 22.25 22.09 22.24 44.31 sec. The sm were not visible later on. Last timed flash was mag 6. b56) Timings 10.97 11.12 11.00 11.06 11.02 11.12 11.02 11.13 10.94 22.13 11.19 11.01 22.06 22.17 22.19 22.17 sec Saw 1 flash before timings. b57) The phase shift (the part of the flashing period when both reflecting surfaces are nearly equally bright) last night was at 03:47:00 UTC 28 January and on 03:48:00 UTC 29 January. b58) Timings 10.96, 11.00, 11.07, 11.06, 11.06, 11.00, 11.12, 10.97, 22.09, 22.10, 22.12, 22.10, 22.13, 22.14 b59) next to Procyon! b60) After phase shift b61) Before phase shift b62) The end time is approximate but accurate to within a minute (forgot to start the stopwatch at a known time) The Phase Shift was at 03:36 UTC b63) In case anyone else might want to see it. Mike knew when to look. I first saw it at about 3:47:47 UTC, and my last click was at about 3:55:46. Flashing about every 21.3 seconds or half that. I was able to see a few flashes without binoculars, but they weren't easy only +4.0 at best, maybe only +4.5. It was around RA 8:54-55, Dec +9.3, about three degrees north of epsilon and zeta Hydrae. end 1989-041A 1989-046A 20066 USA 39 b1) The only flashing geosynch I've been able to see in the last couple of weeks has been our DSP in the SW, 89-046A, 20066, USA 39, as always at about 4:00 UTC. end 1989-046A 1989-052A 20107 Gorizont 18 b1) It was flashing at and probably before RA 0842, still flashing at RA=0906 and almost probably after. Current longitude zero, well placed for Europe, drifting 3 deg/day westwards. end 1989-052A 1989-053A 20122 Olympus 1 b1) Saturday night (early April 29 UTC) Mike McCants confirmed that an unknown tumbling geosynch he had seen near Superbird A as Olympus 1 (89-053A. 20122). Its visual characteristics aren't easy. so beyond saying that its brightest maxima were about +9 and the repetition period seemed to be about 6:45. I'll leave any further analysis to him! end 1989-053A 1989-062A 20168 TVSat 2 b1) I observed it from 01:53:33 to 02:10:18 UTC and every 65 to 70 seconds it was visible at +8.5 mag for about 15-20 seconds. end 1989-062A 1989-062B 20169 HIPPARCOS 1) A few minutes before this ( 9:20 utc ) it was flashing much brighter, looking to be mag 5 range. Video of 2 flashes from it, near the star 23 Hya located at 9h 17m R.A -6° 21' dec end 1989-062B 1989-067A 20193 Sirius W 1) Assuming I missed 3 flashes due to faintness. end 1989-067A 1989-081A 20263 Gorizont 19 b1) MW's comment: 89081A = #20263 = Gorizont 19 On the 7th I saw mid-flashes at 202022 203501 210419 and 211901 UT. I did not look for the 2005 flash. I looked for the 2134 flash but saw nothing. The period was 879.7+-0.2s. Thanks to Rainer for his flash data. Rainer's times give a period of 881.7+-0.2s. These periods are inconsistent. but the period is estimated on the assumption that it is constant. If we fit to Rainer's first 4 times (matching my flashes) then we get 879.5+-.2s which is close to my period. However the rate of change of period during Rainer's observations is about 4 sec per hour which is not consistent with the change in period from 1 day to the next. Possibly this is due to the shape of the surface of Gorizont: for example a slightly twisted surface would give each flash from a different part of the surface. The period does not seem to be increasing smoothly. which is why my prediction for April 7th was 3 minutes out. My guess for Europe for tonight (Apr 8) is that the period will be 882+-1s. and the flashes will be within 2 minutes of 2008 2023 2038 2052 2107 2122 2136 2151. If we had observations from outside Europe then it should be possible to determine the direction of Gorizont's spin axis. b2) RK's comment: Flares from Gorizont 19 (1989-81A.20263) 2003 April 07 observed max mag duration(A->F'A'F'; Very dtm with several overlapping periods? Enigmatic. 0:18:52.31 to 0:19:42.56 8 timings F'A' 0:19:49.81 0:19:59.68 0:20:04.66 0:20:09.93 0:20:12.77 0:20:24.41 0:20:31.16 0:20:47.68 0:21:10.56 0:21:35.24 0:21:51.89 0:22:00.77 0:22:14.74 0:22:18.66 0:22:40.18 0:22:44.27 0:22:48.18 0:23:00.41 0:23.03.54 0:23:06.54 b4) It gave 2 bright flashes, and one very bright flash, easily mag 0 or brighter b5) every third flash is followed by a faint flash about 2 seconds later. end 1989-089A 1989-091A 20330 Kosmos 2050 (Oko) b1) I had just started watching Intelsat 402 Rk (71-006B, 04882) when there was a +5.0 flash near it. I thought it was a flashing geosynch and checked my printout and found a known one near the position, but when I looked back and waited for another flash, it was a couple of degrees farther north -- not a more-or-less equatorial flashing geosynch. Its flash period was about 36.6 seconds. As it continued farther north it got fainter until I couldn't see it. It seems like it must have been Cosmos 2050 (89-091A, 20330, an Oko), although it needs to be confirmed. Its range at the first flash was almost 11,500 miles (18,400 km). Cosmos 382 end 1989-091A 1990-001A 20401 Skynet 4A b1) The flashes got brighter over time. end 1990-001A 1990-017B 20509 Nadezhda 2 rocket [Kosmos] b1) Timings 30.35 30.65 61.97 sec b2) Timings 23.15 22.31 21.61 27.14 sec. b3) Timings 28.52 25.73 31.18 24.47 sec. b4) Timings 19.66 19.33 18.82 20.33 17.64 sec. b5) Timings 19.47 22.59 19.97 21.18 19.31 sec. P around 42 sec? b6) Timings 21.61 20.78 20.68 24.22 17.63 23.30 sec. b7) Timings 20.84 21.45 21.29 21.09 sec. b8) Timings 20.18 22.60 21.41 24.28 21.57 23.87 sec. b9) Timings 19.93 19.53 20.83 20.39 19.04 21.05 18.88 23.21 sec b10) timings (15.41 9.00) (11.95 7.60) (14.18 8.75) (13.74 9.70) (12.88 11.18) b11) Timings 21.15 23.84 20.62 24.32 22.07 13.12 11.49 10.97 9.78 sec. Possible hp at end of pass. b12) Timings 24.55 24.84 26.61 25.52 26.45 sec. b13) Timings 26.88 25.06 22.40 25.28 sec b14) Complex variation; groups are within parentheses. First maxima were mostly flashes with some round maxima in between. The last two groups were rather flat maxima. (14.18 7.12 5.96) (8.20 7.19 6.76 5.00 3.00) (6.56 6.34 7.68 7.62) (6.36 7.84 6.76 7.43) (7.25 6.91 7.18 9.54) (12.02 15.38) (12.19 16.28) b15) Timings 7.61 8.24 6.44 8.11 6.82 sec. b16) Timings [4.73 6.29] [5.34 5.50] [5.78 6.03] [4.78 5.80] [5.09 5.99] sec. b17) "Evolved" from A+f -> F -> A b18) Definitely missed a few F at first and last part of apparition. b19) A short flashy maximum was about halfway two round maxima: (5.68 5.04) (3.96 5.27) (4.44 5.84) (3.66 4.33) (5.21 5.84 3.86 5.30) b20) Sharp start to cycle, almost like a flash, then slow to fade. A few nice flashes off cycle near culmination. end 1990-017B 1990-030B 20559 Asiasat 1 Rocket [CZ-3] b1) timings 24s65(dark duration), 44s.57(light duration), 15s.16(dark duration), 51.17(light duration) b2) timings 63s.72 65.48 68.27 60.61 65.52 light/dark 31s.78/28s.57, 38.52/28.21, 36.02/32.18, 36.16/17.98 49.10/12.88 , 56.17/05.97. b3) +7->inv; +5.5->inv; Timings 71.39 68.43 72.82. b4) Timings 71.58 61.87 72.60 b5) Timings 65.70 66.04 67.59 69.05 66.42 69.43 65.93 67.87 68.40 68.86 269.66(4A) 66.94 66.58 b6) Timings 71.28 68.75 68.55 67.67 70.81 67.46 68.98 68.11 67.69 71.02 68.59 68.83 71.50 67.46 69.84 68.15 72.71 b7) Timings 40.08 14.07 21.72 end 1990-030B 1990-046B 20625 Kosmos 2082 rocket [Zenit] b1) Timings 58.02 154.27 sec. b2) Timings [37.36 20.47] 51.18 52.92 sec. b3) Timings 63.28 55.72 sec. b4) Timings 92.82 85.11 sec. b5) Timings 81.65 91.80 sec. b6) Timings 32.09 50.76 72.53 sec. Was very bright for long periods. b7) maxima and minima are difficult to determine. b8) Timings 94.22 146.12 sec. Dtm, long flat maxima. end 1990-046B 1990-050A 20641 USA 59 1) 1 F @ 8m "off cycle" not timed. end 1990-050A 1990-056C 20669 Intelsat 604 rocket 2 [?] b1) Only two pairs of flashes seen, 7 and 2.7 sec after main flash end 1990-056C 1990-063A 20705 TDF 2 b1) On 90-063A I didn't see any doubles flashes this time; I only saw the last few single flashes before it disappeared. b2) Raw times: 4:37:03.72 -- 21.69, 21.83, 21.72, 21.76, 21.66, 168.66 (7.75 cycles), 21.74, 22.04, 21.41, 21.88, 21.71, 21.71, 21.72, 87.27 (getting faint, 4 cycles) -- 4:44:40.55 b3) some at max mag +4 flashes 0.20 0.25 seconds apart. b4) some doubles, last ten or eleven were .2-second double maxima, getting fainter; same FOV as Gorizont 29 (1993-072 A) b5) some doubles; fast, bright double maxima but faded fast (Flashes maybe 20-25 minutes later each night? Got predictions for it and Superbird A after going home from BCRC.) b6) It give mag 8 are brighter flashes. I could see double flashes for part of the show, and then only 1 bright flash from it. It did the same thing less then 1/2 half hour ago, when it flashed brightly for a short time. end 1990-063A 1990-072C 20812 Progress-M 4 fragment b1) Timings 35.50 40.79 39.14 sec. end 1990-072C 1990-074A 20762 Marcopolo 2 (THOR 1) b1) No real surprise here. This HS 376 series comsat was spin stabilized at 50 rpm. Its spin rate has decreased to 39 rpm since it was taken out of service in 2002. It seems to have a brief series of short flashes followed by a single flash. The pattern repeats every 3.08 seconds. end 1990-074A 1990-077A 20771 Yuri 3A b1) Yuri 3A (90-077A, 20771) was visible flashing for at least an hour, 3:41-4:39 UTC (RA 8:25-9:23). Who knows how long it was flashing before and/or after that? Most of the brightest flashes (magnitude +3) were every 186 seconds, but every so often two in a row would be bright (i.e., every 93 seconds). It's really more complicated than that. There seemed to be a repetition every 11 short cycles (11 times 93 seconds). end 1990-077A 1990-078A 20774 Kosmos 2098 b1) Timings 8.22 45.02 14.63 21.13 2.90 12.86 11.21 5.32 sec. Several secondary flashes were faint and not timed; obvious were the double flashes close together. b2) Timings [5.70 13.61] 18.36 sec. Later in the pass it became almost S. 7 end 1990-078A 1990-079B 20777 Eutelsat-2 F1 b1) The one question is that for much of it, I could only see it every 54.5 seconds. So I'm unsure as to whether the period is the shorter or the longer duration (27.25 or 54.50?) During the time above, actually only the last four maxima were separate by 27.25 seconds. All of the preceding ones were every 54.50 seconds. I think my cut-off time above may have been near the phase shift. end 1990-079B 1990-081D 20791 Feng Yun 1B rocket [CZ-4] b1) Timings 5.04 5.23 5.18 5.69 4.49 5.83 5.02 5.18 5.07 5.21 5.17 5.72 4.75 5.40 5.02 4.98 5.39 sec. According to PPAS-2005-11 last reported in 1995 as S, + 5. Has to be checked. Could have been 1971-111 B, but this sat was last reported flashing in 1975, then S till 1992. b2) Followed from 36°/253° to 20°/317°, culmination 36°/263°. Mg +7 almost steday. end 1990-081D 1990-081J 20??? CZ-4 debris b1) sm; Timings [4.70 7.26 4.99] 15.35 16.17 5.93 16.18 16.36 sec. Period is lower. The 5.93 timing looks like a phaseshift. Saw this sat as an UNID, ID with Skymap. end 1990-081J 1990-081K 20847 CZ-4 debris b1) Timings 8.10 [5.55 2.75] 6.62 7.44 8.43 7.94 6.88 8.30 sec. One sm timed. b2) Timings [4.12 2.25 7.30] [5.70 3.56 5.84] [8.04 7.34] [8.08 7.01] 14.85 [8.98 7.16] [8.11 6.66] 15.93 16.51 sec. Timed several sm; P around 15 sec seems best fit. b3) Timings [2.91 12.79] [2.71 7.06 5.29] [3.11 6.59 5.65] [2.32 7.08 5.41] sec. Complex period of three flashes. b4) Timings 15.00 15.24 15.23 15.52 15.45 15.40 14.72 17.37 sec. Last two timings a bit unsure. b5) Timings 15.58 12.48 2.58 12.61 3.28 7.86 6.96 9.56 3.53 3.37 5.66 5.10 4.61 5.54 3.28 3.33 sec. b6) Timings 4.12 8.28 6.73 7.01 4.73 4.35 6.21 7.96 17.94 7.23 7.17 9.17 7.04 5.55 sec. b7) Timings 14.53 12.22 14.80 14.23 16.89 14.38 sec. b8) Timings [11.27 3.27] [11.75 3.18] [5.84 5.93 4.00] [5.87 5.30 3.45] [5.72 6.06 3.37] sec. Combined period, last timing in each group was a bright flash. b9) Timings 13.84 15.20 12.77 16.04 15.33 15.68 sec. b10) Timings 14.20 14.82 14.38 15.01 sec. b11) sm: +5 Timings 11.97 16.58 14.73 15.14 14.25 sec. b12) Timings [7.10 5.55] 11.80 11.53 [7.02 6.50] [7.23 6.54] [6.17 8.52] sec. b13) Timings [1.89 3.62 10.14] [4.57 4.79 5.79] sec. end 1990-081K 1990-081R 20853 CZ-4 debris b1) Timings [4.19 7.79 7.75] 19.80 [9.54 10.94] sec. Sometimes flashes difficult to see. b2) +6 Timings 4.36 4.67 5.94 4.61 5.41 3.38 5.36 4.36 4.65 4.34 sec. A rather irregular pattern b3) Timings 4.63 6.92 6.84 5.26 2.30 7.89 2.96 2.78 4.15 4.56 1.13 5.07 5.75 3.67 2.29 4.08 6.00 3.14 2.41 sec. end 1990-081R 1990-095A 20929 USA 65 b1) times were 2001 May 13 21:06:37.84 UTC. 07:02.79 57.63 08:22.52 12:01.84 26.75 13:53.98 14:18.70 23:59.40 24:24.62 32:18.03 32:42.85 end 1990-095A 1990-099A 20941 Kosmos 2105 (Oko) b1) Ed and I spotted an object flashing to brighter than zero magn.every 7.5 seconds. In between flashes it was about magn. +8. The flashes did not seem "sharp" to me - they seemed "square". On for a fraction of a second and then off. The flashes were mainly white in the 8 inch telescope, but they had a green tinge. 2006 Sep 26 Times are UT Hrs Min Alt Azi Range miles km 2 18 56 106 3745 6027 2 19 53 109 3649 5873 2 20 50 113 3565 5737 2 21 46 116 3494 5623 2 22 42 119 3436 5530 2 23 38 121 3394 5462 2 24 34 123 3369 5422 (shadow entry) This object is in a nearly 12-hour period, so we are anticipating a repeat performance tonight about 5 minutes earlier. A previous measurement of the tumble period was 7.2 seconds in 2004. b2) Is still flashing very brightly high in the east, kind of around 2:00 UTC (9:00 PM local time. I don't have the exact time at hand at the moment, but it's as it's above and right of the Great Square of Pegasus, as we look to the east). end 1990-099A 1990-100A 20945 Satcom C1 1) Other F seen but broke away to view 21775. Alternating 6/8 mag F end 1990-100A 1990-110G 21012 Kosmos 2109 (GLONASS) aux. motor b1) Too fast to time in terrible conditions - appeared to be about 1s period. end 1990-110G 1991-003A 21055 Italsat 1 b1) Last night toward the end of the session I thought I'd look for 90007, to see if it might be flashing. After 30 or 40 seconds there was a flash. The next flash was 61 seconds later. That matched what we had seen on November 5 from Canyon of the Eagles. I had predictions for Italsat 1 as well as 90007 but had not realized that they were almost in the same place because the predictions were on two different pages. Mike got it in the telescope, and it appeared to match Italsat 1's position quite well. This one appears to have a fairly short flash episode and so ramps up and then down quickly. I believe the brightest flash would have been visible without binoculars. I got times on it from 4:00 to 4:15 UTC, when it was at about RA 0:41 to 0:56, Dec -11.7 to -11.3 (2000). b2) much easier, with 1x flashes but quick to fade: 1 3:48:18 +3 1x no position 2 3:49:18 +3 1x no position 3 3:50:18 +4 10x50 binocs 0h25m -13.1 4 3:51:19 +5 10x50 binocs 0h26m -13.1 5 3:52:20 +6 10x50 binocs 0h27m -13.1 It seemed like I saw a "preflash" just before #4 (5 s earlier) of about mag 7.5 b3) 1 3:43:01 +3 1X 2 3:44:01 +3 1X 3 3:45:01 +4 0:21 -12.5 10X binocs 4 3:46:02 +5 0:22 -12.7 10X 5 3:47:04 +6 0:23 -12.6 10X 6 3:48:05 +8 0:24 -12.6 10X b4) About 2:58 last night I was able to see a flash from ItalSat 1 We watched it for about 13 minutes as the flashes got brighter then fainter. The brightest flash was at 3:04:27. The flash period was 59.41 seconds. A previous observation was August 17 at 5:02 with a period of 59.0 seconds. It appears to be flashing about 3 minutes earlier each night. end 1991-003A 1991-009J 21108 Kosmos 2125-2132 rocket wreck b1) Unexpectedly bright for this Kosmos-rocket wreck near sig Boo. end 1991-009J 1991-010D 21114 Kosmos 2133 Rocket b1) four groups of 10 cycles each b2) four cycles plus two groups of 10 each end 1991-010D 1991-012A 21118 Molniya-1 80 b1) timings 9.25, 9.40 9.29 9.40 9.35 18.74 (2), 18.80 (2) 18.83 (2) end 1991-012A 1991-014A 21132 Raduga 27 b1) Another try to observe Raduga 27. I went outside at 21:05 UT. Saw some very faint flashes. before a bright mag 5 flash. Here I started my stopwatch. After two more bright flashes the next two were invisible or just very faint. Then again two mag 5 flashes. and two more fainter. Next max not seen and stopped timing after two more mag 5 flashes. Timings 69.22 69.44 208.12 69.30 69.33 69.34 138.71 69.51 69.09 sec b2) Timings 68.82 689.05 344.91 68.68 68.96 206.66 68.86 sec. First gap due to very faint flashes. not timed. The other two gaps caused by clouds. b3) At last. despite some haze at Malma. I was able to see some flashes from Raduga 27. I had forgotten the flash period. and after each flash I searched for two-three minutes but never saw consecutive flashes. OTOH. the ones I saw. after rest periods for arms and eyes. were not on even (or higher) multiples of the assumed period either. The flashes I saw were about mag.+6. 20:45:34 5-6 seconds late. before I decided it WAS a flash (4 missed) 20:50:56.9 (3 missed) 20:55:18.9 (5 missed) 21:00:47.2 (2 missed) 21:04:04.0 Reaction time uncertain. but probably consistent within 0.3 s (except first) b4) R.27 was quite easy at 18:13 UTC. I found it immediately and (almost) all flashes were bright. At 18:59. after a 30 min warm-up (-15 C here at #5919) some flashes were fainter. Last period from 20:11 several flashes were missed. or fainter. Period is probably 129.280 s - of the last pass 5 flashes were on integer multiples. only 2 on half-period (in the first pass 9 integer. 7 half) I am very surprised at the low residuals at so long flashing intervals. Even so. there is clear graphic indication that the period was higher on the first pass (>129.292). lower on the last (129.25. not random variation?). Stopwatch 0:00:00 = 18:09:00.6 UTC 2003-02-07 Timings Lap: Residual from 64.64 s: 0:04:03.58 0.12 0:05:08.18 64.60 0.08 0:07:17.58 129.40 0.20 0:08:22.10 64.52 0.08 0:09:26.70 64.60 0.04 0:10:31.37 64.67 0.07 0:11:36.04 64.67 0.10 0:12:40.70 64.66 0.12 0:13:45.29 64.59 0.07 0:14:50.04 64.75 0.18 0:16:59.44 129.40 0.30 0:19:08.72 129.28 0.30 0:20:13.44 64.72 0.38 0:21:17.92 64.48 0.22 0:50:24.62 1746.70 1.64 First after pause - too late 0:51:27.91 63.29 0.29 0:52:32.64 64.73 0.38 0:53:37.22 64.58 0.32 0:54:41.81 64.59 0.27 2:02:34.18 4072.37 0.32 2:04:44.17 129.99 1.03 Second after pause - too late 2:09:01.88 257.71 0.18 2:10:06.54 64.66 0.20 2:11:11.04 64.50 0.06 2:13:20.51 129.47 0.25 2:16:34.26 193.75 0.08 b5) 21h54m07.0s- 21h54m08.9 UT - 3 weak flashes. magnitude about +8.2 21 55 07.6 - 21 55 09.5 - 3 21 56 08.2 - 21 56 10.0 - 2 21 57 08.8 - 21 57 10.4 - 3 21 58 09.4 - 21 58 11.1 - 3 21 59 10.2 - 21 59 11.6 - 3 22 00 10.6 - 22 00 12.3 - 3 moved to another satellite for a while then back again to Raduga 27 22h31m29.9s- 22h31m30.5 UT - 1 flash at about magnitude +7.5 22 32 30.5 - 22 32 31.0 - 1 22 33 31.2 - 22 33 31.6 - 1 22 34 31.8 - 22 34 32.3 - 1 22 35 32.4 - 22 35 32.9 - 1 end 1991-014A 1991-019B 21153 Nadezhda 3 rocket [Kosmos] b1) Timings 49.50 159.23 sec. Some max dtm. end 1991-019 B 1991-026A 21222 Anik E2 b1) fainter flashes in between end 1991-026A 1991-029B 21231 Kosmos 2142 rocket [Kosmos] b1) Timings 59.88 170.46(3A) b2) Timings 68.95 90.90 sec. b3) Long ago seen as steady - wonder what has happened? end 1991-029B 1991-032A 21263 NOAA 12 b1) Timings 20.41 49.20 sec. b2) Much more active than previous sightings, low in SSW. b3) Tried different way of counting periods, but then anchor flash deteriorated by end of count, to almost no flash. b4) After this period changed to an indistinct pattern of F and A at about4-7s period, much less regular. b5) Finally happy with measured period on this object; some sharp flashes with others wide dimmer maxes. b6) Still irregular, with some dim A cycles not counted b7) Timings 8.86 7.67 9.53 8.49 8.83 8.85 6.82 7.37 8.44 8.62 8.64 8.72 7.64 8.75 8.89 8.70 8.96 8.63 8.96 8.51 Culmination 31°/264° at 17:25:38. b8) Timings: 16.41(3A) 5.09 4.79 10.53(2) 5.93 4.92 4.80 5.30 6.38 9.95(2) 5.06 5.56 5.50 4.36 6.66 16.02(3) Culmination 37°/098° at 05:13:52. b9) F'a'a'a'; Timings: 11.17 5.67 5.46 11.53 5.97 5.12 6.94 4.28 5.87 5.26 11.59 5.41 5.63 6.87 4.91 5.59 5.19 6.52 5.14 5.16 5.82 6.03 5.49 5.34 6.56 5.19 5.03 5.54 5.45 6.45 4.87 6.69 5.59 5.96 4.59 Culmination 37°/098° at 05:14:40. b10) Timings: 10.22 9.72 9.24 8.84 10.38 9.04 Culmination 25°/266° at 17:58:11 b11) Timed on 2nd of 3rd minima, but 3rd minima = inv b12) ! = several naked eye flashes on this cycle. Usual maxima = +5 b13) Timings: 11.40 11.68 11.46 11.45 11.35 11.50 11.55 11.60 5.43 2.87 3.33 5.64 2.30 3.28 5.41 3.20 2.95 8.55 3.41 8.25 3.38 11.71 11.94 8.00 3.59 8.13 14.80 [2.90 11.77 11.57 11.68 5.92 5.80 5.65 3.13 2.94 5.74 11.86 11.75] Timings in square brackets not considered, they do not fit. Culmination 17°/269° at 18:13:01 b14) Timings: 3.33 3.36 10.28 3.35 3.54 13.77 1.05 5.48 18.50 2.37 3.89 16.43 5.10 5.99 5.92 5.11 5.22 16.97 3.38 3.39 3.37 3.42 3.42 3.43 3.39 3.43 3.46 3.44 4641 culmination 37°/263°. From 18:02:50.38 17°/322° to 18:03:24.51 14°/328° noted 10 flashes mg +4.5. Visual, binoculars 15X70. end 1991-032A 1991-037A 21392 Aurora 2 b1) Observed a previously unreported geoflasher, found by Ron Welch of Canberra, and ID by Ed Cannon. This is Aurora 2, 1991 37A. The shortest interval between flashes was 175.9 seconds, but there were both intervals (3) of twice this and three of 3 times the smallest. Thus rather undecided on period. Rather a difficult object to observe with handheld binoculars for a hour, but i dont think i missed too many flashes. all I saw were strobe like and mag 2-3. end 1991-037A 1991-039A 21397 Okean 3 b1) Every other max was a sharp flash end 1991-039A 1991-041B 21419 Kosmos 2150 rocket [Kosmos] b1) Timings 54.28 54.37 sec. end 1991-041 B 1991-043A 21426 Molniya-1 81 b1) The other day, I observed molyina 1-81 flashing, every approx 20 seconds. I had wrote: I observed that it produce a bright flash every 20 seconds. Last time I observed it, I got around 8 seconds. in message http://www.satobs.org/seesat/Jul-2005/0264.html I can see I wasn't paying attention, as I for some reason was thinking of the molyina 1-88, when I was actually observing molyina 1-81. It was molyina 1-88 that flashed every approx 8 seconds. So I had discovered another flashing molyina by accident, as I aimed at the wrong satellite! And at the time I did know, I discovered another flashing molyina, I do now:) So I am a happy sat observer. It's fun to observe them flash. I beleive it's flashing earlier every night also like molyina 1-88, based on what I have observed playing back the video. I check on it tommorow night, if it's clear. b2) five different nights; very interesting; see also note b3..b6 flashing in SSW, south of Orion, southwest of Rigel, in Eridanus asymm Timings 20.49, 19.78, 20.74, 19.83, 20.63, 60.50, 20.69, 19.81, 40.59 b3) Timings 80.40, 19.82, 40.53, 20.65, 40.55, 40.70 b4) asymm Timings 19.76, 20.64, 19.78, 20.72, 19.62, 20.86, 19.54, 182.51, 20.49, 19.93, 40.64, 80.99 b5) several double flashes Timings 19.50, 20.63, 19.78, 20.66, 19.60, .97, 19.89, 19.58, .68, 19.69, .47, 19.79, .36, 19.83, .41, 20.26, 19.81, .39, 20.38, 20.12, 20.43, 40.49, 19.74, 20.79, 19.80, 40.52 b6) several double flashes; may be doing phase shift doubles asymm Timings [40.40, 20.76], 19.73, 20.53, 19.64, 20.81, 19.58, 2.84 (late click to mark double flash), 18.04, 19.53, .31, 19.98, .39, 19.86, .35, 19.81, .38, 20.27, 19.79, .40, 20.26, 20.05, 20.45, 19.91, 20.64, 19.74, 20.88, 19.57, 40.56 b7) Towards the end of the observation I only saw every other maximum, giving a probable flash period of 40.48 seconds. This was fairly low in the SSW. end 1991-043A 1991-046A 21533 Gorizont 23 b1) Timings 55.72 55.82 55.82 55.71 55.83 55.78 sec b2) Timings 55.83 55.65 55.81 55.80 56.00 55.61 55.89 111.61 sec. 8th flash not seen. Flashes were alternating bright and dimmer and the last bright one was fainter: mag 4 5 4 5 4 6 4 - 5 b3) At 18:15 the flashes got brighter and I could time a nice row of flashes with some breakes to write down the magnitudes(*) or the flashes were to faint to observe. After a half-clouded day it cleared just after dark. I observed Gorizont 23 in two intervals. In the first it was faint and I missed or didn't time several flashes. After the last timed flash I didn't see the sat for about 10 minutes. After writing down the times I did another session and now the sat was much brighter with even one mag 4 flash. b4) Timings 0 167.71 55.52 111.45 55.85 55.90 111.60(*) 55.79 55.74 Magnitude: 6 4 4 6 6 6 4 5 6 55.92 55.78 55.76 55.76 111.69(*) 55.84 55.79 111.83 sec 5 5 4 ? 5 4 5 6 First obs Time Mag 0 6 55.77 5 55.78 6 -- 7 not timed -- 7 not timed and noted magnetudes -- -- not seen 223.24 6 -- 7 111.70 6 55.89 7 55.75 6 noted magnitudes -- 5 not timed 111.64 7 Second obs Time Mag 0 5 55.74 4 55.67 5 55.82 6 55.79 6 55.78 5 b5) Timings and [mag]: NT [5] 0 [6] 55.76 [7] 55.90 [6] 55.89 [7] 55.87 [6] 55.85 [7] 56.00 [6] 55.71 [7] 55.99 [7] 167.81 [6] NT [7] 111.66 [6] sec. b6) Mag Period 6 - First flash timed. saw a mag 4 before it. 6 55.56 5 55.78 4 55.94 6 55.88 6 55.96 6 55.75 6 --- Not timed 5 111.72 - --- Not seen - --- Not seen 7 167.83 6 55.58 6 55.87 5 55.98 6 55.77 6 55.89 7 56.01 Late timing 6 55.59 5 55.83 5 55.97 5 55.91 6 55.74 Last flash timed b7) Just about the brightest I've ever seen a Gorizont. In the FOV of the 8x42 together with 15994, 1985-076 C ASC 1 at about roughly RA 15:30-50 (about 5:30-6:15 UTC). end 1991-046A 1991-050A 21574 ERS 1 b1) Two flashes seen, 2nd was magn. -1 b2) Steady from 30 deg up in S to 30 deg up in N on a nearly overhead pass. b3) One flare as it and H2-A r/b (27700) were near each other on parallel tracks. end 1991-050A 1991-060A 21668 Yuri 3B (BS-3B) b1) I found Yuri 3B (91-060A. 21668) flashing pretty brightly (brightest maxima at least +4.0) last night. It was asymmetrical. so I'm not sure what its flash period is: first flash 2:28:41.90 August 19 UTC 73.37. 72.90 73.46. 72.95 73.42. 72.95 73.46. 72.92 73.44. 73.07 73.33. 73.00 73.39. 72.96 73.48. 72.90 2:48:12.90 ended obs The flashes were quick. all of the above visible in binocs. b2) I found that Yuri 3B's (91-060A. 21668) "real" flash period seems to be about 367.7. so it's interesting that the shorter intervals of about 73.5 and 147 seconds are 1/5 and 2/5! What happened was that for the last 20 minutes though I tried to see it every 73 seconds. the only flashes I saw were every 367.7 seconds. When I first looked there were some 73.5 seconds apart. or I would not have seen it at all. b3) Yuri 3B (91-060A. 21668) was seen flashing brightly a few minutes before Superbird A on Friday evening (about 3:15:20 Dec 20 UTC). My last recorded click was at about 4:19. With my 10x50s it was seen sometimes every 73 seconds but other times only after 146 seconds and the magnitudes vary in a complex way but the brightest are at least +4.0. end 1991-060A 1991-061A 21688 IRS 1B b1) started with mag 4 flash, next flash was mag 0 and reddish. b2) mag. +4 flash near Ras Algeti, next flash was mag +3. b3) Timings 48.76(2) 25.64 71.66 (3) 23.86 (mag -1 flash) 25.74 49.96 (2) 28.46 23.54 b4) One mag 0 flash, timings 23.19 and 28.41 b5) Timings 22.85 1.83 26.04 76.82 23.62 23.95 47.58 b6) Timings 148s.70 19:58:16.65 beginning flare 4 seconds mg+4, 20:00:45.35 flash +2 naked eye. This obs may be considered a confirmation of my obs dated 10 June with p= 24.74 seconds. b7) Timings 138.84 (seen two flashes naked eye at 19h39m50.07 mag -3 and at 19h42m08.91 mag -1. b8) seen two flashes naked eye: 19h25m48s.40 mag +1 and 19h28m08s.94 mag +2. b9) Timings 17.45 20.19 20.37 19.89 16.17 17.39 21.08 17.31 19.63 20.51 18.87 b10) flash times and magnities were: 02:51:17 +0->5 02:51:21 +2->5 02:51:22 +2->5 02:51:40 +2->5 b11) Timings [6.07 3.65 flash mag +2 yellow 21.93 23.09] [6.89 22.60 21.50 3.27] b12) Timings 25.44 21.52 [15.98 13.11] 27.14 25.93 21.18 29.12 b13) Timings [12.03 reddish 6.09 flash yellow] 16.57 flash mag. 0 [13.93 fl. 3.79 fl.] b14) first F +1 then A +5->inv; Timings 53.51 21.39 29.28 sec. b15) Timings 66.75 27.79 35.28 33.18 sec. b16) Got 2 minima and 1 max then it disappeared (as it has before) b17) Period based on first timings of pairs of flashes or start/end of flares in about 5 sec cycles- very impressive! end 1991-061A 1991-068G 21734 Kosmos 2157-2162 rocket [Tsyklon] b1) Nice flashing but hard to get good Timings 6.42 5.66 5.14 6.21 4.18 4.74 6.08 6.45 5.80 13.76 5.71 5.86 6.29 6.36 4.88 3.10 2.61 2.72 3.07 6.47 sec. b2) Timings 17.75 13.91 23.24 12.81 sec. b3) Timings 61.04 76.71 sec. b4) Timings 70.52 69.98 sec. end 1991-068G 1991-076A 21775 NOSS 2-2 (A) (USA 72) 1) Followed for 40 minutes. Flashing regularly between 2118 and 2122 with period near 2.2s. end 1991-076A 1991-076E 21809 NOSS 2-2 (E) (USA 77) 1) to be determined 2) While other triplet members were +5.5 3) Object picked up at Wasat (del Gem) having about this star's magnitude (+3.5) from about 22h 24m 24s its magnitude reached +2.0 from about 22h 24m 57s its magnitude reached +1.5 from about 22h 25m 17s its magnitude was about +1.0 After that time it faded end 1991-076E 1991-079A 21789 Kosmos 2172 b1) seems to have an assymetrical period: 78.6 (standard deviation = 1.3) and 72.6 sec (standard deviation = 1.3) Here are my measures (in seconds): 78.98 73.00 77.66 74.62 77.18 72.98 78.18 72.32 80.93 70.59 79.20 72.40 end 1991-079A 1991-080B 21805 USA 75 1)Approximate period - only middle 4 pairs were obviously pairs and second was as bright as +9 end 1991-080B 1991-082A 21798 DMSP 5D-2 11 (USA 73) b1) Timings 11.84 + 7.16 + 7.08 + 2.39 = 28.47 11.94 + 7.15 + 7.03 + 2.84 = 28.96 2.14 + 16.43 + 6.85 + 2.90 = 28.32 Several bright and faint flashes. b2) timings with groups within parentheses: (1.47 5.98 8.03) (1.38 8.39 5.88) (10.23 4.93) (3.10 7.95 2.54) end 1991-082A 1991-082E 21836 Thorad Agena D debris b1) Is it a coincidence that the flashing period equals to 1 second? end 1991-082E 1991-082BM 28348 Thorad Agena D debris 1) 1991-082BM Identified by Guide 8 end 1981-082BM 1992-008B 21876 Kosmos 2180 Rocket [Kosmos] b1) Timings 28.25 27.68 26.43 sec. b2) Timings 29.90 28.58 27.36 26.56 sec. b3) Timings 15.44 13.57 12.39 17.61 14.67 27.15 sec. b4) Timings 28.63 27.42 28.15 29.68 sec. b5) Timings 35.82 34.11 sec. b6) Timings 23.77 24.81 27.12 27.19 sec. b7) Timings 26.26 23.81 26.81 24.67 sec b8) Timings 17.88 9.29 17.55 14.30 15.44 10.93 17.77 11.81 sec. b9) Timings 39.85 42.48 sec. b10) Timings 92.23 55.27 sec end 1992-008B 1992-010A 21893 Superbird B1 b1) Last night from Astronomy Club of Tulsa observatory (+35.8311, -96.1471) saw UNID with naked eye: UT Period Mag Position 1 1:09:30 +3 2h20m -9 2 1:10:07 37 +3 3 1:10:45 38 +3 4 1:12:01 76 +3 2h28m -9.0 5 1:13:16 75 +3.5 6 1:14:32 76 +3.5 7 1:15:48 76 +4 8 1:17:04 76 +4 9 1:18:19 75 +4.5 10 1:19:35 76 +4.5 2h34m -9.2 11 1:20:51 76 +5 12 1:22:07 76 +5.5 Identification by Kevin Fetter (KF) and Mike McCants (MM) b2) +0/+3->inv; Last Friday evening while on my almost annual trip out to west Texas (nicely dark skies among other things), I was at McDonald Observatory at one of their weekly public star parties. Some minutes after a flash had caught the corner of my eye I turned my attention to the sky region where I thought I had seen the flash and soon saw another flash. Eventually I saw a series of flashes that varied from +3 up to +0, with a 36.3 second period. Didn't have a clue what it was. Last night after getting back home I deduced that the flasher was either Superbird B1 (likely) or rocket body 96-034D (less likely). Now I know it was Superbird B1. end 1992-010A 1992-012A 21902 Kosmos 2181 1) Seen as 1X UNID flare, then saw one more (5 mag) with 12 x 60s then S at 7 until lost in N. end 1992-012A 1992-012B 21903 Kosmos 2181 rocket [Kosmos] b1) The second pass was observed through thin clouds. At first the flashes were clearly visible at about 9 sec. Later in the pass just the flashes at 18 sec were visible; as in the first pass. b2) Timings 65.78 97.37 sec. end 1992-012B 1992-013B 21907 Galaxy 5 rocket [Centaur] b1) Galaxy 5 Rk (21907) (actually nine clicks. but asymmetrical): 19.43 + 18.62 = 38.05 19.44 + 18.37 = 37.81 19.39 + 18.58 = 37.97 19.31 + 18.29 = 37.60 19.40 b2) Timings 20.66 17.47 20.72 17.97 14.37 6.86 37.88 17.54 20.63 17.75 sec Combined period of 20.6 and 17.8 sec b3) and +7->i timings 19s.92 18.48 19.34 19.17 38.50(2) 18.24 19.43 75.03(4) 18.90 40.52(2) 37.92(2) 56.22(3) 153.65(8) combined period? b4) Timings 19s.40 18.90 19.30 19.18 19.20 19.05 19.34 19.21 19.27 38.51(2fls) 19.06 19.26 36.19(2) 21.33 19.31 19.05 76.90(4) 191.62(10) Combined period. b5) Just an hour pls ago - x2 Centaur flaring in same FOV in the constellation of Phoenix - they are Atlas 1 Centaur 92-013B (x1 flare) and Atlas Centaur R 80-098B ( x2 flares) . Sky was hazy and watec-902H helps me to get to the stars.. and sats too.. peak hold images http://www.ykchia.com/sats_in_aug.htm so added another collections of Centaur to the same page... From video frames playback - measure only 1 cycle b6) Timings 19.66 18.95 18.88 19.77 19.50 19.16 19.66 18.95 18.53 20.16 19.51 19.15 19.38 18.82 b7) Timings 18.98 19.72 19.96 18.26 19.34 19.24 19.60 18.83 19.84 b8) Timings 115.98(6) 19.22 19.31 19.29 Lost due to poor weather and refound. b9) Timings: 20.29 20.03 20.27 19.94 40.93(2F) 20.07 20.59 [20.00] Culmination 25°/161° at 19:47:50. end 1992-013B 1992-021C 21941 Inmarsat-2 4 rocket [Ariane 4] 1) RANGE 14630 - nice regular flasher end 1992-021C 1992-020B 21938 Kosmos 2184 rocket [Kosmos] 1) This body showed variability, needs confirmation end 1992-020B 1992-023A 21949 USA 81 1) starttime of flickering, lasting 36 seconds 2) period refers to length of time of irr F end 1992-023A 1992-027B 21965 Palapa B4 rocket [Delta 2] 1) Obs in 2008-03-20 showed fp 11.2 s end 1992-027B 1992-030J 21984 Kosmos 2187-2194 rocket [Kosmos] b1) Is going up regulary. Timings 20.97 19.68 20.42 20.53 20.20 21.03 b2) Timings 20.57 20.44 20.26 20.62 20.38 20.21 20.78 20.56 20.45 20.21 b3) Timings 20.03 20.46 20.35 19.96 20.43 20.25 19.55 20.84 20.45 19.77 First pass was in the N->NE at 40 degrees elevation. second pass was NW->SE at 74 degrees max elevation. Nice sharp flashes. Is going up steadily after its minimum in mid June 2000. b4) Timings for every 2nd flash: 43.13 42.63 43.16 42.60 43.00 sec. Going up slowly. b5) Is going up steadily; Timings 22.01 21.51 21.78 22.44 21.18 21.87 22.54 sec. Hard to see in the north. better in the east. b6) Timings 37.43 38.26 38.67 38.60 sec. b7) Timings 66.68 66.55 sec. Dtm due to long period. end 1992-030J 1992-032A 21989 Intelsat K b1) May 3 UTC 8:21:13 8:22:52 8:24:31 8:26:10 8:27:49 8:29:28 8:31:07 So this time, it's flash period was 69 seconds. Last time I observed it, in Dec of last year, it was flashing every 36 seconds. It flashed brightly between the R.A of 20h 29m to 20h 38m Sun is at RA 2h 40m, dec +15° 34' end 1992-032A 1992-032B 21990 Intelsat K rocket [Centaur] b1) I got a good many half-period secondaries (2.3 sec). but the pattern was one visible minimum and the other invisible. so I think the 4.60 period is correct. But Leo got 6.9 about five weeks ago. This one is a bit tricky I guess. end 1992-032B; decayed 2002-05-30 1992-043A 22041 Gorizont 26 b1) Flashes in the area RA 8 h 46 m dec +6 deg 25 min end 1992-043A 1992-052A 22076 TOPEX/Poseidon b1) Ed Cannon alerted me to TOPEX: Strange behavior; some observations: 03:49:30 +5, flare noticed 03:49:48 +4, max flare 03:50:03 >+8 invisible 03:50:34 +7 reappeared just to disappear again b2) Unexpectedly bright during long lasting flat maxima. Longer observation times in different directions might resolve a proper optical period. b3) Timings were taken on rather well defined, short minima (Therefore comma (,) in stead of single quote (')). The maxima were long and flat (therefore M). The period given is the mean of following values: 46.87 55.48 43.59 47.17 66.96 between minima (can be indicated by M,) Four seconds after the last but one minimum TOPEX showed a mag -1 flash. With the reported end time 22:33:21.0 minus 66.96 plus 4 seconds the time of this flash can be determined and is 22:32:14 b4) timings, magnitudes and type of maximum: 2.5 round 18.92 ? flash 8.25 ? flash 1.30 4.0 flash blue 1.03 4.0 flash blue 1.40 4.0 flash blue 36.21 5.0 round 15.65 3.0 round 56.00 3.0 round 44.91 24.76 3.0 flash missed one max 78.81 round 15.12 2.0 round b5) timings, magnitudes and type of maximum: 3 flash 27.39 6 round 48.25 flat 19.57 4 flash b6) The concerning transit was too short to time more maxima. b7) 2 flares to +5 instead of sharp flashes on cycle 2 & 6 b8) Timings ... 13.70 3.72] (6.31 7.00 8.91 7.75) (5.53 2.75 6.28 17.31) (6.94 8.81 15.79) [6.36 9.31 ... Pattern A'faaA' (A' starting with 6.31, 5.53, 6.94). Timings in square brackets not considered. b9) some F Timings 31s.96 28.57 26.37 38.69 32.13 30.81 32.47 30.28 35.93 63.66(2A) 30.63 27.28 34.59 Flashes at 17:36:22.65, 17:36:54.30, 17:37:10.33, 17:39:49:65, timings 31.65 16.03 159.32 i.e. 207.00 sec p= 15.92 hp b10) Timings 32.86 29.04 32.16 29.72 30.47 30.61 30.80 30.68 31.07 31.42 30.42 29.65 Noted flashes at 18:09:51.06 and 18:16:00.12, i.e. 369.06 seconds divided by 12 is 30.76 seconds. b11) Orangish flashes b12) Maxima pattern was AF', so countimg on the flashes. The time between round and sharp maxima increased during the transit. b13) More flashes between round maxima. b14) Timed on round maxima because flashy maxima did not show a constant time interval. b15) With knowledge of an about 27 seconds period determimed in one of my previous observations I derived the following: Timings + appearances + magnitude (sometimes) 4.93 a 4 5.07 F 1 20.48 a sum = 30.48 6.87 f 7 1.92 f 7 20.16 a sum = 28.95 6.17 f 7 19.51 a sum = 25.68 13.57 a 14.39 a sum = 27.96 6.09 f 5 8.24 a 10.98 a sum = 25.31 7.22 a 6.72 a 14.31 a sum = 28.25 5.69 a 6.87 f 3 13.27 a sum = 25.83 7.20 a 5.66 f 4 7.82 f 3 7.58 a sum = 28.26 a means "round" max f means "flashy" max b16) Variationspattern evolved from aFA'=> FA'. In following list of Timings A = bright round maximum a = faint round maximum f = faint flash F = bright flash Flash times are followed by type of maximum sometimes accompanied with magnitude approximation between parentheses A 7.03 a 14.18 f 6.20 sum = 27.41 A(+4.5)6.46 a 14.05 f 5.98 sum = 26.49 a 7.12 f 13.39 F(+0) 5.32 sum = 25.83 A 7.97 F(+2 reddish) 13.86 f 6.61 sum = 28.44 a 6.25 f(+4 yellowish) 13.99 f(+6) 6.56 sum = 26.80 A 6.79 f 19.48 sum = 26.27 A 7.29 f(+4) 19.47 sum = 26.76 A 7.44 f(+4) 23.22 sum = 30.66 Af 25.96 b17) Acted very differently than other sightings, with bright flashes then "flickering" in between b18) Still an enigmatic object, typical A was mag +3 b19) Much more "active" in northern part of pass - then settled into a fairly steady period. b20) Earlier, a -1 flash and more erratic, until settled into period shown b21) Only counted what I could see naked eye, based on flashes, with intermediate long A maxima. b22) Timings 17.58 (4.90 11.44 6.49) (4.65 11.46 6.47) (4.85 11.45 6.35) (5.06 11.47 5.91) (16.65 6.18) (16.57 6.34) 22.38 AfFA, 6.5(6)(5.5) was the pattern observed from 20°/185° to 27°/182°. This gradually changed into AaaA, 6(7)(7) up to eclipse in 40°/170°. Counted 7 full periods (6 are shownn in brackets): 22.83 22.58 22.65 22.44 22.83 22.91 22.38 b23) Seemed to be more regular this time, but still not sure of this period, especially because it was much slower and flashing in the south (those timings not reported, as they were very scattered). b24) Timings 22.75 22.02 22.40 Culmination 14°/346° at 19:43:40 b25) Timings: 22.34 22.03 23.65 22.86 23.62 21.84 20.16 22.18 Eclipse time 19:39:59 22°/020°. b26) +4.5(7.5)(6)->inv; Timings: 5.92 16.30 6.38 10.25 5.72 5.84 10.70 6.20 4.95 11.65 5.11 6.27 10.42 5.55 5.95 10.84 5.40 Culmination 29°/254° at 19:56:54. b27) timings and maximum type: (F 6.04 a 4.47 F 10.84) (F 6.73 a 3.93 f 16.74 a) 22.28 a 21.63 with F = bright flash, f = less bright flash, a = “round” maximum less bright. 1st, 3rd and 4th group have about same length, 2nd group is longer (phase shift?) b28) a good period determination was possible thanks to a well defined primary maximums with a lot of less bright "noise" in between. b29) brightest maximum of a series is a bright flash, this maximum tends to shift with respect to other round maxima. b30) Now timed on round maximum that preceeds the flash. The brightest maxima are still on the flash. b31) +4->inv First (timed) maxima was usually ~2s long; once puncuated with a flash. 2nd A was usually a flash at beginning of pass, degraded to a dim A. 3rd A was always just a short A, although usually almost as bright as 1st A. Last A was usually dim and short until at end of pass it became a sharp flash, some 5 mag. b32) Timings: 20.93 20.22 20.76 20.57 20.17 20.30 21.04 20.48 20.60 20.52 20.48 A length of about 5 sec. Culmination alt/Az 57°/246° at 20:28:23 b33) "Phase shift" near culmination to second (main) flash -> long A b34) +6(7)->inv; Timings: 4.71 5.21 8.43 4.78 5.37 8.21 4.91 4.70 4.87 3.92 5.11 4.57 4.77 4.19 4.89 4.56 4.96 4.03 5.19 4.26 4.96 4.04 5.21 4.50 4.90 3.85 5.42 4.61 4.91 4.15 5.06 4.49 5.55 3.38 5.21 7.60 5.66 5.39 4.85 8.38 19.31 18.54 Culmination 19?/259? at 19:18:33. b35) Two separate observations. In the time between them the satellite flashed to negative magnitudes. Unfortunately the other maxima made it impossible to find a pattern. b36) Variation pattern evolved from aaaM' via faaM' and fafM' to a__M'. Some inaccuracy may be introduced to the fact that only the flat maxima (coded by M) were present in all periods and the end of this maximum was used. b37) Timings: 16.32 16.52 16.37 16.51 16.64 16.65 15.98 16.74 16.07 16.60 16.21 16.49 16.47 16.45 16.02 16.64 16.83 15.93 16.68 15.95 16.84 16.04. Some F +4 and f +5. Culmination 55°/052° at 19:08:37 b38) Timings: 9s.46 5.75 9.97 5.17 9.55 5.46 10.14 5.10 10.04 5.05 11.13 3.96 10.07 5.09 5.81 5.03 4.29 5.93 5.10 4.06 10.97 4.16 10.51 4.62 11.26 3.84 11.34 3.77 11.71 3.42 10.48 4.62 11.27 3.83 11.20 3.84 11.66 3.52 11.27 3.81 15.06 15.13 15.15 15.12 4641 culmination 66°/114° at 19h08m21s. end 1992-052A 1992-053B 22081 Kosmos 2208 rocket [Kosmos] b1) Timings 24.93 15.61 sec. P=8.1? b2) Timings 26.60 19.46 23.95 23.17 sec b3) Timings 45.03 54.84 sec. Dtm due to long flat max. b4) Timings 57.75 54.30 sec. end 1992-053B 1992-057A 22096 Satcom C4 b1) Flashed brightly for over 20 minutes. end 1992-057A 1992-064A 22161 Freja b1) Seen unexpectedly while looking for 85-55B - noted as steady but need to confirm. b2) Dropped several discordant A's and F's during first portion of pass until it "settled down" b3) Still dtm, and flashes evolving to A pattern near end of pass. end 1992-064A 1992-067A 22178 Molniya-3 42 b1) was visible without binoculars high in the south, flashes to at least +3. b2) Timings 14.66 7.50 7.38 7.55 7.13 7.54 7.31 14.91 14.78 14.79 14.80 14.93 sec. end 1992-067A 1992-070D 22196 Iris rocket 1) Flare mag +4 5 @ mag 6 flashes before the main flare at irr times end 1992-070D 1992-072A 22205 Galaxy 7 b1) Timings 109.86 120.46 109.88 120.35 109.93 120.12 110.38 119.90 110.41 119.86 110.79 119.80 b2) +7->inv; timings 120.29 110.54 120.35 110.27 120.59 110.12 120.42 110.26 120.01 110.73 119.9 110.92 120.31 110.65 119.45 111.26 119.57 111.44 119.16 111.65 end 1992-072A 1992-073B b1) ssm; Timings 20.34 (10.29 8.04) (11.15 10.43) (9.66 8.94) (12.47 7.00) (13.11 6.74) 21.50 20.27 20.23 b2) Timings 25.87 30.91 25.92 28.27 sec. b3) Timings 24.98 24.81 25.47 25.32 sec. b4) Estimated individual periods 19, 14 and 14 seconds with "round" maxima. Observation during next revolution was too short caused by clouds. However it confirmed my estimated value in the early transit. b5) Timings 47.75 46.17 50.14 49.25 50.89 46.69 [49.80] Culmination 53°/090° at 19:38:24. b6) Almost certainly no longer variable by rotation. end 1992-073B 1992-082A 22245 Gorizont 27 b1) date uncertain. from email EC: Mike Waterman has observed this object flashing every 83.3 seconds to magnitude +5. It's slowly drifting to the west from night to night. end 1992-082A 1992-085A 22255 Molniya-3 43 b1) I have molniya 3-43 or 92-85A in the vicinity but the trouble is I did not get 4.4s- i have 2.35 sec instead ( 58.99/25). Comment from KJ: In the PPAS entry 92- 85 A 00-12-18 MM 4.40 fl+5, smlowinsouthWOW Mike McCants allready mentioned "smlowinsouth". "sm" is the code for >secundary maxima, meaning that there were flashes at 2.20 interval low in the South. Your image which is now at http://nightevents.blogspot.com/2006/03/molniya-3-4392-085a.html clearly shows the same behaviour : from top to bottom we first see no secundary flashes, then they become visible and increase in brightness. Finally they are the same magnitude of the primary ones giving a half-period when measured at that time. An increase from 2.2 to 2.35 seems to be pretty reasonable for this type of >objects. end 1992-085A 1993-003C 22315 IUS rocket part 1 b1) Timings 17.59 16.00 16.60 17.30 16.62 15.61 18.43 15.08 17.90 16.87 16.16 16.32 18.38 14.77 18.32 14.80 18.29 16.36 18.19 14.46 18.64 15.50 17.33 16.39 16.87 15.26 19.89 14.60 14.59 19.44 16.59 14.43 18.01 18.04 Flat maxima, moment of maximum difficult to define. Culmination alt/Az 56°/181° at 19:27:14. end 1993-003C 1993-013A 22557 Raduga 29 b1) RADUGA 29 brilliant slow flare to about mag +3 for several seconds 22557 93 013A 0433 F 20091126212833000 16 15 0321026+064207 38 22557 93 013A 0433 F 20091126213240000 16 15 0325040+065557 28 b2) Timings: 20.83 20.29 20.73 20.56 20.62 20.53 20.60 20.28 20.91 19.93 21.00 19.97 20.90 19.70 1.18 20.30 20.26 20.75 20.25 20.63 20.33 20.64 20.30 20.57 20.47 20.44 20.44 20.41 20.49 20.69 20.15 20.58 20.62 4542 followed from 24°/212° to 44°/165°. AR reported this as 93013B. This object has decayed and was in LEO. end 1993-013A 1993-016B 22566 Kosmos 2237 rocket [Zenit] b1) Timings 7.87 9.50 6.68 7.82 7.67 7.22 8.37 sec. end 1993-016B 1993-020B 22591 Kosmos 2239 rocket [Kosmos] b1) Some fluctuations in flash period. b2) Timings 15.29 15.21 14.35 15.12 sec. Third time is odd. b3) Timings 24.16 22.36 26.39 25.31 sec. b4) Timings 28.09 28.64 29.38 29.78 sec. Synodic effect? b5) Timings 30.77 15.50 18.53 13.76 14.05 19.52 15.36 30.12 sec. Several (secondary??) flashes missed b6) Timings 41.66 39.80 sec. b7) Timings 43.18 35.49 sec b8) Timings 36.16 38.47 42.99 36.47 sec. b9) Timings [24.32 15.83] [20.07 17.31] 44.83 41.64 sec. b10) Timings 21.96 18.04 14.96 29.36 19.93 40.64 sec. b11) Timings 43.23 48.71 42.92 sec. Timed another flash 19.17 sec before. b12) Timings 57.54 56.28 sec. b13) Timings 53.98 51.95 48.71 sec. Synodic effect? b14) Timings 57.73 53.16 sec. end 1993-020B 1993-048A 22723 Hispasat 1B 1) 4 flashes seen, one cycle timed by counting (no watch) end 1993-048A 1993-050A 22739 NOAA 13 b1) Timings 25.74 47.92 22.94 sec. b2) Timings 17.47 19.45 18.76 17.97 sec. b3) Timings 11.56 9.72 11.23 14.31 10.43 8.56 13.12 14.39 sec. b4) Timings (3.97) 5.96 11.15 3.48 6.12 10.54 3.95 5.76 10.70 4.16 sec. The bright flashes were at the 4 sec interval. First not used. P is combined of three flashintervals between the bright flashes. b5) Timings 4.79 5.32 4.26 4.47 4.56 5.22 3.61 5.41 4.83 5.51 4.30 4.47 b6) Timings 4.98 4.61 4.32 5.08 5.43 3.75 4.66 7.40 2.33 4.80 13.97 5.29 4.85 sec. b7) Timings 4.73 10.24 2.58 1.24 5.00 6.23 4.43 1.57 1.68 4.90 11.62 2.48 4.48 5.64 4.61 sec b8) Timings 4.65 8.86 5.06 4.47 8.81 4.70 5.02 8.67 4.63 4.84 9.01 4.29 Several max were flat and not timed or even missing b9) Timings 28.95 19.48 25.31 22.68 sec. b10) NOAA 13 (93-050A, 22739) did a spectacular series of seven or eight bright double flashes (about .20-.25 second separation) as it went down in the north, well past culmination. The brightest maxima were probably -2. b11) Timings 3.00 3.67 3.57 4.18 3.15 3.90 3.60* 3.66 3.42 3.88 3.47* 3.62 3.62 3.82 3.12* 3.75 3.50 4.29 3.46* sec. The periods with * are the brighter flashes. b12) Timings 2.33(F) 11.53 2.85(F) 4.39 3.51 3.84 2.82 4.03 3.42 3.95 3.25 2.18 1.66 2.22 5.08 2.32 2.93 2.18 3.83 3.26 2.72 3.04 1.46 3.71 2.89 3.42 2.51 sec. Combined period. b13) Timings 3.40 11.15 3.29 6.63 4.98 3.40 13.76 11.19 3.71 6.91 3.91 3.43 sec. Irr patern. b14) Timings [3.87 6.38 4.64] [3.58 6.53 4.22] [3.55 6.68 4.24] sec b15) Timings [11.42 3.22] [14.77 [11.21 3.58] [3.22 6.88 3.47] [4.40 2.85 3.67] [3.50 3.67 3.34] sec. b16) Timings (7.20 3.28 2.67) (3.48 3.18 3.39 2.95) (3.19 3.61 3.34 2.98) (3.53 3.40 3.02 3.16) (3.57 2.18 4.32 3.17) (3.40 2.18 1.61 2.68 3.19) (3.62 3.04 2.21 1.38 3.12) (6.29 1.89 1.80 3.24) (2.73 3.58 3.39 3.54) (3.37 3.43 3.01 3.29) (2.78 3.33 3.52 3.46) b17) Timings 3.10 3.11 6.77 3.28 3.00 3.95 2.72 3.24 2.91 3.43 4.08 5.56 3.37 3.58 3.53 2.51 sec. b18) Timings 2.34 3.89 2.70 3.00 3.75 4.04 2.71 2.38 3.30 3.39 3.02 3.17 sec. b19) asterisked clicks not included in one-line report due to the third click each night being anomalous; made effort on 5/22 to click only on the primary maxima) -- clicks: 13.36*, 12.52*, 9.48*, 12.88, 11.35, 12.56, 5.91, 8.94, 12.88, 7.00, 6.00, 6.95, 5.12 -- 3:59:44 b20) clicks: 12.93*, 12.66*, 10.07*, 12.88, 12.96, 13.13, 12.91, 12.89, 16.16* -- 3:49:19 b21) Brightest flash was mag -2.0; flash period derived from intervals between the bright flashes; Timings (4.14 2.48 2.71 1.11 3.19) (2.05 1.86 2.42 2.54 3.43) (6.57 7.46) (4.47 2.92 6.12) 13.43 (8.53 5.03) (7.86 5.73) 13.67 b22) Brightest flash was mag -2.0; flash period derived from intervals between the bright flashes. b23) Timings 6.85 [5.17 1.71] 6.49 7.51 6.78 7.40 7.02 7.41 6.21 8.51 sec. Probably combined period of 14.2 sec. b24) Timings [3.87 3.71 6.87] [4.05 3.72 6.43] [5.11 3.08 6.13] sec. Combined periods of 14.45 14.20 14.32 sec. b25) Timings [7.14 3.85 3.87] [6.93 3.71 4.18] [6.89 3.81 3.86] [6.97 3.90 {10.68} 3.82 3.81] sec. The timing in {} is a short and long flash together. b26) Timings 7.38 7.05 4.32 4.91 5.73 3.72 4.64 6.25 3.86 3.86 sec. b27) some F mag 1 Timings 3.93 [1.73 1.89] 3.61 3.81 3.81 3.26 3.56 4.23 7.20 3.98 3.86 7.08 3.63 4.19 2.67 4.57 sec. b28) Timings 3.62 8.06 3.29 3.68 4.14 3.48 3.37 4.00 7.33 3.54 4.27 7.23 3.67 4.01 7.28 4.06 3.26 7.46 3.57 4.83 3.25 sec. b29) some mag +1 Timings [7.34 4.40 3.87] [7.20 3.70 4.42] [4.10 2.96 3.84 4.08] [7.24 3.91 3.95] [7.25 3.81 4.38] sec. b30) Timings [3.73 4.14 4.03 3.32] [3.93 4.00 7.48] [3.70 3.85 7.25] [4.23 4.04 8.02] [3.21 4.05 7.62] sec. At first the sm in the long timing was clearly visible, later it was very faint to inv. b31) Timings [7.72 3.74 3.76] [7.68 3.93 4.17] [7.19 3.94 4.04] [7.39 4.22 4.17] [7.18 3.77 4.02] sec. b32) ssm Timings[(4.53 3.24) 3.75 3.69] [7.79 3.88 3.92] [7.39 3.86 4.11] [7.43 3.69 4.14] [7.63 3.90 3.82] [7.82 3.75 4.00] [7.79 3.42 4.28] [7.35 3.94 (1.80 2.26)] [(3.74 3.62) 3.87 3.71] [(3.80 4.37) 4.04 3.53] sec. b33) Timings [3.79 3.78 7.50] [3.85 4.14 7.16] [4.03 4.59 6.98] [4.01 4.05 7.26] [3.94 4.14 7.26] [4.19 3.80 7.52] [3.86 4.23 11.48 3.86 7.40] [4.22 7.47 3.74] sec. b34) some F +1; Timings [3.70 3.37 7.78] [3.22 4.66 7.81] [3.70 4.27 7.13] [3.96 4.07 7.32] [3.99 4.04 7.63] [3.90 4.90 6.28] [4.29 4.25 7.35] [3.70 3.94 7.73] sec. b35) Timings [8.35 9.53] 16.34 [8.39 10.13] 15.87 [10.13 8.71] 17.13 Alternate grouping by adding the single maximum to the already existing group gives an average period of 34.86 which is more in accordance with previous determinations. b36) Timings 28.14 30.47 27.86 30.72 24.53 sec. b37) Timings 3.72 5.02 4.54 4.42 4.68 4.22 4.43 4.58 5.421 4.01 4.73 4.51 4.98 4.39 4.79 4.34 9.27 4.37 4.93 sec. b38) Timings: 5.10 5.71 14.15 6.70 3.76 4.88 2.42 5.56 2.57 3.16 7.73 2.88 2.73 5.09 3.08 7.80 2.89 (7.82) Eclipse 20:38:15 40°/035°. b39) +3.5(6)(7)->inv; Timings: 2.76 2.72 2.85 2.69 5.36 3.01 2.87 5.21 3.22 2.64 5.39 3.13 2.68 5.69 5.41 11.25 11.13 11.09 7.34 3.91 11.18 11.00 11.19 Eclipse at 21:09:25 25°/001°. b40) FR was the observation set of regular flash period intervals on April 28th, 2009. FI was the observation set of very irregular flash period intervals on April 22nd, 2009. FR yielded a short period of 2.65 seconds but I noticed an ondulation in the maximum brightnesses on every 8 periods. This long period was determined as well and was used to see whether the FI set yielded a similar long period by grouping short maxima intervals. I found such a period, but I am aware this way of working might be not correct. Any comment is welcome. The several types of maxima (round, flashy or flat) did not help me much, nor did the pattern of the short, medium and long interval times. I did not even find a pattern in the individual maximum brightness values (magnitudes) Here follows the grouping and timings of the FI-set: (f4 3.14 f6 7.50 f7 2.96 f4 5.31 a6 2.49) sum = 21.40 (a7 3.04 f3 5.75 a5 1.88 a7 3.07 f4 5.36 2.21) sum = 21.31 (8.82 a6 1.93 f5 3.38 a6 5.40 a7 1.90) sum = 21.43 (f5 3.35 a7 5.11 a7 2.22 f5 3.35 a7 4.97 a7 2.35 f5) sum = 21.35 b41) Naked eye observation; reddish flashes. b42) Timings naked eye 9.78 9.97 bino 109.13(11F) 2.56 2.63 4.46 2.85 7.15 2.75 2.37 2.72 2.38 2.25 2.57 2.52 2.28 2.48 2.70 2.35 2.50 2.37 27.55(3) 2.42 4.92 2.50 2.40 5.13 2.21 2.57 4.96 2.39 2.72 4.71 2.55 2.58 4.76 2.53 2.64 7.28 19.79 [7.48 9.87 9.76 19.88]. Short time before culmination, naked eye, saw three flashes mag +4, -1, +4. Later on, by bino, behaviour F'a a f F', +5.5(7,5)(7.5)6.5 used for the photometric period. At the end, low over the horizon, observed f instead of F. Timings in square brackets are not considered for the photometric period. Culmination 59°/260° at 21:34:18. b43) Timings: 2.61 2.30 2.81 2.74m 2.62 2.42 2.55 3.00m 2.63 2.31 2.48 3.14m 2.63 2.25 3.07 2.60m 2.74 2.30 2.57 2.98m 2.65 2.52 2.58 2.80m 2.82 2.30 2.72 2.67m 2.69 2.40 2.44 2.99m 2.89 2.12 2.64 2.93m 5.01 3.60 1.97m 10.47m 5.10 5.31m 5.43 5.25m 3.19 1.93 5.46m 3.02 2.15 2.88 2.44m 5.22 5.34m 5.31 5.23m 4.97 5.55m 5.16 5.43m 5.25 5.34m 5.09 5.34m 10.63m 10.44m 10.57m 10.53m. Detailed pattern: A'aaa, 3.5(6.5)(5.5)(6.5). Maxima +3.5 is shown with "m". Out of eclipse 59°/077° at 21:06:03 Observed from site 4542 b44) Timings: 1.87 1.75 1.91 1.82 1.78 1.75 1.91 1.93 1.87 1.47 1.97 2.09 3.59 1.97 1.71 2.01 1.75 1.78 1.91 1.84 1.67 1.80 2.14 1.80 1.62 2.07 1.90 1.85 1.60 1.77 2.23 1.86 3.72 1.78 3.45 2.12 1.81 3.66 3.76 3.49 2.28 3.47 1.90 3.54 3.90 3.57 3.59 3.81 3.58 3.57 3.91 3.66 7.53 7.25 7.53 7.30 General photometric behaviour Faaf, +6(8)(7.5)(8) Exit from eclipse 26°/003° at 21:11:28 b45) Below are my times for NOAA 13 for 15 July UTC. Note that by #57 it was behaving such that I could only reliably see two of the four flashes, and by the end only two were visible at all. None of the flashes was very bright on this pass. 00 48 ____ 2:19:22.34 (4:59:22.34 UTC) 01 49 1.78 24.12 02 50 1.75 25.87 03 51 1.56 27.43 04 52 1.72 29.15 05 53 1.93 31.08 06 54 1.60 32.68 07 55 1.59 34.27 08 56 1.68 35.95 09 57 5.16 41.11 10 58 1.87 42.98 13 59 4.98 47.96 14 60 1.79 49.75 17 61 5.21 54.96 18 62 1.69 56.65 21 63 4.97 2:20:01.62 22 64 1.76 3.38 25 65 5.13 8.51 26 66 1.78 10.29 29 67 5.03 15.32 30 68 1.76 17.08 33 69 5.13 22.21 34 70 1.78 23.99 37 71 5.04 29.03 38 72 1.88 30.91 41 73 4.96 35.87 42 74 1.75 37.62 45 75 5.13 42.75 46 76 1.71 44.46 (5:00:44.46 UTC) BD: the numbers in the 1st column are added by me and indicate the number of flashes since flash # 48 reported by EC. As EC did not write the flashtimes prior to flash # 48. I determined the flash period using his flashes 48 thru 76 (my 00 thru 46). EC: The night before, it was doing more of a FFF_-pattern, but I lost my times for that one (mistaken button click on the stopwatch). b46) N=28.5 Timings: 5.56 5.44 1.66 3.87 5.47 5.55 5.43 5.51 5.70 2.84 2.88 8.32 2.26 11.13 11.23 5.21 5.66 19.31 11.00 5.63 5.34 11.00 10.95 4641 eclipse exit 33°/041° at 20:28:20. Timing 19.31 shows a timing shift of a half period. N = 28.5 b47) Timings: 1.24 1.82 1.06 1.33 1.39 1.32 1.43 1.32 1.35 1.45 1.29 1.41 1.28 2.87 1.37 1.44 1.56 1.13 1.27 1.56 1.32 1.32 1.23 1.45 1.56 1.24 1.34 1.39 1.37 1.35 1.34 1.45 1.34 1.41 1.35 3.02 1.13 1.53 1.30 1.23 1.42 1.27 5.57 4.27 1.24 5.44 4.19 1.42 1.37 4.05 5.51 5.49 5.52 5.53 16.53 5.40 5.41 10.99 5.59 5.37 5.51 2.88 2.66 5.40 5.53 5.54 5.38 11.12 4542 eclipse exit 41°/341° at 21:35:29. end 1993-050A 1993-054C 22781 GPS-2 22 rocket 2 b1) Timings 15s.10 16.84 23.26 5.69 6.96; Difficult to take; Period 7.5 sec? end 1993-054C 1993-056A 22787 UFO 2 1) Varied greatly in brightness as the night progressed. It brightened to mag ~9 for several minutes before entering shadow but after 0100 was mag ~12 and too faint to find (fainter than 13) by 0400. end 1993-056A 1993-056B 22788 UFO 2 rocket [Centaur] b1) Timings 7.52 8.78 7.29 9.49 7.62 9.35 7.54 8.82 7.72 16.87 9.09 7.71 9.05 P= 7.60 + 9.09 sec. One max missed. was too faint. Nice flasher. b2) Timings 8.19 25.21 8.14 8.68 8.14 25.46 16.79 12.95 3.96 8.31 8.41 8.34 42.08 16.74 8.55 17.34 7.84 8.38 8.36 Several max not seen or too faint to time. P is combined of low and high 8.?? sec flashperiod. b3) Timings 5.69 11.09 6.31 10.62 5.78 11.13 6.59 11.52 5.60 10.36 6.52 10.75 4.42 12.19 6.53 11.52 4.68 11.74 5.42 13.16 5.14 10.91 6.53 12.11 15.58 5.68 13.61 15.08 19.80 14.47 22.23 Perhaps P = 16 to 17 sec is better? b4) Timings [6.71 10.73] [7.02 10.25] [6.64 10.25] [6.98 10.44] [7.65 9.57] 16.95 [7.90 9.25] b5) Timings 8.59 8.69 17.39 8.75 8.44 9.02 8.68 8.71 8.57 Fourth flash not timed, was very faint. b6) Timings 8.77 8.54 8.44 8.96 8.43 8.66 8.52 9.15 8.39 9.08 8.40 9.02 8.35 8.98 8.36 9.11 8.54 8.78 8.63 8.67 b7) Timings 8.58, 9.56, 8.51, 9.31, 36.08, 8.48, 9.53, 8.59, 36.11, 9.16, 8.55, 9.87; asymmetrical b8) Timings [8.86 9.30] [9.20 9.16] 18.45 [9.14 9.23] [9.23 9.28] 18.37 [9.34 9.43] [8.99 9.06] 18.42 Several sm were very faint or not seen. b9) Timings 9.21 9.00 27.83 9.32 9.11 18.55 18.38 18.45 9.23 18.38 9.25 9.24 27.66 b10) Timings 9.19 9.16 9.20 9.20 27.79 9.22 9.36 18.27 27.62 Some maxima too faint to time. b11) Timings 28.83 39.27 19.62 9.68 9.78 9.88 9.70 9.69 9.84 9.80 9.86 Some maxima very faint. b12) Timings 9.71 9.70 9.68 9.83 9.62 9.88 9.88 9.59 9.85 9.69 9.84 9.72 9.77 b13) Timings 9.84 9.74 9.56 9.93 9.67 9.82 9.78 9.84 9.73 9.61 9.84 9.85 9.46 10.08 9.79 9.72 9.76 9.74 9.76 9.49 9.98 9.80 9.80 9.55 9.96 9.69 9.84 9.64 9.86 9.69 9.78 9.76 b14) Timings 4.95 4.65 9.88 5.07 4.78 9.68 9.03 9.31 10.92 9.84 9.86 9.74 9.68 9.81 9.87 9.61 9.92 9.59 9.89 9.84 9.72 9.90 9.78 9.62 9.67 9.86 9.63 9.84 9.86 9.82 9.76 9.70 9.80 9.79 9.86 9.63 9.74 9.74 9.71 9.74 9.23 10.42 9.80 8.70 9.74 b15) Timings 9.61 9.58 10.08 9.67 9.90 9.60 9.83 9.79 9.85 9.75 9.86 9.76 9.81 9.68 9.89 9.62 10.09 9.79 9.70 9.63 9.86 9.66 10.08 9.57 9.91 9.69 9.77 b16) Timings 9.59 19.79(2F) 9.72 9.92 9.75 9.74 9.89 9.66 9.78 9.76 9.91 9.74 9.77 9.70 9.66 9.83 10.04 9.19 10.37 9.63 9.81 9.76 9.93 9.75 9.41 9.96 10.06 9.62 9.92 b17) Timings 19.59(2F) 10.12 9.60 9.78 9.64 10.23 9.68 9.69 9.85 10.00 9.64 9.99 9.62 9.97 9.68 9.95 9.93 9.75 9.60 10.05 9.78 9.95 9.59 9.97 9.69 9.90 9.75 9.91 9.81 9.96 9.57 9.83 9.85 10.08 9.76 9.60 9.79 10.06 9.75 9.97 9.50 9.93 9.81 10.05 9.60 9.83 9.71 10.12 9.61 9.82 9.72 9.88 10.01 9.81 9.59 9.98 9.84 9.94 9.63 b18) Timings 9.25 10.42 9.48 10.60 9.76 10.10 9.68 10.29 9.60 10.40 sec. Combined period of 18.9 sec? b19) Timings 10.16 19.57 10.15 9.97 30.17 sec. Difficult to time, partly due to bright moonlight. b20) Timings [10.08 9.83] [10.75 9.52] [10.44 9.88 ] [10.213 9.17] [11.22 9.58] [10.58 9.72] sec. b21) flash periods alternating long and short: Average of long periods: 11.13 s Average of short periods: 9.39 b22) Timings 20.71 63.64(3F) 18.96 17.30 22.39 18.50 18.97 21.88 18.93 19.66 20.06 20.64 18.92 20.94 18.14 20.80 20.91 b23) Timings 10.09 9.89 9.94 9.88 10.00 20.09 9.93 10.16 9.82 10.26 9.83 9.97 9.96 10.04 20.03 9.93 10.13 9.94 9.93 10.04 9.94 9.90 10.10 20.06 9.81 10.13 10.00 10.00 9.87 10.22 9.97 9.91 9.90 10.10 20.05 9.95 9.49 10.47 9.68 10.23 9.93 179.91(18F) 10.00 10.06 9.91 10.00 9.96 10.04 10.00 10.66 9.40 9.90 9.95 9.96 10.04 10.00 10.00 10.03 9.97 10.12 9.88 10.05 9.88 b24) Timings [7.20 13.22] [7.67 13.20] [8.00 12.73] [6.82 13.68] [7.93 13.30] [7.21 13.06] [7.80 20.83 13.44] sec. Combined period. b25) Timings 04.76 04.40 11.48 9.72 11.59 9.53 11.78 9.25 11.47 9.18 11.95 9.40 11.90 9.16 11.49 9.45 11.72 9.18 11.95 9.25 12.25 20.62(2F) b26) Timings 9.83 11.58 9.75 11.10 10.19 11.19 10.00 11.28 9.94 10.78 10.47 11.21 9.77 11.23 10.09 11.35 9.78 11.35 10.03 11.21 9.85 11.34 9.79 11.56 9.72 10.93 10.19 11.32 9.81 11.47 10.28 10.87 9.83 11.20 9.77 11.30 9.73 11.58 9.65 11.29 9.97 11.34 9.50 11.34 9.88 11.81 b27) Timings 11.52 10.08 11.28 10.28 21.68(2F) 11.30 10.32 10.68 10.70 11.78 9.98 11.64 9.79 11.41 9.97 11.37 10.66 11.43 9.77 11.60 9.90 [12.00] Eclipse in 27°/192° at 21:21:39. Asym? b28) Timings 21.76 21.80 21.67 43.61 sec. 4th flash was very dim b29) Timings 10.51 11.07 10.80 10.88 21.93 10.82 10.88 11.47 10.49 32.93 10.87 10.68 sec. About 1500 km closer it was easier to see the secondary flashes than yesterday. b30) Timings 9.09 12.73 9.50 12.32 21.22(2F) 9.55 12.32 9.53 11.97 9.16 12.34 9.53 12.44 9.39 11.86 9.21 12.66 9.41 12.13 9.28 12.09 9.33 12.51 9.52 12.20 9.19 12.16 9.3112.62 9.49 12.03 10.52 11.06 9.42 12.11 9.72 11.69 9.80 12.23 9.84 11.78 9.38 11.87 9.90 12.10 9.69 11.62 9.91 11.84 21.63(2) Culmination 54°/176° at 19:13:08 b31) Timings: 11.26 11.59 10.81 11.78 10.80 11.97 10.90 11.73 10.94 11.04 11.77 11.00 11.50 11.29 11.16 11.42 11.12 11.61 11.15 11.19 10.96 11.85 (11.17) Culmination 25°/205° at 18:19:46. b32) Timings: 11.83 11.66 11.43 11.91 11.79 11.74 11.69 23.41(2F) 12.37 11.00 11.74 11.71 11.73 11.38 12.29 11.38 11.49 11.47 11.84 Culmination 21°/198° at 19:10:32 b33) Timings: 12.20 12.22 12.13 12.19 12.21 11.45 12.68 12.06 12.06 12.20 12.11 12.35 12.21 11.92 12.39 11.85 12.47 12.03 12.22 11.91 12.43 12.03 12.10 12.24 Culm. 40°/185° at 18:31:47 b34) Timings: 12.10 12.71 11.96 12.07 12.38 12.95 11.67 12.46 12.25 12.41 11.84 12.85 12.06 12.35 12.20 12.58 11.86 12.58 12.05 12.52 11.90 12.91 11.95 12.26 11.99 12.77 12.02 12.41 4641 culmination 47°/175° at 18h57m13s end 1993-056B 1993-061A 22823 SPOT 3 b1) Timings 6.79 3.00 3.73 7.30 7.82 13.54 7.17 20.50 7.51 20.82 28.06 b2) Timings 13.36 7.96 7.74 13.15 8.15 7.18 13.37 7.67 8.04 13.00 28.72 13.73 sec b3) Timings 28.46 22.61 7.12 14.29 6.78 7.47 6.81 7.57 6.81 7.30 9.79 4.50 28.61 sec. Several secondary flashes timed. I think the real period is around 28.50. so 5.5 periods were observed. b5) Timings 10.89 6.20 7.21 6.63 8.80 6.75 7.30 7.52 9.65 sec. b6) Timings 31.87 21.59 9.05 14.75 9.79 6.14 7.86 8.24 sec. b7) Timings 18.55 11.41 7.17 10.27 11.80 sec. b8) Timings 13.28 11.78 10.37 11.50 13.31 11.78 9.06 12.67 12.46 sec b9) Timings 34.59 58.10 50.42 sec. b10) Timings 14.00 13.06 11.97 15.98 12.25 14.94 26.85 11.49 9.57 44.85 11.36 39.87 61.25 sec. b11) Timings 12.33 56.63 11.01 sec. In between dtm b12) Timings 18.97 38.17 13.00 10.33 19.10 15.48 sec. Not all (secondary) flashes timed. b13) Timings 16.26 29.50 14.29 15.28 30.62 14.10 sec. b14) Timings 16.11 [6.64 9.91] [5.62 9.35] [8.63 8.21] 16.09 16.78 sec. Timed several sm. b15) Timings 14.90 50.40 16.59 17.89 16.27 sec. b16) Timings [8.83 9.58 47.10] [15.04 50.23] sec. The last timing in each group was a bright flash. b17) Timings 9.01 5.59 52.91 17.53 13.18 sec. b18) Timings 25.90 38.25 59.64 18.46 44.02 18.17 sec. The bright flashes were the 18 sec P. b19) Timings 63.83 42.86 sec. b20) Timings 24.01 22.12 27.03 47.03 25.60 sec. b21) Timings 27.42 22.48 sec. Was almost S, 3 before cumulation. b22) Timings 25.84 22.63 25.98 45.50 73.27 25.62 70.03 sec. Several maxima were flat and not timed. b23) Timings 27.39 27.89 22.74 29.24 29.46 sec. b24) Timings 26.21 26.79 29.56 55.56 24.81 sec. b25) Just 2 flashes seen. b26) Timings; 28.60 24.07 sec. b27) N? Timings 42.11 69.74 16.26 sec. The long timing was in zenit. Sat showed minor mag variations. b28) Timings [47.33 15.03] 118.38 35.18 32.88 91.93 sec. In zenith sat was S +5 then some flashes +4, the last was A +3. end 1993-061A 1993-070B 22889 Kosmos 2266 rocket [Kosmos] b1) Timings 17.46 16.83 16.76 17.78 sec b2) Timings 16.30(1) 17.53(2) 34.03(4) 69.33(8) 35.05(10) sec b3) Timings 16.68 17.82 17.17 16.54 18.29 16.43 17.68 17.82 18.36 16.78 b4) Timings 16.19 17.62 17.07 19.07 16.94 17.96 16.97 18.19 sec. end 1993-070B 1993-072A 22907 Gorizont 29 b1) discovered by Mike Waterman. in England; may be visible now from eastern North America. Gorizonts can be as bright as +4.5 but generally are more like +5 at best. b2) With Mike's 8-inch (200mm) scope, Gorizont 29 had a tertiary maximum at 1/4 cycle, a long secondary at 1/2 cycle, and was nearly invisible for the last quarter of each cycle b3) Phase Shift at 03:33:30 UTC; 27 June 2004 Gorizont 29 seems to be slowing down a bit from Ed Cannon's report in April: 1993-072 A 04-04-10 04:58:32.3 EC 791.0 0.3 10 79.10 +5.5->inv b4) secondaries vis; same FOV as TDF 2 (90 - 63 A) b5) It does have a "half period" flash as suspected a few nights ago, although it is dimmer (typically 8m) b6) Missed several faint ones, but counted in total. end 1993-072A 1993-077A 22927 Telstar 401 b1) November 12, 2005 UTC Below are my data for two evenings. The last click on Nov. 15 is 30 minutes earlier than three nights previously. I got a more complete observation on Nov. 15, including six flashes seen without binoculars in spite of the very bright moonlight. Both were from the Ney Museum location. Ck Split. Time UTC.. Mag. Using 02 ------ 4:01:26.39 +2.0 Binoculars 03 94.68 4:03:01.07 +1.0 1x no binoculars 05 94.59 4:04:35.66 +1.0 1x 06 283.84 4:09:19.50 +3.5 B previous two not seen 1x, too faint 07 94.70 4:10:54.20 +4.0 B 08 189.09 4:14:03.29 +5.0 B previous not seen, maybe due to Moon glare 09 189.36 4:17:12.65 +6.5 B next two not seen, too faint b2) November 15, 2005 UTC Ck Split. Time UTC.. Mag. Using 04 ------ 3:24:54.50 +4.0 B 05 94.40 3:26:28.90 +3.5 B 06 94.77 3:28:03.67 +3.0 1x 07 94.51 3:29:38.18 +1.0 1x 08 94.36* 3:31:12.54* +1.0 1x 09 94.46 3:32:47.00 +1.0 1x 10 94.53 3:34:21.53 +2.0 1x 11 94.71 3:35:56.24 +3.5 1x 12 94.25 3:37:30.49 +4.0 B 13 94.78 3:39:05.27 +5.0 B 01 94.86# 3:40:40.15# +4.5 B definitely brighter than previous one 02 94.56 3:42:14.71 +6.5 B 03 94.50 3:43:49.21 +6.0 B def. brighter than previous 04 189.28 3:46:58.49 +6.5 B previous one not seen, too faint; next two not seen) * accidentally stopped watch on click 07; restarted at 3:31:00.00 # stopped watch at 3:39:30.00; restarted at 3:40:00.00 b3) November 16, 2005 UTC Ck Split. UTC Time.. Mag. Using 01 ------ 3:16:03.55 +3.5 Binoculars 02 94.53 3:17:38.08 +3.0 1x 03 94.56 3:19:12.64 +2.0 1x 04 94.53 3:20:47.17 +1.5 1x 05 94.56 3:22:21.73 +1.0 1x 06 94.53 3:23:56.26 +1.0 1x 07 94.63 3:25:30.89 +3.0 1x 08 94.43 3:27:05.32 +2.0 1x 09 94.51 3:28:39.83 +4.0 B 10 94.81 3:30:14.64 +3.5 1x 11 94.49 3:31:49.13 +5.5 B 12 94.41 3:33:23.54 +5.0 B 13 189.25 3:36:32.79 +6.0 B (previous one too faint) 14 189.14 3:39:41.93 +7.5 B (previous one too faint) b4) All times UT FLASH TIME MAG RA DEC 1 2:43:57 +2 22:53 -13.7 2 2:45:32 +3 22:56 -13.8 3 2:47:06 +1.5 22:58 -13.7 4 2:48:41 +3 23:00 -13.7 5 2:50:16 +4 23:01 -13.6 6 2:51:50 +3.5 23:03 -13.6 7 2:53:25 +3.5 23:05 -13.6 8 2:54:59 +4 23:06 -13.6 9 2:56:34 +7 23:08 -13.6 10 2:58:08 +3.5 23:09 -13.6 11 2:59:43 +7.5 23:11 -13.7 12 3:01:17 +6.5 23:12 -13.7 Mag estimate from comparison with stars in nearby asterism in Aquarius. b5) Saw Telstar 401 from about 2:33 to 3:00 UTC on November 20 (8:33 to 9:00 PM Nov 19 CST) -- eight flashes seen without binoculars (2:39 to 2:50). b6) all 1X FLASH TIME MAG 1 2:01:14 +2 2 2:02:47 +3 3 2:04:21 +3 4 2:05:56 +4 5 2:07:31 +5 b7) Below are the last two evenings' clicks on Telstar 401 I didn't have binoculars and saw only the flashes listed. Both evenings the first one seemed to be the brightest, and the last two were considerably fainter than the other four. Clicks on 2005 November 29 UTC; Univ. of Texas at Austin campus brightest maxima were about +1.0 magnitude, very easily seen without binoculars even though it was quite low in the sky. 1:23:32 1:25:07 1:26:41 1:28:16 1:29:50 1:31:25 b8) Clicks on 2005 November 30 UTC; friends' house near BCRC 1:15:19 1:16:53 1:18:27 1:20:02 1:21:36 1:23:11 b9) 2005 November 30 UTC; Home (Tulsa, +36.1, -95.9) 1:13:46 1X +2.5m 1:15:20 1x +3m Then I switched to 10x50s and did not see any more flashes. This may be explained by the fact that you saw your last one at 1:23:11 And I typically see the flashes 6 minutes earlier. b10) With my dropped jaw I ran back to "normal" site 2 blocks away in time to see 2 flashes from Telstar 401(all 1x): Time (UT) Mag 1 1:07:07 +3.5 2 1:08:41 +4 Then, same as last night, I switched to 10 x 50's and no more flashes. b11) Time ( UTC ) Position Approx Mag 0:19:49.762 21 h 30 m -14 deg 15 min Between Mag 2 to 3 0:21:24.255 21 h 31 m -14 deg 17 min Between Mag 2 to 3 0:22:58.916 21 h 33 m -14 deg 17 min Between Mag 2 to 3 0:24:33.376 21 h 35 m -14 deg 18 min Between Mag 1 to 2 0:26:07.803 21 h 36 m -14 deg 18 min Between Mag 1 to 2 0:27:42.229 21 h 38 m -14 deg 19 min Between Mag 1 to 2 0:29:16.756 21 h 39 m -14 deg 19 min Between Mag 1 to 2 0:30:51.383 21 h 41 m -14 deg 20 min Between Mag 1 to 2 0:32:25.843 21 h 43 m -14 deg 20 min Between Mag 2 to 3 0:34:00.403 21 h 44 m -14 deg 21 min Between Mag 2 to 3 0:35:34.897 21 h 46 m -14 deg 21 min Between Mag 5 to 6 b12) dt UT mag ----- 0:29:15.30 zero mag.? 94.50 0:30:52.67 +1.2 (e.g., Fomalhaut, alpha Piscis Austrini) 94.43 0:32:27.10 +1.0 (or brighter?) 94.46 0:34:01.56 +1.5 94.64 0:35:36.20 +1.2 (e.g., Fomalhaut, alpha Piscis Austrini) 94.52 0:37:10.72 +2.0 b13) I observed Telstar 401 (22927, 93 77A) last night and it matched Ed's description. I measured a flash period of 83.53 seconds. This is 10 seconds smaller than what I measured last year. I observed Telstar 401 from 03:26 until 03:54. It was not as bright as Ed reported at 03:26 and it gradually faded, so I assume that it was brighter before 03:26. At 03:26, the bright flashes were about magnitude 4. Alternate bright flashes had a magnitude 7 flash about 3 seconds before them. b14) Saw at least four mag. +1.0 flashes with the first one at about 01:34:58 UTC when it was around RA 21:11, Dec. -17.7. It may have done some before that. In the past it flashed earlier from evening to evening, maybe 15 minutes. b15) While watching a Centaur saw a bright flash nearby. It was followed about 73.8 seconds later by another and another. Saw two or three of them without binoculars. Time was about 4:33 UTC on 28 June; RA about 15:50-16:00, Dec about -7.5. The last flash that I was able to see was at about 4:45:04. I'm pretty sure that it flashes some minutes earlier from night to night. b16) I wrote that I saw it about 4:33 UTC on 28 June. Last night (5 July) I saw it at about 3:12. So that's very roughly about 11-12 minutes earlier from night to night. Its brightest flashes are at least +1 magnitude, about every 74 seconds. As it has been getting too faint for me, on the evenings I watched it that long it began to do double flashes separated by about 2.2 seconds on every other cycle. It's certainly farther east in RA after seven nights. end 1993-077A 1993-078A 22930 DirecTV 1 b1) end 1993-078A 1994-010C 22997 Shi Jian 4 Rocket [CZ-3A] b1) Timings 9.68 12.90 12.09 13.12 11.43 12.71 15.33 10.39 11.39 11.97 sec. b2) Timings 12.28 13.15 11.99 12.69 12.26 12.22 13.72 12.15 12.11 11.82 sec. b3) Timings 12.48 13.17 11.83 13.41 12.63 13.78 sec. b4) Timings 10.46 12.93 11.87 12.77 12.36 12.01 13.86 11.72 12.31 13.10 sec. b5) flashes are mag +7 timings 28s.13 27.77 28.03 28.18 27.99 28.40 27.66 392.03(14 flashes) b6) timings 198.44(7fl) 56.71(2) b7) timings 27.96 56.69(2fl) 85.08(3) 28.57 85.23(3) 56.79(2) 28.47 b8) timings 350s.07(12fl) 174.96(6) b9) timings 58s.76(2fl) 29.46 58.75(2) 29.45 146.86(5) 58.79(2) 29.62 58.83(2) 88.37(3) b10) timings 208s.07(7fl) 59.47(2) 29.77 29.74 59.45(2) 59.27(2) 59.79(2) 59.36(2) 29.86 56.71(2) 91.72(3) 29.78 59.27(2) 30.19 29.85 89.41(3) Following photometric periods show a linear variation of +0s.29 per day. 16 Jan 28s.01 17 28s.37 20 29s.17 21 29s.42 22 29s.75 b11) timings 98.39(3A) 78.85(3) 98.06(3) 375.17(11) 145.12(4) 97.79(3) 96.98(3) b12) Timings 29.70 24.05 28.46 26.93 28.98 24.40 28.27 25.03 27.80 28.73 25.08 27.76 30.06 25.80 Combined period as per previous obs on this sat. b13) (f'+7.5) Timings 57s.32 56.80 55.61 57.55 56.48 57.46 57.15 b14) (f'+7.5) Timings 58s.35 57.73 57.02 57.44 57.81 58.25 AAf' pattern. Timed on f'. b15) (f'+7); Timings 61.52 61.70 b16) (f '+6.5); Timings 64.19 64.55 b17) Timings 64s.96 65.65 66.06 70.12 63.81 67.37 64.61 Combined period as per previous obs. No flash seen. Timed first smooth maximum of two. b18) and +6->inv; Timings 63s.31 68.29 66.52 67.97 69.50 66.34 Combined period as per previous obs. No flash seen. Primary maxima were used to count. b19) sm F, +3 Timings 8.81 26.93 17.83 8.93 8.88 [11.03 6.95] [9.86 7.92] 26.98 sec. Sometimes difficult to measure. b20) sm F, 4 Timings 30.44 53.47 29.21 13.06 18.33 19.61 20.16 15.43(F) 34.73 8.12(F) 18.63 sec. Two bright flashes; much scatter in timings. b21) Timings (16.89 19.05 15.48 5.84) 57.52 57.60 b22) evolving to +6.5->inv; Timings 27s.51 26.00 27.39 29.57 24.68 26.82 25.08 27.52 27.89 26.20 28.43 25.08 26.21 29.52 25.60 24.01 29.31 25.94 28.98 29.31 24.19 27.08 27.17 26.52 25.66 27.22 27.50 28.65 26.26 26.82 Combined period as per previous obs. b23) Timings 29.52 27.33 29.08 31.33 24.58 28.60 28.47 28.63 28.72 29.20 27.92 29.09 27.55 28.32 28.84 28.78 29.05 28.20 27.91 29.38 29.31 27.19 27.84 28.50 Combined period as per previous obs. b24) Timings 28.38 28.63 28.23 28.74 27.90 28.66 28.95 28.19 27.61 29.84 27.86 29.82 28.02 28.56 27.39 30.34 28.14 29.46 27.94 28.86 27.47 29.67 27.93 29.20 27.05 30.14 29.15 26.27 29.12 27.63 30.10 27.87 28.34 29.20 28.10 28.61 27.31 29.65 27.94 28.49 28.95 28.70 26.93 30.71 27.25 27.66 28.46 28.68 Combined period. b25) Timings 28.37, 27.84, 26.83, 29.69, 27.31, 28.34 b26) f has mag +7; timed on flashy maximums; Timings 61s.50 62.10 62.00 61.96 62.30 62.29 62.52 60.97 62.25 At the beginning of obs 20h24m A (+6->inv) was about 14 seconds. At the end of obs 20h43m A (+7->inv) was about 24 seconds. b27) f' has mag. +7.5; timed on flashy maximums; Timings 63.57 b28) Timings 30.20 28.45 28.05 31.16 sec. Dtm due to full moon nearby. b29) 1 flash mag +4; Timings [[5.11 28.57] 29.17] [35.87 28.53] sec. b30) +6->7.5; +6.5->i Timings 32.95 32.83 35.70 29.88 36.68 29.38 32.56 34.47 32.62 37.72 26.41 33.70 35.04 33.44 32.94 31.97 32.57... clouds... 295.96(9A')...34.39 33.10 31.60 34.87 33.47 32.49... (32.21) No sure flashes seen. High scattering due to clouds disturbing during the obs. b31) S; +7 A; +6.5->+7.5 Timings 33.62 33.33 35.94 32.14 32.81 32.51 32.02 35.21 34.03 32.90 34.24 36.61 31.28 34.85 33.58 32.50 34.46 33.49 33.81 32.97 35.38 32.12 33.24 34.28 (Almost steady +7 , from 21h15m regularly varying mag +6.5 during about 27 sec faint during about 7 sec) Combined period. b32) +6.5->8, +7->inv Timings 36.08 35.73 36.33 37.05 36.00 38.97 35.07 37.14 35.85 34.96 39.67 35.46 36.10 37.09 35.86 37.17 37.33 36.96 34.73 37.30 37.28 39.59 31.65 37.72 34.89 38.67 34.90 36.87 37.17 37.40 36.11 35.75 36.91 36.88 37.38 35.93 37.60 36.69 36.38 37.32 36.00 35.86 Combined period as with previous obs. b33) A'A; +7->inv; Timings 38.18 35.80 38.40 38.42 149.88(4 A) 37.75 37.49 36.86 37.94 589.90(16) 38.88 36.74 38.20 36.73 Combined period as with previous obs. b34) and also +8->inv Timings 34.80 35.90 34.49 35.58 35.59 33.63 36.05 35.35 35.10 37.75 33.20 35.58 34.34 34.63 35.38 34.42 35.22 37.75 35.70 34.91 [38.79] Combined period as per previous obs. Timings obtained as difference between the end and the beginning of an A. Timing in brackets not considered. b35) Pattern " A A (f)" , from 22h21m23s.29 till 22h37m20s.56 , Timings of A'A' pattern: 34s.86 34.00 34.11 34.98 32.91 34.93 34.75 33.39 34.89 34.58 33.56 34.65 33.80 34.50 34.39 32.66 35.85 33.68 33.50 34.41 35.19 33.05 33.16 34.89 34.57 34.03 33.87 34.11 thus p= 34.19, combined fp = 68.38 . Pattern " A Af " , from 22h26m12s.43 till 22h31m54s.60 , Timings of f' : 68.08 67.76 69.20 68.32 68.81 thus fp = 68.43 b36) +6.5(7)->inv Pattern A A f from 20h50m23s.22 till 21h09m46s.91 with f from 21h00m19s.58 to 21h09m27s.61 . - A'A' Timings 33s.50 34.66 33.61 33.62 35.34 34.33 34.94 32.89 34.70 34.47 35.93 33.07 34.64 33.58 34.15 33.33 34.85 34.99 33.68 34.21 32.75 36.53 31.93 36.81 32.55 34.61 34.29 34.04 34.86 34.79 32.56 34.65 34.01 34.82 combined thus fp = 68.45 - f' Timings 68.09 68.64 68.34 137.43(2 fls, 1 flash skipped) 68.49 69.43 67.61 thus fp = 68.50 b37) Timings 85.05 85.07 84.44 84.90 b38) Timings 29.66 30.16 31.11 30.49 32.66 29.27 31.41 32.49 29.34 31.09 Combined period. b39) Timings 38.21 40.94 38.49 40.74 39.66 38.34 40.33 38.35 Combined period. Visible +6 during about 27 sec., invisible about 11 sec. b40) Timings 40.11 38.65 39.68 39.02 Combined period. b41) Timings 33s.54 31.80 33.77 37.39 36.25 32.74 36.84 34.32 34.63 34.76 Combined period as per previous obs. b42) Timings 37s.93 36.34 37.91 36.85 37.42 35.06 38.38 35.30 (38.91) Combined period as per previous observations. b43) Timings 36.22 39.35 38.84 33.46 sec. end 1994-010C 1994-017B 23031 USA 102 b1) some very bright flashes (never seen it before?) b2) obs were one-power. some seen also by a couple of passers-by. b3) Timings 14s.60 14.54 14.31 13.26 1.26 14.35 13.30 1.19 14.46 b4) Timings 7s.02 6.17 1.10 7.25 b5) Timings 12s.06 1.40 14.48 29.64 14.63 b6) Nice flashing object, at least during this transit: Timings [Flash mag 0 0.86 17.71] [16.37 1.30] [17.47 flash mag 2 1.71] b7) Bright flashes; combined period within brackets: (8.53 14.79) (5.68 1.77 12.47) (9.42 12.88) b8) Timings 21.23(2F) (1.89 19.11) 10.95 10.41 (2.19 8.26) 21.51 10.80 10.40 10.77 21.35 b9) different intervals between maxima; difficult to determine a flash period. Maxima were counted with following intervals: 8.61 2.45 1.28 0.88 2.91 18.31 2.89 1.74 1.86 3.54 b10) After a bright flash a lot of small round maxima followed. end 1994-017B 1994-024B 23093 Kosmos 2279 Rocket [Kosmos] b1) Timings 11.12 11.80 23.87 23.79 25.01 24.34 sec. Nice flasher. b2) Seems to accellerate! Based on my 5 obs this year (july. august and oct) it had a maximum period of almost 12 sec at the end of july; dropped to 11.5 by August 4 and now 9.23 sec. b3) Timings 20.84 19.20 20.73 19.37 sec. Looks like a double period of just over 40 sec. b4) Timings 23.54 21.06 23.41 22.84 sec b5) Timings 22.68 21.87 23.54 sec. b6) Timings 22.29 21.64 21.33 24.67 sec. b7) Timings 29.71 27.01 29.75 26.18 sec. b8) Timings 24.07 28.75 27.96 29.04 sec. b9) Timings 35.96 39.70 sec. b10) Just one maximum seen - must be very long period slow 6 -> 8 mag approximately end 1994-024B 1994-030A 23108 Gorizont 30 b1) MW reports visibility in W-Europe and Africa and much of Asia between RA 20:30 and 22:00 b2) At the end of the observing session I was looking for Spacenet 2 (84-114A, 15385). I found something with a flash period of about 94.1 seconds, but it seems that Gorizont 30 (94-030A, 23108) was closer to the observed position. This was about 4:50-5:06 UTC, low in the ESE. end 1994-030A 1994-038A 23168 Kosmos 2282 b1) declining from +6 to +8 flashes. ID by Mike McCants, after I reported an UNID end 1994-038A 1994-040A 23175 Intelsat 2 (PAS 2) 1) Gave a flash under 4 minutes apart. Was mag 9 or brighter. end 1994-040A 1994-041B 23180 Nadezhda 4 rocket [Kosmos] b1) Timings 55.76 62.31 sec. end 1994-041B 1994-046A 23191 APEX b1) timings (5.13 22.49) (5.65 21.07) (6.43 21.52) (6.95 21.76) (6.93 21.63) (6.38 21.60) (7.12 20.43) b2) timings (8.04 21.13) (8.09 20.66) end 1994-046A 1994-056A 23230 ETS 6 b1) Was seen varying from about 8.5 to 11 at 9000 miles. Its tumble period seems to have nearly stabilized after 6 years at about 8.5 seconds. b2) There were secondary flashes 7 to 7.5 seconds after the main flash. b3) EC reported: spotted by Fred. b4) ETS 6 -- only a few visible without binoculars, at about 3:47:00 plus or minus; many of the maxima were about +4.5 to +5.0. b5) MCH = Mike Chini. b6) The position was 8h 02m +4.1 at 2:12:06 UT for me and this matches quite well with ETS-6. I found it accidentally while tracking NOSS 8(H) (18025) after systematically searching for half an hour. I was able to just see some 1X flashes but not consistently due to some broken clouds. Then, after a break, it cleared up and I found a flasher that from the previous drift could be ETS-6 again, but now the flashes were quite different, 85 sec period, "up flash" in look like I've seen with Atlas r/b's and brighter at +5. b7) Flashes could just be seen 1x but not well enough for timings. b8) I identified this UNID as ETS-6 (23230) - from flash period it appears likely b9) Many more flashes than this period, which started around 2:30 UT! Several flashes 1X b10) from -31.2773, 149.279 end 1994-056A 1994-057A 23233 DMSP 5D-2 F12 (USA 106) 1) flashing in the West; steady +6 in the W-SW. end 1994-057A 1994-058A 23249 Telstar 402 b1) EC spotted Telstar 402 flashing to about magnitude 2.5 just before shadow entry. Period 3.1 seconds. Range 2700 miles. end 1994-058A 1994-061A 23278 Kosmos 2292 b1) Timings 8.25 15.10 sec. b2) Timings 6.62 2.69 6.50 10.80 4.16 6.73 4.42 arc too short to find a repetition of flashes b3) More like slow erratic flares. b4) Unsure of count - difficult to gauge fluctuations b5) Timings 11.30 13.45 12.33 Culmination 27°/074° at 17:13:59. end 1994-061A 1994-068A 23323 IRS-P 2 b1) July 20 UTC (Friday evening local time) did a -1 flash. I didn't manage to note its exact time. My flash-period timings on it aren't very clear but it may be about 5.6 seconds since. besides some around that value. my clicks included these three: 11.36. 33.74. and 44.49. b2) Timings 12.07 9.10 9.11 6.00 9.19 6.17 3.22 2.68 2.81 6.27 3.10 2.92 6.08 3.16 2.84 6.10 3.40 2.63 3.17 2.91 3.11 3.02 3.05 3.00 3.25 2.80 b3) A difficult flasher, when the flashes appear so now and then and you don't know when. I found the first flash rather late during the transit and was happy to see another one. end 1994-068A 1994-078B 23412 Geo-IK rocket [Tsyklon] b1) This rocket seems to me rather fast flashing. Still I doubt whether it is real. Small magnitude amplitude. The flash periode is very doubtful. b2) This time the faint flashes were more convincing than during previous observations on this sat. I estimated the optical period as I was not able to count. b3) at last after several attempts to detemine a period in the variability. Previous attempts failed as the object's stellar magnitude varied too fast and the amplitude was small. end 1994-078B 1994-080A 23415 DFH-3 1 b1) +6->inv; Nice flashing geosync at 13h54m -1 deg at 4:33:23 UT end 1994-080A 1994-081A 23420 Molniya-1 88 b1) Timings 7.84 7.62 7.82 7.75 7.88 7.71 7.89 7.83 7.84 7.86 7.84 b2) Timings 7.62, 7.34, 15.31, 7.92, 7.42, 15.08, 15.28 end 1994-081A 1994-081D 23423 Molniya-1 88 rocket 2 [Molniya] b1) While aiming the camera for another sat, I noticed an object giving off two short bright mag. 0 flashes, about ~10s apart, just west of Arcturus, round about 21:05:30 UTC (13 May). I later identified it as the Russian rocket stage 94-081D end 1994-081D 1994-082A 23426 Luch b1) Due to an RA and Dec interpolation miscalculation, I accidentally found a flashing geosynch that turned out not to be the one I had intended to look for. The one that was actually observed was Luch (94-082A, 24038). (Thanks very much to Mike for the rapid ID!) I had times on it from about 5:13 until about 6:04 UTC -- a long time. It was flashing to about +5.0 (possibly +4.5) every 88 seconds. end 1994-082A 1994-083B 23432 Kosmos 2298 rocket [Kosmos] b1) Timings 44.67 50.87 end 1994-083B 1984-086D 1994-089A 23455 NOAA 14 1) Flashes picked up and identified object afterwards. Times between flashes: 32 84 13 5 8 22 17 (from voice recording, no stopwatch) 2) Counted half as many flashes as the period compared to earlier reports of p = 9 s 3) +5.5(7)(7)->inv; Timings 16.89 4.39 12.23 4.05 12.97 4.24 12.52 4.71 11.87 4.61 12.52 16.53 4.88 12.18 4.22 12.35 4.92 4.12 8.08 4.91 12.09 4.58 5.02 7.14 4.59 12.36 4.94 11.94 16.93 16.93 17.04 17.02 Culmination 44°/068° at 20:24:28. 4) Timings: (3.15 4.13 5.82 3.41 3.43) 6.65 3.40 3.40 6.60 3.26 3.15 6.97 3.34 3.27 6.77 3.37 3.28 9.94 3.44 10.30 3.07 10.21 3.17 10.39 3.03 13.67 Eclipse 21:35:53 33°/307°. At the beginning some fashes +3.5. 5) Timings:(2.26) 9.88 4.12 9.45 3.23 10.37 13.74 3.68 9.98 3.73 10.16 3.32 10.23 3.39 Eclipse at 20:56:33 28°/003°. 6) While following 09021B by naked eye I saw magn. +1 flashes at 21:37:47 21:37:58 21:38:12 and 21:38:25 higher in the sky and shouted to record these on my voicerecorder. 7) Timings: 2s.37 4.34 2.09 2.51 4.24 2.06 2.54 4.35 1.96 2.59 4.19 2.37 2.24 4.21 2.21 2.31 4.41 2.12 2.69 4.03 2.22 6.53 2.14 7.10 1.98 6.69 2.06 6.91 8.62 2.14 8.70 6.99 2.28 6.75 2.06 8.62 8.83 9.01 9.00 8.65 8.94 9.01 . 4651 culmination 61°/071° at 21h04m31s. 8) Timings: 2s.23 4.09 2.08 2.14 4.04 2.30 2.26 6.02 2.38 4.07 2.08 6.29 2.25 6.27 2.16 6.27 2.24 6.31 2.18 6.23 2.06 6.22 2.25 6.28 2.06 6.41 2.07 6.52 2.10 6.27 2.01 6.53 2.09 7.31 1.25 16.69 8.47 8.62 8.43 8.54 8.36 8.55 8.46 8.45 4542 eclipse exit 64°/051° at 21h09m18s. 9) Timings: 2s.03 1.97 1.87 2.01 2.10 1.90 2.31 1.84 1.95 1.85 2.15 2.03 2.16 1.73 2.21 1.87 3.80 4.16 3.91 4.11 3.99 3.99 4.19 3.85 3.94 4.08 4.01 4.12 4.25 3.61 4.12 3.98 8.00 8.02 7.98 7.99 8.05 8.06 7.94 7.96 8.00 8.02 8.17 7.98 4641 eclipse exit 57°/004° at 21h18m49s. 10) Timings: 7.16 7.21 7.12 7.36 7.26 7.27 7.13 7.24 7.54 8.04 8.05 7.31 7.22 7.35 4542 eclipse exit 25°/003° at 21:21:18. end 1994-089A 1995-002D 23466 Tsikada rocket [Kosmos] b1) Timings (two columns to show asymmetry) 11.07 11.64 11.00 11.58 11.08 11.51 11.00 11.64 b2) arc too short in SW to determine a period. end 1995-002D 1995-012B 23527 Kosmos 2310 rocket [Kosmos] b1) Timings 39.20 40.04 9.38 10.05 20.66 10.82 9.66 20.34 20.47 sec Probably also an complex pattern. with P just over 20 sec. b2) Timings 9.72 18.24 13.41 16.92 14.33 11.25 sec. were checked with Synodic to determine the correct number of flashes b3) Second S observation over long time. Drop from program. end 1995-012B 1995-015A 23533 DMSP 5D-2 F13 b1) Timings 18.66(counted 11fls), 16.91(10fls) Sat almost steady, flashing between az 248° and 275°. b2) Timings 1.82 7.51(4F) 1.97 1.87 1.88 13.33(7) 18.76 (10) 11.31(6) 1.88 3.73(2) BD: Sat is till operational derived from flash period. Culmination at 17:59:42 at Az 266° alt 27° end 1995-015A 1995-016A 23536 Brazilsat B2 b1) Last night I happened across BrazilSat B2 30 minutes before its shadow entry and it was varying between magnitude 7 and 8 with a period of about 2 seconds. end 1995-016A 1995-017D 23548 Orbcomm 1 rocket [Pegasus] b1) very short flashes? end 1995-017D 1995-019B 23354 AMSC 1 rocket [Centaur] b1) At least mag 8 and brighter flashes, at a range of 7000 km. b2) Timings 48.28 53.45 52.26 b3) Timings 59.78 56.29 65.49 64.74 64.60 b4) Timings 66.15 63.54 b5) Timings 59.98 57.72 59.29 b6) Timings 162.26(3) 58.32 62.94 53.37 54.19 62.32 end 1995-019B 1995-025A 23581 GOES 9 3) First and last flashes were mag +8 and I must've missed another, used best bright 3. end 1995-025A 1995-027B 23590 UFO 5 rocket [Centaur] b1) timings are: (6.85 10.94) (6.88 13.04) (8.25 10.52) (11.73 10.23) (8.39 10.33) (8.62 10.13) (9.50 10.69) 19.69 (9.30 8.78) (7.07 2.55 9.67) (9,27 9.93) b2) Timings 31.79 28.31 32.12 33.00 28.97 28.19 b3) Pairs of max's segued into one longer max. b4) Timings 62.70(3A) 19.62 20.88 20.20 21.03 20.94 19.64 21.03 19.99 20.67 20.44 21.90 19.75 20.71 Eclipse entrance 41°/149° at 19:45:30 b5) Timings 21.41 20.50 20.91 21.42 19.14 20.80 21.38 20.58 Eclipse time 20:56:48 44°/204°. b6) Timings 11.45 9.07 11.72 8.82 10.67 10.09 11.13 9.64 10.80 9.32 11.98 8.47 10.61 10.10 10.40 11.00 10.03 10.71 10.41 9.18 39.70(2A) 19.26 19.03 21.23 21.08 Culmination 38°/163° at 18:12:58. At the beginning pattern was a'A' +7(+6.5); at the end A'A', +6. b7) Timings: 4.46 5.81 5.01 4.32 4.93 6.31 6.54 Culmination 55°/193° at 18:53:05. end 1995-027B 1995-040A 23636 Intelsat 4 (PAS 4) 1) end 1995-040A 1995-041A 23639 Koreasat 1 end 1995-041A 1995-045A 23653 Kosmos 2319 1) Naked-eye flasher. Other flashes seen but I was busy observing 90006 and couldn't count them all. end 1995-045A 1995-043A 23649 JCSat 3 1) Quick 2 or 3 flashes within 1 sec, 1st one timed end 1995-043A 1995-073C 23756 Echostar 1 PKM b1) Occasional subdued flash at max end 1995-073C 1996-002A 23764 Intelsat 3R (PAS 3R) 1) Gave mag 9 are brighter flashes, under 3 minutes apart, with 1 or 2 fainter flash in between, for over 20 minutes starting at 1:20 utc Not sure when it will flash really bright. end 1996-002A 1996-004B 23774 Kosmos 2327 rocket [Kosmos] b1) Timings 9.40(1) 9.39(2) 19.61(4) 59.36(10) 49.07(15) 49.23(20) sec. The flashnumber is between parentheses. b2) Is going up slowly. Timings 9.93 9.37 10.62 9.38 10.23 8.95 11.39 8.77 10.51 10.03 sec. Also a composed period? b3) Timings 9.69 10.27 9.78 10.04 10.06 9.95 10.01 9.54 10.35 9.82 10.31 10.26 9.82 9.83 9.75 10.39 9.57 11.20 8.70 10.62 10.75 9.57 9.47 10.37 9.65 11.26 9.32 10.41 9.61 10.57 9.57 10.50 9.51 10.42 9.51 11.64 9.42 sec. b4) Timings 9.35 10.12 10.23 9.90 9.71 9.61 10.27 10.33 9.27 11.27 9.18 10.62 9.15 10.74 10.02 9.81 9.94 10.68 9.53 9.92 9.69 10.58 sec. Bjoern Gimle has done an extensive analysis of my recent obs of this rocket. He concludes that the real period has to be around 20 sec in order to give the minimum of residals. Only some random timing-errors and a slight synodic effect remain in that case. b5) Timings 9.73 9.77 10.51 9.56 10.08 10.10 10.59 9.28 10.55 10.21 10.06 9.65 10.34 9.70 10.62 9.87 11.20 8.54 10.74 10.02 10.10 9.87 11.36 8.74 10.33 10.10 sec. Same behavior as in the previous pass. b6) Timings 9.36 10.43 9.90 9.93 9.74 10.72 8.57 9.75 11.91 10.07 9.55 9.62 11.41 9.94 9.10 sec. Real period 20.00 sec with two flash series. b7) Timings 10.27 9.85 9.62 10.80 10.59 9.86 9.93 10.28 10.36 9.47 9.88 10.53 10.77 9.93 20.28(1 fl missed) 9.98 10.10 10.17 10.30 9.88 10.65 The flashes were rather sharp. so timings are accurate. b8) Several flashes were faint and not timed; Timings 21.19 10.60 10.00 10.94 10.56 20.98 11.21 10.03 sec. So P=21.10 sec. b9) A bit irreggular flash Timings 18.93 17.42 17.87 18.11 17.86 17.30 17.25 18.17 16.49 17.17 sec. b10) Timings 17.20 20.67 19.83 19.30 sec. b11) Timings 18.74 16.33 17.65 17.29 18.22 17.45 sec. b12) Timings [61.31 24.55] 76.44 sec. Secondary flash in between. b13) Timings 81.17 94.99 sec. Dtm due to long flat maxima b14) Timings 57.23 114.17 sec. end 1996-004B 1996-010A 23794 Raduga 33 b1) Original email: A bright distant flasher distracted me from looking for USA 129 tonight. I saw a negative magnitude flash at RA 10:06 dec.+30 (upper W Leo) at about 19:46:17 UTC and followed it down to 11:42.0 +14 07' at 19:52:40. I later determined the period of bright flashing to be 31.14 s (SYNODIC.EXE) with secondary flashes at about -7.4 and +8.8 relative to the bright flashes (which disappeared after 19:50:39) b2) I observed Raduga 33 in two sequences 03-08-24 21:15:17.9 (RA 22:10 +35.2) to 21:25:14.9 (RA 23:37 +32.5. mag -1 to +2) to 21:33:00.5 (+5?). then 22:15:18 (RA 01:37 +17.6) to 22:24:59 (RA 01:45 +16.0. +4) I should have a phase shift, but lap memory filled. and though I tried to start on a full minute (which I hope I remember correctly). some (keypress?) error stopped the clock before I could check the timing. But the chart (96-10A3.gif) shows that. while it was faint. the period decreased by about 0.08 seconds. It also shows that the first keypress was a second late (omitted in chart 3a); that I observed two (faint) flashes a quarter-period before the main series. and that my individual timing errors are about +-0.2 s. However. the standard error of the linear fit to the first series is just ... After a period of too faint flashes (and clouds. 42 minutes). the first point is about 0.8 late. and omitted from PPAS. b3) 21:55:15.5; 48.8; 56:22.1 b4) The typical pattern for most of this session was: 16.6 seconds <- circa 7.5 mag 8.3 seconds <- circa 4.0 mag 8.3 seconds <- circa 7.5 mag end 1996-010A; decayed 2004-05-06 1996-017A 23827 IRS-P3 1) Nice! The times of the flares were: 02:49:02.5 UTC 02:49:37.2 02:49:54.2 02:50:28.8 02:51:28.2 There may have been other dimmer flares under the threshold figure of the system (automatic detection carried out by UfoCapture). 2) Comment from TM on previous Allowing for some flares apparently not detected, it appears that the period is about 17 s. The values I have appended to your flash times are my guess of the number of flares since the preceding flash, and the average period. 02:49:02.5 02:49:37.2 2 17.4 S 02:49:54.2 1 17.0 S 02:50:28.8 2 17.3 s 02:51:28.2 3 19.8 s or 4 14.9 s end 1996-017A 1996-017B 23828 IRS-P 3 rocket [PSLV?] b1) Timings 46.79 | 29.46 15.36 | 49.56 | 35.67 11.47 sec.; two sm timed. b2) Period uncertain. First timed flash not on time? Timings 32.08 92.05 24.09 sec. b3) Timings 31.12 36.50 sec. b4) Timings 31.59 31.30 sec. b5) Timings 27.48 25.87 sec. b6) Timings [16.40 11.70] 34.25 30.82 sec. end 1996-017B 1996-020B 23840 Inmarsat 3-1 rocket [Centaur] b1) F' was really an A max with sharp flash and immediate disappearance. end 1996-020B 1996-026B 25349 USA 118 rocket [Centaur] 1) Noted rough pattern to the flashes as noted in part of the observation. Two flashes about two secs apart then a third at four secs, repeated part of the time. end 1996-026B 1996-029A 23893 USA 119 (NOSS 2-3(A)) b1) I incorrectly listed 96-29A as "Steady" on my earlier positional post it was variable as shown end 1996-029A 1996-029C 23908 NOSS 2-3 (C) aka USA 121 b1) had mag. +1.5 about 33 seconds before end 1996-029C 1996-029D 23862 NOSS 2-3 (D) aka USA 122 b1) On recent passes it has appeared that this object seems to be tumbling, although quite slowly. While the two followers maintain a pretty constant magnitude throughout the pass, this one, the leader, varies by two or three magnitudes over a couple of minutes, or maybe three. It doesn't seem that changing phase angle would explain it, since the other two don't exhibit the same magnitude variation. b2) timings are: 31.92 17.26 73.77 b3) timings 57.99 40.54 34.40 25.39 end 1996-029D 1996-029E 23936 NOSS 2-3 (E) b1) or 2 subtle flares end 1996-029E 1996-029F 23937 TiPS b1) First flare had Ralph at +4, Norton at +5 and easy in 10 x 50 28 sec later both flared again at +5, +6 respectively. No tether seen. end 1996-029F 1996-037A 23940 TOMS EP 1) Suspicion of a photometric period of about 34 seconds. Missed possibly one submaximum at end to get a second full period. See the similarity in intervals: 4.93 7.39 5.12 5.93 4.88 6.03 sum = 34.28 4.71 7.11 5.69 6.32 5.02 ? sum = 28.85 2) Most flashes were +6.5, last but one flash was +3. 3) Most flashes were +6.5, last but one flash was +3. 4) Not found after with 12x60's. Predicted mag = +8.6 end 1996-037A 1996-040A 23948 Arabsat 2A 1) flashing to 7th mag every 5 minutes. The flash last's a few second. end 1996-040A 1996-044A 24208 Italsat 2 1) At 0:58 utc ( Nov 17 ) Italsat 2 ( 24208 ) was flashing to mag 6 or brighter. Flashes are under 3 minutes apart. Only flashes brightly for a few minutes. It looks to flash, earlier each night. 2) Oh so nice. At around 0:45 utc ( Nov 18 ) Italsat 2 ( 24208 ) was flashing to mag 4 are brighter. So tommorow, I (KF) look around 0:35 utc ( Nov 19 ) give are take, and wait to see bright flashes. end 1996-044A 1996-049A 24285 FAST b1) Fainter than expected by 1 magnitude. b2) Trains of flashes separated by about 2 seconds without flashes. (Like amplitude modulation). Number of flashes within one train: 3, 4 or 5 (most) with the brightest flash in the middle. Timimgs were at start of every new train: 3.44 4.37 5.47 5.07 4.98 9.29(2) 22.80(5) end 1996-049A 1996-050F 24296 Magion 5 r2 1) Could only see one cycle in scope before I tracked wrong way! But it was variable. end 1996-050F 1996-052B 24305 UNAMSat b1) Timings 27.34 26.71 54.64 sec. end 1996-052B 1996-052C 24306 Kosmos 2334 rocket [Kosmos] b1) Timings 9.59 18.64 18.68 18.50 18.35 sec b2) Timings 10.02 10.33 10.24 10.01 10.50 9.76 10.63 9.81 10.14 10.48 Flash 5 to 8 and 10 show great residals. b3) Missed 1 flash. towards the end of the pass. flashes in between. Timings 12.66 14.00 12.86 13.62 13.77 13.00 13.62 26.94 13.74 5.98 6.95 6.48 6.41 7.47 sec. end 1996-052C 1996-054A 24315 AMC 1 (GE 1) 1) After returning to Mu, I noticed 2 quick flashes that might've been 96-54A (AMC-1) as it was right there. end 1996-054A 1996-055A 24313 Echostar 2 1) Ed Cannon was observing naked-eye flashes from a geosync and so I decided to take a look. Then I noticed a much brighter flash about 25 degrees west and a little south of the geosync that Ed was watching. It turned out to be Echostar 2 (24313, 96-055A). Echostar 2 was reported to be flashing very brightly by Kevin Fetter last March 10. Ed and I estimated that the brighest flashes were about magnitude -1 tonight. The flash period was measured at 240.3 seconds - almost exactly 4 minutes. We observed flashes from about 3:40 UT until about 4:40 UT Nov. 5, 2010 from BCRC (Lat 30.32N, Long 97.87W). At 4:40 the flashes had faded to about magnitude 4. end 1996-055A 1996-060A 24640 Molniya-3 48 end 1996-060A 1996-071B 24678 Kosmos 2336 rocket [Kosmos] b1) Timings 32.85 28.53 37.51 33.22 sec. b2) Timings 32.41 30.22 sec b3) Timings (12.59) [23.67 12.48] [26.57 12.90] [8.33 32.74] 38.24 sec. The first timing was not used. b4) Timings 38.09 39.34 34.35 sec. Timed 10.28 3.94 4.97 sec before. b5) Timings 46.61 50.40 sec. b6) Timings 40.64 40.32 41.26 46.02 sec. Possible synodic effect for the last timing. b7) reconstructed from voice recording after forgetting to reset the stopwatch prior to counting the maxima. b8) Timings 17.72 17.09 Seem to be consistent with recent obs made by BY and BD. b9) Large variety in times between maxima: 12.03 8.52 9.76 8.68 10.96 9.42 11.86 7.86 If paired the results are: 20.55 18.44 20.38 19.72 b10) Timings[18.94] 21.78 18.66 22.72 18.28 22.42 18.59 Above timings show flashes only, while the complete pattern is FaAF, and timings are: 20.29 18.94 21.14 6.50 (13.31 5.63) (7.12 7.29 7.37) (12.27 6.39) (8.67 6.95 7.10) (5.06 7.41 5.81) (7.10 9.90 5.42) (5.17 8.06 [5.36]) [8.83] The period obtained considering A as reference (A'FaA'), end not including timings in square brackets, is 20.3. That is 202.90 divided by 10. Culmination 37°/075° at 20:25:12. b11) Max at 13Lyr, that is in a peculiar place w.r.t. sun and observer. Might be a long flash period end 1996-071B 1996-072A 24680 USA 129 b1) lasting flare mag +1 followed by a major flare mag +0.5 from 20:16:59 till 20:17:12 b2) from site 4541: almost steady mg +5. Flare +1 from 20h44m47s to 20h45m01s b3) from site 4541: flash at 21h14m50s.40 b4) from site 4541: flash at 19h20m02s.5 b5) from site 4541: flash at 20h54m28s.6 b6) two flares on: 1. 20:10:41.5 mag 0.3 2. 20:11:10.6 mag 0.8 b7) from site 4641: three flares mag +1 seen: mag +1 from 20h38m17s until 20h38m27s mag +1 from 20h38m43s until 20h38m53s mag +0.5 from 20h39m09s until 20h39m19s b8) flash at 20h23m54s.6 and 20h27m15s.3 b9) flash at 20h49m40s.5 and flare from 20n53mo9s to 20h53m29s b10) flare mag +1 from 20h06m55s till 20h07m08s.5 b11) Very bright while ascending through Aquila low in the south, yielding some very fine-looking images. b12) lasting 6 sec observed from site 4542 b13) near RA 08:48 dec +20.5 Az 214 alt 56 b14) phase angle 68.9 deg, binoculars HeavenSat prediction mirrors (for flares.dat) 49.5 deg 57.4 deg, b15) phase angle 103.4 deg, binoculars. HeavenSat prediction mirrors (for flares.dat) 49.0 deg 93.3 deg, Was steady 4-5 mag for the remainder of path. end 1996-072A 1996-581A xxxxx Unknown 1) Suspect ID - may be a UNID object. end 1996-581A 1996-644A xxxxx Unknown 1) Sets of 2 flashes, about 4s apart. end 1996-644A 1997-008E 27680 USA 130 debris 1) flare length measured at 5.5s on 5th flare end 1997-008E 1997-011A 24748 DirecTV 6 (Tempo2) 1) Only one flash seen - reflection passed obviously west to east across "face". Shadow entry before next flash. end 1997-011A 1997-012A 24753 DMSP 5D-2 14 b1) Timings 1.88 1.92 1.84 1.91 1.81 1.91 1.90 1.89 1.95 1.90 1.92 1.87 1.94 1.83 1.92 1.84 1.98 1.89 1.86 1.86 1.89 1.89 1.91 1.91 1.88 1.94 1.93 1.82 1.87 1.94 1.91 1.84 1.90 1.91 1.78 2.06 1.88 1.98 3.76(2fls) 1.86 7.34(4fls) 1.80 1.86 1.93 1.85 1.87 1.89 1.86 1.91 1.90 1.91 1.91 1.83 1.93 1.73 2.08 2.05 1.85 1.88 1.77 1.97 1.78 2.06 1.80 1.95 1.91 1.88 1.90 1.80 1.98 1.84 1.69 2.12 1.88 1.90 1.88 2.00 1.88 1.87 2.19 1.68 1.85 1.88 2.02 Some flashes skipped. b2) Timings 3.72 1.90 1.87 1.87 1.92 1.81 1.92 1.91 1.92 1.84 1.93 1.84 1.82 1.97 1.86 1.84 1.72 2.14 1.90 1.81 1.95 1.91 1.90 1.89 1.89 1.90 1.86 1.93 1.88 1.92 1.88 1.89 1.93 1.87 1.88 1.94 1.88 1.96 1.92 1.90 1.92 1.91 1.87 2.01 1.84 1.80 1.84 2.22 1.69 1.93 end 1997-012A 1997-012E 24778 DMSP 5D-2 14 debris b1) very sharp flashes; Is this a micro payload? end 1997-012E 1997-017B 24773 Kosmos 2341 rocket [Kosmos] b1) Timings 68.32 70.37 74.14 end 1997-017B 1997-021B 24799 DFH-3 2 rocket [CZ-3A] b1) Difficult broad maxima, not sure when to click. b2) timings 16.15 15.70 17.06 16.23 16.30 14.95 18.57 16.25 33.10 (2) 15.16 17 88 13.94 16.57 17.23 15.57 possible combined period. b3) Timings 14.48 13.93 13.32 14.80 11.98 14.48 12.53 14.07 12.71 15.76 14.86 14.40 13.52 07.38 06.76 28.90(2fls) 13.39 14.47; Combined period. b4) Timings 17.26 9.99 14.29 13.03 b5) Timings 37.91 35.77 36.68 37.71 33.05 77.76(2A) 36.77 36.82 A about 18.5 seconds. b6) Timings 19.36 20.20 18.85 19.38 20.05 19.77 19.21 21.71 20.50 16.57 20.12 20.32 20.11 20.09 18.47 20.00 19.94 19.79 19.65 (light about 12 sec, dark about 8 sec.) b7) Timings 29 46 33.66 29.43 32.99 33.11 Visible during about 24 sec, invisible about 9 sec. b8) Timings 29.64 29.01 28.34 28.78 28.34 28.67 29.41 27.84 Maxima +6.5 for about 24 sec.; minima +8 for about 5 sec. b9) Pattern AAf from 19h13m09s.5 to 19h23m04s.5 with seven f counted from 19h17m28s.2 to 19h23m17s.3 - A'A' Timings 24s.31 24.95 24.10 24.01 25.35 25.29 25.25 24.11 25.29 24.68 49.98 (1 maxima in clouds) 25.28 24.55 24.87 24.86 99.70 (3 maxima in clouds) 25.78 23.46 24.06 25.18 p= 49s.6 - f ' timings : 49s.16 50.14 50.53 99.34(1 flash not counted due to clouds) 49.61 50.31 p= 49s.9 b10) Timings 35.05 35.24 36.25 35.87 36.16 37.48 35.43 34.68 36.35 36.11 36.45 35.49 36.87 37.71 Combined time as per previous obs (05-08-05). No flashes seen this time. b11) Timings 30.44 31.86 30.85 30.14 30.51 31.48 30.86 29.90 31.38 30.97 Combined period as per previous obs. b12) Timings (30.72) 33.40 31.42 33.56 32.90 32.60 33.40 33.81 31.30 32.88 32.98 31.39 33.59 32.64 33.06 32.19 31.89 32.25 32.56 Combined period as per previous observations (28 Aug 2005) b13) +6.5->inv; Timings 58.29 59.41 59.98 58.49 60.57 59.17 59.12 59.45 58.99 58.87 59.67 58.26 59.85 59.47 58.78 59.50 58.27 59.36 (57.61) Combined period as per previous obs (see 28 Aug 2005 obs). Timing in brackets not considered) b14) Timings 124.51 117.35 135.85 118.50 118.43 b15) Timings 157.87 146.94 150.05 146.77 At the beginning A +7->8 then almost steady +6.5 b16) Timings 110.95 99.76 106.01 106.01 109.21 99.23 106.37 106.51 b17) Timings 12.70 09.58 09.63 10.30 11.05 10.90 10.97 10.77 10.58 09.63 10.93 10.19 09.97 11.32 11.77 10.83 10.47 10.02 09.61 12.00 10.74 10.25 10.86 10.06 10.69 11.06 10.94 10.38 09.86 11.02 10.28 10.37 11.38 10.92 10.25 11.50 09.82 10.60 10.26 10.30 b18) Timings 10.65 11.09 09.75 10.37 10.14 09.30 10.77 10.87 10.12 11.54 10.70 09.75 10.85 10.46 10.85 10.75 09.41 09.61 10.63 11.63 10.01 10.05 11.32 09.65 10.39 11.24 09.38 11.09 10.22 10.19 10.89 10.31 10.07 10.98 10.18 10.62 10.13 10.92 10.00 10.54 10.29 10.68 end 1997-021B 1997-027B 24820 Insat 2D b1) was brighter than nearby iota Ceti when first observed but was down to +6.5 maxima by end of observation. b2) Accelerating? Also noticed several untimed A cycles just before ShI b3) end 1997-027B 1997-028A 24827 Kosmos 2344 (Arkon) 1) followed from az = az(sun) for 6 minutes end 1997-028A 1997-030A 24836 Iridium 914 b1) double flashes alternately +2. -2 b2) Timings; 5.47 2.67 3.05 3.13 2.76 9.08 6.06 10.69 3.45 3.61 11.11 8.81 9.22 sec. Irr pattern. Could be complex period. b3) Timings 2.81 5.55 3.32 5.93 2.71 6.11 8.75 9.05 sec. Irr. b4) Timings 2.25 8.24 3.03 4.66 2.25 2.52 5.13 2.76 2.85 3.11 2.26 4.07 4.08 3.77 sec. Irregular pattern. probably due to several faint flashes not timed. b5) Timings [5.99 4.10] [6.08 1.82 2.22] [7.30 2.77] [7.30 2.84] [7.33 2.82] 10.06 10.15 10.17 sec. b6) The starting time was 2004-05-16 03:22:19.10 -- 11.60. 11.71. 13.29. 3.31. 8.35. 3.20. 8.57. 3.11. 11.73. 13.44. 11.60. b7) Timings 4.30 3.76 4.02 3.95 3.67 3.52 4.84 4.68 6.32 7.81 4.24 6.72 4.87 6.81 4.79 6.98 2.06 2.78 8.78 2.97 11.65 sec. The 2 sec flashes were the brightest; didn't time several sm b8) 11.62. 11.69. 11.74. 11.62. 11.69. 11.74 b9) 11.54 13.15 3.18 8.36 3.18 11.56 13.33 b10) ssm, F, 3, Timings 2.86(F) 7.423.01(F) 6.57 10.21 11.29 3.46(F) 6.54 10.78 10.68 10.53 sec. b11) Timings 3.01 7.23 3.36 6.76 3.75 6.50 4.04 7.11 9.44 12.49 sec. Combined period of 3-4 and 6-7 sec. b12) Timings 10.45 10.57 10.81 10.08 11.04 10.49 10.45 11.02 10.68 10.86 sec. b13) Timings [8.67 2.17] 10.59 10.65 10.82 10.31 10.63 10.60 sec. b14) Laps: 10.32, 1.28 10.27, 1.27 10.38, 1.31 10.27, 1.27 10.42, 1.23 10.38, 1.24 10.46, 1.14 10.55, 1.12 b15) Laps: 1.23 10.43, 1.23 10.45, 1.27 10.52, 1.22 10.51, 1.22 10.46, 1.26 10.51, 1.27 11.81 b16) Timings (3.89 1.68 4.28 2.09) (3.94 1.48 4.14 2.29) (3.67 1.81 4.46 2.22) (4.24 1.10 4.05 2.36) b17) Timings 12.49, 12.60, 12.48, 12.52, 12.54, 12.54, 12.56, 12.57, 12.63, 1.34 (double flash at end) b18) Timings [2.73 3.20 1.82] 7.91 [5.94 1.82] 7.77 [6.02 1.82] 7.81 sec. Several sm not timed. The bright flash was shortly after the second sm. b19) +3(4)->7 Timings 14.15 14.28 14.29 14.24 15.12(late) 13.29 14.25 sec. b20) +4(2)->inv; Timings (most of then at 1 power): [10.29 3.98] [10.11 3.95] [10.17 4.00] [10.09 4.00] [10.15 3.84] [10.25 3.93] [10.25 381] [10.43 3.76] [10.53 3.61] 14.22 14.22 [2.16 12.03] [2.08 12.07] [2.08 12.31] [1.83 14.19] [12.31 1.85] 14.18 14.18 sec Double flash; after the two 14.22 timings the double flash came first. A time shift 4th set from the end. b22) Timings 6.95 7.11 6.69 7.00 7.28 6.86 5.17 sec. b23) Timings [7.56 6.15] [8.33 5.64] [7.70 6.19] 13.95 55.62(4) 13.94 sec. b24) Timings [9.00 6.23] [7.48 6.21] [8.05 5.78] [7.79 6.10] [7.47 6.44] 55.28 [4.93 9.14] [4.71 7.79] [6.24 2.42 4.74] [9.22 6.31] 14.01 13.80 sec. The last two timings with naked eye in the North. b25) Timings 20.19 18.09 19.69 21.00 sec b26) Timings 20.15 8.02 5.81 13.99 6.36 6.43 5.47 13.86 6.85 6.66 3.76 2.31 6.44 5.94 7.12 14.42 4.32 sec. b27) Timimgs [10.15 5.73 3.87 4.42 2.36 5.83] [10.28 5.09 2.85 9.09 4.15] b28) Timings 19.48 20.02 [1.21 18.44] [1.21 19.68] [18.77 1.06] 19.55 19.17 b29) ssm F, +4 Timings 19.51 19.17 22.84 22.13 sec. b30) Timings 21.77 20.70 20.18 20.39 18.80 18.88 sec. Possibly a synodic effect. b31) I counted minimums since it was an unexpected sighting. b32) sm; +4 Timings 18.23 23.54 21.27 19.77 sec. b33) Difficult to find any periodicity. Timings are (f+1) 26.20 (f+3) 3.52 5.93 1.75 4.05 10.77 34.17 3.37 5.63 24.22 5.72 4.80 all other maxima were flashes of +5. b34) Several "off-beat" flashes, one to mag -1 end 1997-030A 1997-030C 24838 Iridium 9 b1) EC: Two nights in the last few Iridium 9 (97-030C. 15874) has exhibited an asymmetrical pattern. Last night in addition it also showed a type of phase shift. The flash period was about 10.25 seconds (roughly 9.00 1.25). and the brightest maxima might have been -1 magnitude. These were on southbound evening passes low in the east. in twilight. end 1997-030C; decayed 2003-03-11 1997-030E 24840 Iridium 13 b1) 1 fl, Saw 1 flat maximum. b2) Timings 3.67 12.61 7.38 9.34 3.56 16.54 12.75 6.26 sec. end 1997-030E 1997-030F 24841 Iridium 16 b1) ssm, +5 Timings 13.19 [12.59 4.19 12.38 4.30 5.03](2) 13.11 [11.78 1.82] [12.03 1.10] [11.99 1.31] [11.93 1.48] [3.87 6.16 1.88 1.79] [3.48 9.59] [3.56 8.33 4.55 9.53 3.99](2) 13.30 [2.07 11.34] sec. Double maxima, sometimes sm. b2) Timings 12.94 [5.21 8.87] [3.24 9.90] [3.95 9.33] [4.27 8.00] [11.96 1.41] [6.80 2.96 4.95] [5.35 3.63 4.43] [5.11 4.62 3.67] [5.07 4.89 3.76] [4.75 3.90 4.42] [6.20 2.59 4.46] sec. Timed some more flashes, but hard to fit in. 4.08 4.32 13.48 1.71 3.20 13.49 13.45 15.32 sec. The last 6 timings with naked eye in the north. b3) Timings 13.43 3.24 9.57 14.20 5.41 2.86 5.37 5.03 2.73 4.46 5.43 3.89 4.55 5.36 3.77 4.22 5.24 4.46 3.65 8.60 4.47 5.45 3.53 1.35 3.47 4.04 4.30 4.93 3.93 4.56 1.66 3.56 9.22 4.03 5.73 4.60 3.28 sec. b4) Flash pattern evolved to A; +4->inv; Timings 15.40 1.72 4.72 3.88 5.78 2.23 8.51 6.40 2.21 34.07 32.70 15.78 19.79 5.05 16.49 sec. b5) Flash Period based on intervals between bright flashes. Timings Start with +1 flash 1.99 5.69 7.76 1.21 2.72 2.61 5.04 7.88 bright flash, sum = 34.90 3.85 2.40 5.12 12.29 6.93 magn. +0 flash reddish, sum = 30.59 14.66 4.64 2.78 5.04 bright flash, sum = 27.12 end 1997-030F 1997-030G 24842 Iridium 911 b1) Timings 7.18 5.55 7.71 19.31 8.83 7.11 7.16 14.49 sec. Irr. b2) Timings 2.41 3.14 3.28 3.58 2.71 3.08 3.25 2.60 3.95 3.62 2.73 3.01 3.39 3.36 3.48 2.70 3.03 3.22 sec. b3) Timings 6.37 6.68 6.49 3.32 3.43 2.89 3.32 3.15 3.17 3.70 2.74 4.99 8.93 13.56 3.11 6.20 sec. A little bit difficult to measure. Several flashes not timed or not seen. b4) Timings 1.61 1.99 1.67 2.20 1.85 2.11 3.61 2.34 3.34 5.88 1.47 4.20 1.61 5.71 4.29 1.58 3.06 2.60 6.20 5.50 2.61 2.54 2.96 3.11 2.83 2.67 3.01 2.96 3.09 sec b5) Timings 2.62 2.99 2.19 3.57 1.82 3.95 1.45 4.37 1.26 4.56 1.10 4.38 4.14 5.65 3.86 1.79 3.56 2.12 3.42 2.25 3.43 sec. Not all sm timed. b6) Timings 5.64 5.72 5.75 5.68 5.76 5.79 5.74 sec. b7) Timings 2.80 2.87 3.49 2.18 3.15 2.39 3.16 2.52 3.34 2.28 3.15 2.54 2.92 2.21 3.78 2.75 2.89 3.04 2.68 2.83 sec. b8) Laps: 55.79, 15.17, 5.83, 5.50, 5.29, 5.88, 5.61, 5.22, 5.62 b9) Timings [2.72 3.14] [3.24 2.80] [2.82 3.32] [3.34 2.52] 5.89 5.89 5.93 sec. The last 3 flashes were in thin clouds. b10) Flashed brighter than 5 mag. b11) Timings 6.35 6.23 6.26 6.35 6.36 6.37 6.27 6.26 6.47 6.84 5.93 sec. b12) some fl +3 Timings 3.24 3.53 2.54 3.77 1.69 4.65 2.01 6.34 7.46 2.84 2.50 4.04 2.96 3.29 2.88 3.31 3.06 2.68 3.35 2.96 2.69 3.28 2.96 3.11 2.31 4.22 3.26 3.25 3.66 sec. b13) Timings 6.27 6.22 6.31 6.13 6.43 6.12 5.94 6.56 5.48 6.63 6.11 sec. b14) Timings 6.28 29.26 12.44 6.27 12.05 6.34 5.92 5.98 6.14 5.83 5.95 6.05 6.32 5.95 6.12 6.68 5.73 6.63 sec. Possible combined period. b15) Timings 2.48 5.15 3.06 3.00 3.24 2.90 2.96 7.68 3.62 2.97 2.98 2.88 3.07 3.13 2.74 2.18 2.43 3.68 2.91 sec. b16) Timings 3.45 3.01 2.73 3.02 2.29 3.57 3.00 2.86 2.89 3.00 2.74 2.92 2.65 3.35 3.17 2.67 3.15 2.82 2.93 3.19 3.20 2.73 2.83 2.89 2.82 sec. b17) Timings [5.36 6.04] [9.58 2.43] [2.85 3.14 5.68] [3.56 3.30 4.92] [3.25 3.39 5.15] [6.20 5.90] sec. b18) Several different maxima b19) Timings 2.72 1.81 2.78 2.43 1.59 1.78 3.10 1.86 2.11 2.90 1.75 2.40 2.63 4.29 2.50 2.60 13.52 3.43 3.35 3.38 6.77 6.81 6.78 sec. b20) some F, 1 Timings 6.58 3.24 4.20 2.94 4.99 1.72 5.06 1.87 3.18 1.71 6.72 2.66 4.33 2.38 6.91 3.23 3.36 3.38 3.35 3.38 sec. Towards the end of the pass a more regular pattern. b21) Timings 5.84 6.16 5.50 6.11 5.60 3.23 2.85 3.12 2.56 3.02 2.55 3.25 8.25 5.75 5.70 9.91 3.11 2.77 2.97 sec. Several flashes not timed. b22) Assumed I missed 6 flashes using naked eye b23) F'A'; Timings: 5.55 5.97 5.92 5.49 6.06 28.22(5A) 3.63 13.03 2.89 3.39 2.63 3.37 2.06 2.78 3.72 2.55 1.18 4.30 1.26 5.37 5.50 10.78(2A) 3.28 2.85 2.50 2.87 5.52 6.09 5.58 5.71 Culmination 67°/276° at 17:50:12. b24) mag +0 flashes from evolved from after the A max to at the peak b25) Timings: 5.36 5.57 5.24 4.97 10.69 5.44 5.41 6.15 10.90 5.41 11.03 5.42 10.89 5.73 10.98 Out of eclipse 24°/034° at 20:19:31. end 1997-030G 1997-034C 24871 Iridium 920 b1) Was visible for short periods only. in between invisible. b2) Timings 13.89 (10 flashes with sm) 32.10 1.26 1.25 1.30 1.39 1.42 1.29 1.36 1.42 13.02 (rapid flashes. < 1 sec) 1.99 1.42 36.30 1.48 1.65 1.36 1.77 sec. b3) 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. b4) has done some very nice displays, but usually only four or five bright maxima. b5) flashed brighter than 6 mag. b6) Timings 1.24 1.26 1.54 1.53 1.44 1.29 1.43 1.24 1.39 1.30 1.56 1.18 1.32 1.19 1.22 1.43 1.38 1.46 1.28 1.62 1.64 1.65 15.67(11) 1.19 1.61 1.75 1.85 1.57 1.75 1.83 2.00 sec. During the pass maxima faded and were not timed. b7) Timings 1.89 2.25 5.79 2.70 3.62 1.71 1.63 3.87 2.52 1.40 1.11 1.20 1.28 1.46 1.37 1.30 1.46 1.47 1.25 1.47 1.51 1.37 1.43 1.57 1.22 2.22 1.50 1.66 1.37 1.25 1.09 1.37 1.29 1.26 1.37 1.34 1.32 1.47 1.27 1.29 1.42 1.42 1.65 1.34 1.46 sec. At the start of the obs dtm. b8) Timings 1.23 1.30 1.51 1.35 1.30 1.39 1.29 1.39 1.39 1.38 1.34 1.38 1.32 1.43 1.32 1.36 1.38 1.34 1.47 1.34 1.32 1.39 1.39 1.29 1.28 1.30 1.37 1.30 1.49 1.48 sec. b9) Timings 1.39 1.26 1.26 1.25 1.29 1.42 1.35 1.34 1.33 1.36 1.38 1.46 1.38 1.34 1.33 1.42 1.32 1.51 1.28 1.33 sec. b10) Timings 16.83 6.87 0.86 3.72 0.76 1.33 1.35 sec. Some bright flashes at the start, couldn't time all flashes. b11) sm +5; Timings 2.77 [1.64 1.12] [1.58 1.20] [1.38 1.40] [1.39 2.12 1.39](2) [1.39 1.42] [1.43 1.26] [1.46 1.54] sec. As BJG pointed out to me regarding my obs of Dec 16th, the period best fitted with Synodic is 1.528 sec. Above timings do not agree with this. b12) I counted 6 trains of 3 flashes; the train-length is given b13) Timings 2.83 1.44 1.87 1.06 1.46 1.49 2.99 1.44 1.43 1.58 1.43 1.48 1.42 1.48 1.55 1.43 1.47 1.48 1.47 1.47 1.56 1.47 1.56 1.43 1.48 1.56 1.47 1.46 1.42 1.62 1.42 sec. b14) Timings 1.43 1.48 1.43 1.48 1.44 1.53 1.49 1.51 1.44 1.44 1.49 1.52 1.48 1.52 1.54 1.37 1.52 1.43 1.47 1.48 sec. b15) An estimated periode of 15 seconds in the max. mag value. b16) Started with "usual" 1.5 sec period, then developed secondary flashes at 0.75 s, leading to period shown. b17) Started as eO (even flash dim, odd bright) then evolved to EO around #60, then by #90 was Eo with brightest (-1 mag) flashes around #120, but I have counted only every other flash as this seems to be the convention. b18) Counted ALL flashes, still in fF -> FF -> Ff pattern b19) Faint maxima followed brigth maxima within 0.3 second b20) Some flashes double - very bright ones single b21) Timings 1.61 1.71 1.55 1.53 1.54 1.57 1.54 3.37 1.40 1.64 1.70 1.46 1.52 2.14 1.39 1.66 1.24 1.57 1.47 1.55 1.69 1.52 1.62 1.66 1.62 1.43 1.51 sec. Missed 8th flash; 14th flash is probably a half period phaseshift. b22) Very brightest flashes are single, others I counted brighter of pair. -1 flash was at 1:28:42.42, magnificent! b23) All timings on minima of changing pattern: FF->A->F->FF->A b24) Timings 1.74 1.65 1.63 1.67 1.59 1.89 1.47 1.69 1.71 1.55 2.53(1.5F) 2.49(1.5) 0.94(0.5 etc) 0.83 0.82 0.76 0.77 0.91 0.88 0.75 0.77 0.87 0.73 0.91 0.88 0.74 0.81 0.88 0.84 0.83 0.75 0.94 0.72 1.52 1.71 1.74 1.73 1.72 1.50 1.63 1.82 1.72 1.64 1.79 167.37(100F) 0.97(0.5) 1.70 1.64 3.28(2) 1.67 1.71 1.66 1.62 1.72 1.64 6.64(4) 4.98(3) Observed before and after culmination that occurred at 18:14:99 at Az 267° alt 78° b25) Timings: 1.70 5.19(3F) 1.63 1.79 1.66 8.29(5) 1.78 1.84 3.28(2) 1.82 1.68 16.86(10) 1.55 1.75 3.53(2) 1.60 1.46 1.90 3.58(2) 1.27 1.97 1.47 Culmination 42°/085° at 17:52:53. b26) Irregular flashes until 2:16:57, start of this report. Amazing flashes. b27) Timings: 1.68 1.78 0.87 0.84 5.19 1.88 1.73 3.54 0.66 0.84 0.88 0.88 0.87 0.94 3.48 1.74 1.71 1.79 4.25 0.75 1.07 0.87 0.81 6.25 0.90 0.82 0.90 6.88 0.97 0.60 4.66 b28) AR reported 97034A, BD assumes a type and changed it into 97034C. eml sent to AR to verify Timings: 0.87 0.84 0.84 0.91 0.90 0.85 0.84 0.88 0.87 0.77 0.83 0.94 0.82 0.88 0.92 0.86 0.93 0.84 0.70 0.87 0.81 0.89 0.95 8.96 0.78 0.92 0.83 1.22 2.38 1.75 1.65 7.10 1.78 1.69 1.77 1.77 7.07 3.33 3.56 Culmination 19°/285° at 18:32:31. end 1997-034C 1997-034E 24873 Iridium 921 b1) Time is length of long flare, then short flash mag 3 at 2:05:18.59 UT b2) Followed steady +5. Flare +3.5 at 17:54:53.8. Culmination 35°/083° at 17:53:54. b3) Followed steady +5.5. Flash +3.5 at 18:07:03.5 Culmination 76°/090° at 18:00:36. end 1997-034E 1997-041A 24894 Kosmos 2345 b1) Position at that time was approximately 14h30m, -1 deg near Phi Virgo. Was very slowly drifting, not like a MEO. I would appreciate verification of this identification since I see no record of this object in the PPAS database. It is listed as having gone "out of control" in Feb 1999. end 1997-041A 1997-051C 24946 Iridium 33 (big fragment?) b1) Timings: 17.34(3A) 5.76 11.64(2) 5.85 5.66 5.81 5.78 5.75 5.85 5.77 5.70 [5.99] Very short maxima, varying random in a range from +6.5 to +8. Predicted eclipse 33°/044° at 19:28:05 b2) Flash just before timings was brightest @ -6 b3) Timings: 2.35(0.5A) 6.02 5.76 5.59 29.33(5) 5.86 9.22(1.5) 5.97 2.59(0.5) 14.74(2.5A) 11.64(2) 5.76 5.77 5.94 5.74 5.83 5.77 5.81 5.85 5.84 5.82 5.83 5.84 5.82 5.82 5.86 5.79 5.92 5.78 5.86 At the beginning A, +6, then flashing + 5.5 in the south. Culmination 80°/089° at 18:42:01. b4) Timings: 5.96 5.68 5.97 5.75 5.82 5.90 5.78 5.87 flashes in the south. Culmination 73°/089° at 18:15:25. b5) Timings: 5.71 5.82 5.91 5.68 5.86 5.89 5.81 5.82 Photometric behaviour when going north not significant Flashing when going south. Culmination 48°/272° at 19:45:22. b6) FP determined by BD based on the bright flashes. The flash # have been added by BD and apply to the bright flashes only (except #07). b = bright flash f = faint flash image 1 (22:31:32.30 - 22:31:42.35 UTC, Jul 16) flashes at: 00 22:31:33.51 (b) 36.60 (f) 01 39.75 (b) image 2 (22:32:07.30 - 22:32:17.35 UTC, Jul 16) flashes at: 22:32:07.93 (f) 06 11.03 (b) 14.20 (f) 07 17.24 (f) image 3 (22:32:27.30 - 22;32:37.35 UTC, Jul 16) flashes at: 09 22:32:29.80 (b) 32.91 (f) 10 36.07 (b) image 4 (22:33:07.30 - 22:33:17.35 UTC, Jul 16) flashes at: 15 22:33:07.39 (b) 16 13.65 (b) 17.05 (f) b7) ML: several images with flashes on it. BD: flash period determined regardless of being bright or faint. b = bright flash f = faint flash image 1 (21:59:32.30 - 21:59:42.35 UTC, Jul 17) - faint satellite trail visible but no flares image 2 (22:00:32.30 - 22:00:42.35 UTC, Jul 17) flashes at: 22:00:34.79 (f) 41.03 (f) image 3 (22:01:32.30 - 22:01:42.35 UTC, Jul 17) flashes at: 22:01:36.95 (b) 37.16 (b) 37.39 (b) image 4 (22:02:02.30 - 22:02:12.35 UTC, Jul 17) flash at: 22:02:08.23 (f) The flash series on image 3 is unusual in being so closely spaced. The faint flashes in image 2 were of rather long duration, i.e. distinctly non-specular. In between image 3 and 4 were 2 or 3 bright mag 0 flashes (seen while re-aiming the camera). b8) image 1 (21:28:22.30 - 21:28:32.35 UTC, Jul 18) flashes at: 21:28:23.89 (b) 30.15 (b) image 2 (21:28:42.30 - 21:28:52.35 UTC, Jul 18) flash at: 21:28:42.69 (b) image 3 (21:29:12.30 - 21:29:22.35 UTC, Jul 18) flashes at: 21:29:13.12 (f) 15.57 (f) 19.39 (b) BD: fp based on bright flashes only. b9) image 1 (22:44:02.30 - 22:44:12.35 UTC, Jul 22) flashes at: 22:44:05.46 (b) 08.33 (f) 11.75 (b) image 2 (22:44:22.30 - 22:44:32.35 UTC, Jul 22) flash at: 22:44:24.31 (b) b10) Timings: 16.56(2F) 16.65(2F) 8.35 28.75(3.5F) 8.36 8.36 8.35 4641 culmination 30°/277° at 19:16:53. Flashes +8 at culmination, +6.5 after culmination at W-SW. Timing 28.75 shows a half period shift, therefore N = 11.5. b11) Timings: 8.23 8.41 1.05 7.03 0.73 7.71 0.57 7.52 0.82 7.48 0.86 7.43 0.85 7.33 1.08 7.21 0.96 7.23 0.81 7.36 0.80 7.44 0.91 7.62 0.81 7.63 0.63 4.11 4.15 4.03 4.26 4.02 3.51 0.80 3.79 3.67 0.68 3.82 4.06 4.31 8.22 4542 culmination 28°/277° at 19:21:32. From 27°/265 at 19:22:11 till 22°/238° at 19:22:47 A, +7->inv end 1997-051C 1997-051BF 33886 Iridium 33 debris 1) rapid variable, easy , looks regular end 1997-051BF 1997-052C 24955 Kosmos 2346 Rocket [Kosmos] b1) Timings are: (8.45 21.80) (15.12 14.33) (19.00 12.45) 32.73 (25.95 3.39) 31.47 b2) sm: +6; Timings 37.44 39.46 35.57 sec. b3) Timings 17.69 20.77 18.83 22.07 19.10 20.72 sec. b4) Timings 37.88 37.63 sec. b5) Timings 39.98 17.44 17.45 22.02 19.25 39.42 sec. b6) Timings 40.38 42.39 sec. b7) Timings 34.80 31.14 35.26 32.86 sec. b8) Timings 27.81 34.55 30.53 31.29 29.24 30.97 26.87 29.69 sec b9) Timings 30.67 29.11 32.03 sec b10) sm mag +8.0 b11) Timings 35.32 40.32 sec. b12) Timings 38.93 31.34 sec. Last timing probably early; P around 38 sec. b13) Timings 34.72 34.61 32.62 36.95 sec. b14) Timings 15.98 41.31 86.98 sec. b15) Timings 17.50 15.33 46.39 45.31 41.35 sec. Last timing probably affected by clouds. b16) Timings reconstructed from voice recording due to not resetting stopwatch prior to observation. End 1997-052C 1997-056C b1) Saw this bright Iridium 36 (24967) flare just south of CAS, while looking for Perseids. Was perhaps brighter than mag -4. end 1997-056C 1997-074B 25064 ETS 7 b1) At about 2:36:27-28 one of the brightest flashes that I have ever seen. This was at about RA 20:38-39, Dec +17.0 (2000). I don't know if I've seen an Iridium flare as bright. The range was about 405 miles (650 km); Quicksat phase angle was 34 (where zero would be full phase and 180 new, i.e., backlit). I was at the Ney Museum site (30.307N, 97.727W, 150m). Most of the pass was no big deal, but it began brightening after crossing most of the sky. I was wondering if it could have made -10 magnitude. It was awesome. end 1997-074B 1997-077B 25078 Iridium 44 b1) Timings 11.47 8.67 12.38 22.41 11.90 8.14 12.45 34.25 sec. Seems like a comples pattern; P= 12 + 8 sec b2) 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. b3) flashed brighter than 5 mag. b4) Between 22h29m and 22h30m UT I serendipitously noticed 3 short flashes at mag 2-3 of a polar satellite descending from Ursa Major to the NNW horizon. Thanks to Calsky it turned out to be Iridium 44, 1997-77 B. The photometric period was roughly estimated at 25 sec. Not a common behaviour for an Iridium satellite it seems. end 1997-077B 1997-078A 25086 Galaxy 8 1) It takes roughly 16 minutes, to give a bright flash, with a fainter flash in between. One bright flash occured at around 5:20 utc ( Sept 3 ) and was mag +6 or brighter. Area of sky: RA 20h 11m dec -12deg 33min I observed mag 6 flashes at the following times: 4:34:53 4:49:59 5:05:05 5:20:11 2) I observed some bright flashes from Galaxy 8 again. I noticed that when the satellite was around, the same area of sky as yesterday, that the flash happened approx 4 minutes later. For example The flash at 4:34:53 utc ( Sept 3 ) was around the area of sky RA 20h 11m dec -12 deg 33 min Sun at RA 10h 48m dec +7 deg 33 min The flash at 4:38:59 utc ( Sept 4 ) was around the following area. RA 20h 10m dec -12 deg 31 min Sun at RA 10h 52m dec +7 deg 11 min end 1997-078A 1997-082B 25105 Iridium 24 b1) Timings 13.65 28.89 12.35 12.55 11.07 sec. The second and fifth flash were bright F. mag 1 flashes. b2) Timings 11.55 12.18 12.41 sec. After cumulation var. 5->i b3) Not all flashes were visible or reasonably distinguishable. inter- and extrapolations are dubious. b4) Timings 13.24 9.47 13.53 4.19 6.25 3.80 3.28 7.03 4.06 17.34 7.13 4.08 6.04 25.87 9.16 14.61 14.51 7.31 6.85 sec. Irr flash pattern. b5) very short and bright flashes. In between the satellite was almost invisible. b6) Timings 15.01 14.00 14.39 (5.07 1.68 7.54) (5.31 9.05) (5.59 8.87) (5.86 8.57) (6.89 7.10) (7.22 7.50) (7.00 7.46) (7.08 6.97) (7.31 7.18) (7.46 7.54) b7) Timings 7.18 6.60 7.74 7.59 6.90 7.76 6.93 7.89 6.82 sec. Looks like combined period of 14.6 sec; with phaseshift at 3rd timing. b8) A complex optical behaviour. Following individual flash timings, with groups indicated by square brackets: [3.91 3.66 3.19 4.63] [3.61 11.93] 14.52 [10.42 4.17] [10.65 5.75] [9.98 3.78] [10.14 3.41] b9) The flash pattern was without a clear repetition. I derived an arbitrarily flash period. The flashes were of several magnitudes and reached sometimes negative values, the brightest being -1. Individual timings (groups within square brackets): 16.01 [1.24 7.28 2.16 3.61 1.35] [8.05 1.95 3.72 1.97] [9.29 4.14] [11.09 4.28] [1.41 9.78 4.19] b10) All maxima where more or less "flashy". Timings and some magnitudes: (f3) means mag 3 flash; A means round max. [6.22 8.52(f3)] 15.56(f5) 14.52(f4 red) 13.81(f3 red) [9.17(f4) 5.67] [2.23(A) 7.19(f3 red) 5.70(f4 blue)] [9.52(f5) 5.62(f3.4)] [11.28(f5) 3.83(A6)] [11.42(F0) 4.13(f5)] [11.25(f5) 5.56(f5)] [9.59(f6) 5.64(f6)] b11) some F,3 hp? Timings 4.07 14.83 5.92 9.16 7.03 8.83 8.05 8.07 15.82 4.13 11.41 15.77 16.19 sec. b12) Timings; [1.61 3.89 12.00] [4.37 12.03] sec. Several secondary maxima, some bright. b13) some +3 flashes Timings 11.73 5.77 1.77 8.37 8.24 9.01 8.40 16.88 4.80 8.06 sec. Irregular combined period. b14) +4->inv; and FF +1->3; one -2 flash Timings 16.57 15.76 [9.66 8.39] [8.06 6.46] [11.18 1.71 4.83] [10.14 8.34] sec. b15) sm,flashes +4, some flashes -2; Timings 16.67 16.99 16.88 16.94 16.97 16.96 [6.47 2.72 8.02] [1.86 4.35 2.54 8.11] [2.17 4.19 2.39 8.24] sec. Observed in a still blue sky. Several bright flashes to mag -2. Later in the pass more distinct maxima in between the normal bright flashes. b16) Flashes +4->7 some +2. b17) Timings 44.68 37.54 (18.47 6.50 1.10 15.77) b18) difficult to determine a flash period; timings are: f 14.82 a 2.77 f 15.23 f 6.63 af 12.52 f 6.19 a 12.93 f 5.40 f 1.76 f 7.91 f 9.33 f 1.66 f 7.92 in which: a means more or less round maximum f means flash af means a round maximum immediately followed by a flash. b19) difficult to determine a flash period; timings are: f 22.34 f 11.86 a 7.16 f 12.03 b20) difficult to determine a flash period; In following the timings are on flashes except when "a" is specified, then it concerns a more or less round maximum: 4.12 15.00 0.95 2.85 11.76 3.61 3.53 3.00 2.86 a 2.38 a 3.34 5.58 a 13.63 4.08 1.10 5.37 a 4.49 4.60 a 3.71 1.23 9.46 a 4.93 3.58 1.20 9.72 4.42 4.93 a 14.22 b21) some flashes +2 Timings [11.47 9.27] [10.43 9.13] [10.23 10.29] 20.00 [17.73 12.54 6.99] [8.97 6.38 5.63] [7.79 6.68 5.39] [6.08 8.24 5.82] sec. b22) Irr; Flash period is not useful - too erratic with semi-flares and sharp flashes, I can't derive a regular period. b23) With one intermediate flash +5 b24) Timings: 59.31(6A) 28.66(3) 9.55 Range of A from +6 to +7.5 Culmination 37°/274° at 18:16:27. end 1997-082B 1998-002A 25134 Skynet 4D 1) Timings 70.92 70.75 70.89 70.83 70.87 70.82 566.95(8F) 70.87 70.82 70.84 212.66(3) 70.82 71.02 70.72 2) Timings 70.70 70.84 70.72 70.90 70.82 283.51(4F) 177.24(2.5) 70.73 70.71 106.25(1.5) 70.72 318.75(4.5) 35.43 35.35 35.53 [106.01(1.5) 70.95] Found several evidences of a possible 35.41 sec period. 3) Timings 70.68 70.89 70.77 70.73 70.78 70.89 1132.64(16F) 70.77 70.81 4) Timings 70.80 70.83 70.81 70.65 71.01 35.18 35.41 35.52 35.33 35.34 35.43 35.43 35.30 35.33 35.44 35.34 247.94(7F) 35.22 35.47 106.14(3) 35.58 35.17 35.38 end 1998-002A 1998-007A 25157 GFO 1) I don't remember Geosat variable before. end 1998-007A 1998-008A 25162 Globalstar 1 1) may be 13.0 is a better period since many maxima, regarded as secondaries where not present at the end of the observed arc. end 1998-008A 1998-016B 25259 UHF 8 rocket [Centaur] b1) It may have slowed down to 9 or 10 seconds b2) Timings 10.40 11.88 10.62 12.26 10.16 13.44 10.48 12.10 10.72 12.49 10.60 12.53 11.26 12.05 11.53 11.63 11.51 11.29 10.66 11.91 12.14 12.67 11.64 10.70 11.27 11.87 11.75 10.68 12.34 12.23 10.79 12.28 b3) Timings 22.32 21.94 24.58 24.05 22.98 22.25 24.72 23.08 22.79 23.83 23.98 22.14 23.90 Noted a long "A" mg +6.5 followed by a shorter "A" mg +7. Timed the beginning of the long "A". b4) Timings 27.92 27.25 27.30 28.98 27.40 27.60 29.40 27.31 26.98 28.76 30.46 27.00 28.85 28.50 b5) Timings 23.98 24.66 26.85 25.91 26.02 25.03 24.62 25.31 b6) Timings 15.36 13.15 13.73 12.67 13.27 13.17 12.00 13.39 18.36 10.84 13.08 13.14 14.37 13.94 12.90 12.74 27.22 28.31 27.83 26.87 26.87 27.63 26.40 26.94 27.05 27.43 end 1998-016B 1998-023A 25306 Globalstar 14 1) Unexpectedly bright at RA 22h31m dec +51.8 Az 77.6 alt 73.8 Object is in higher than operational orbit. end 1998-023A 1998-024B 25312 B-Sat 1B 1) Saw B-Sat 1B from 1:59:44 to 2:25:33 UTC, starting when it was around RA 21:24, Dec -10.5. Mike noticed the night before that its asymmetrical, with one half about 0.4 seconds longer than the other. It can do one-power flashes, but they are fast and so need a pretty good sky. At 1:21:31 UTC I saw a very bright flash several degrees east of B-Sat 1B but did not see any more. end 1998-024B 1998-026A 25319 Iridium 69 b1) based on two definite specular flashes. b2) The last three were mags -3. -3. +1. The actual flash period wasn't well defined with my clicks. b3) Timings 15.34+12.76+7.89. b4) Timings 12.36 11.43 22.53 11.26 sec. Then the flash pattern changed and also the sat got fainter. b5) Timings 43.74 32.79 sec. b6) sm +5, some F +2; Timings 36.47 37.16 [14.59 8.89 3.04 24.16](3) [12.87 6.49] 18.34 sec. The two lesser timings were F. Period is a bit higher than 18 sec. Possible a phaseshift? b7) Showed several flashes with different magnitudes and intervals. These intervals were: [13.76 15.03 8.00] 35.85 and 8.47 which was dropped. I had to discontinue my observing due to clouds. b8) difficult to determine a flash period; timings are: 8.10 25.92 21.75 12.46 b9) timings f 31.22 f 20.13 f, too few to determine period. b10) Caught end of previous flare, plus one flash 10.25s before start of this flare. b11) +6.5(7.5)->inv; Timings: 32.64 62.55(2A) 32.43 31.66 32.39 65.36(2) Culmination 15°/282° at 20:20:50. b12) Timings: 14.50 17.31 16.50 16.39 14.39 18.03 Culmination: 76°/267° at 18:14:55. end 1998-026A 1998-026B 25320 Iridium 71 end 1998-026B 1998-037B 25372 Intelsat 805 rocket [Centaur] This object decayed 2009-10-29 b1) Timings 9.40 8.23 8.59 10.47 9.49 9.15 7.86 10.67 9.87 b2) Timings 10.18 8.52 9.71 10.12 9.05 86.28(obstacle...9A) 7.62 9.21 9.00 8.93 10.31 9.67 8.81 9.11 10.02 7.93 11.16 8.84 9.50 9.62 9.79 19.94(2A) b3) Timings 9.39 8.68 10.06 8.88 9.32 9.15 9.95 9.01 20.20(2A) 7.93 9.88 10.07 b4) Timings 9.09 9.00 8.59 10.38 8.66 9.63 9.47 9.49 9.34 8.91 10.00 10.23 9.08 11.04 7.03 9.07 10.00 9.10 9.12 8.52 9.37 9.87 9.69 8.98 206.02(22A) 9.44 9.62 9.39 9.51 9.01 9.76 9.07 10.33 8.05 9.72 9.25 9.34 b5) Timings 5.12 4.24 5.24 4.08 8.36 10.30 18.44(2A) 9.66 9.20 9.76 9.76 8.78 9.28 8.95 8.80 9.31 10.00 18.66(2A) 9.71 10.17 8.92 10.40 7.90 9.40 8.74 8.92 9.40 b6) Timings 10.57 9.91 8.56 9.91 9.28 9.74 8.88 9.12 9.45 8.93 9.62 9.97 10.23 9.12 9.32 17.91(2A) 19.00(2A) 37.96(4A) 9.09 9.22 10.54 9.24 29.39(3A) b7) Timings 8.70 10.39 9.17 9.47 10.53 10.13 9.77 10.85 9.31 10.25 10.07 8.72 10.50 10.81 20.22(2A) 10.43 9.25 9.66 9.44 8.49 11.10 10.00 10.00 10.03 10.60 10.27 10.54 07.37 10.47 10.22 10.10 10.21 18.66(2) 20.43(2) 21.45(2) 19.68(2) 20.10(2) 20.67(2) 29.26(3) 20.63(2) 49.56(5) 30.06(3) 19.52(2) 50.36(5) 29.64(3) 108.17(11) 21.22(2) 19.78(2) 61.22(6) 58.41(6) 20.56(2) 61.31(6) 39.22(4) Faint, lost and found several times. Therefore, I skipped several maxima. b8) Timings 8.31 10.06 9.76 11.80 9.04 9.37 10.63 10.31 9.62 11.16 9.28 9.24 10.00 10.58 8.93 11.07 10.68 10.32 b9) Timings 11.03 8.97 10.28 9.28 9.69 10.34 10.15 8.98 10.18 11.04 10.40 8.56 10.04 9.50 9.96 10.04 10.02 10.67 8.46 12.00 8.31 11.35 8.53 11.96 b10) Timings 11.36 9.77 10.54 10.81 7.16 13.53 8.40 9.44 8.60 9.40 10.56 7.94 10.94 9.75 10.19 8.83 11.58 7.87 10.39 9.95 10.21 9.60 9.66 9.63 11.11 9.48 10.16 9.40 10.56 10.60 19.06(2A) 11.65 8.82 8.31 11.56 18.54(2) 11.18 8.94 11.91 8.78 b11) Timings 11.09 10.77 10.00 11.81 8.87 9.00 29.00(3A) 9.55 11.07 8.73 10.37 11.54 8.77 8.82 10.67 9.55 9.96 11.16 10.16 9.09 10.84 8.13 12.94 7.68 10.44 21.35(2) 20.46(2) 18.31(2) 10.00 b12) Timings 9.97 10.41 9.97 19.53(2A) 10.06 10.62 9.97 9.41 10.94 10.12 7.72 10.63 11.03 10.81 9.16 10.34 8.69 10.59 9.82 12.09 7.38 10.71 10.11 10.32 8.79 22.19(2) 19.67(2) 9.70 8.69 21.41(2) 19.15(2) 21.08(2) 19.71(2) 19.74(2) 20.32(2) 19.71(2) 39.38(3) 28.12(2) 11.22 20.00(2) 41.03(4) 19.79(2) b13) Timings 21.80 21.97 21.64 21.29 21.94 22.09 22.04 20.64 21.48 22.03 21.50 11.59 10.72 9.25 11.91 10.93 10.72 11.26 10.49 10.00 12.32 10.68 11.77 13.01 8.35 13.09 8.97 21.65 b14) Timings 32.50(3A) 11.57 11.09 10.45 9.42 11.73 9.14 10.39 10.65 11.96 10.41 9.97 32.50(3) 10.57 12.09 8.93 11.07 11.42 11.49 10.52 b15) Timings 20.91(2A) 26.90(3) 10.00 9.85 10.41 8.49 9.80 10.02 9.15 18.51(2) 20.32(2) 18.77(2) 11.68 10.47 45.79(5) 11.78 16.15(2) 38.25(4) 59.11(6) 9.77 28.75(3) This object decayed 2009-10-29 end 1998-037B 1998-040A 25379 Molniya-3 49 b1) Seen as UNID, positions: 17h32m +12 @ 2:07:37, 17h34m +9 @ 2:08:45 Included positions as a check. Quite a nice show in poor conditions. end 1998-040A 1998-044B 25405 Sinosat 1 rocket [CZ-3B] b1) BY: Observed in Norman OK, 35.2230° N, 97.4390° W end 1998-044B 1998-052C ? Object does not exist; to find out. b1) Timings 28.43+18.64 59.30 50.51 sec. Probably 1 sm timed. end 1998-052C 1998-055C 25615 USA 141 b1) Timings 67.78 35.96 sec Lost it for a while in the 67 sec interval. so may have missed the max. b2) Slower at first, then started to flash about every 2s at apex, then slow again! end 1998-055C 1998-056A 25491 Eutelsat W2 1) was recently sent to the graveyard, is a very nice flashing geo sat. It gives 2 bright flashes, followed by 2 are 3 fainter one's, then 2 more bright flashes, and so on. end 1998-056A 1998-058B 25502 UFO 9 rocket [Centaur] 1) Timings 8.81 7.65 8.07 7.96 7.44 9.63 7.97 8.09 7.91 8.47 7.43 9.03 6.63 9.78 7.31 9.75 8.53 7.91 8.02 8.19 9.10 7.75 7.63 9.03 7.62 9.00 8.97 7.41 8.62 7.87 8.26 8.69 8.77 7.67 [7.92] Combined period? 2) Still accelerating. 3) Timings 8.45 8.12 7.32 8.43 7.79 9.78 7.22 9.21 7.00 7.57 8.65 8.66 7.50 8.87 7.82 8.28 8.09 8.37 8.28 6.26 10.59 16.72(2A) 9.38 7.03 6.67 4) Timings [7.57] (8.29 7.78) (5.66 3.37 7.42) (5.45 3.78 7.32) (5.25 3.53 7.74) (7.97 2.57 6.16) (6.87 9.59) (9.25 7.07) (8.45 8.23) (5.81 4.48 6.31) (4.65 5.41 6.44) (5.94 4.00 6.56) (9.62 7.16) (8.46 8.20) (7.12 3.16 6.16) 16.40 (8.91 8.46) (7.44 8.31) 5) Timings 34.62(2A) 17.04 16.53 15.71 17.26 17.04 17.80 8.16 8.79 14.07 16.85 17.67[16.63] Culmination 33°/123° at 20:58:29. 6) Timings 16.83 17.40 17.09 16.22 16.93 16.14 16.80 16.41 17.81 15.84 17.88 15.94 17.87 15.55 15.81 16.92 17.81 15.33 Culmination 50°/153° at 20:20:19. end 1998-058B 1998-067A 25544 ISS b1) about 10 s after emersion end 1998-067A 1998-067AN 29677 ISS fragment (camera) b1) Timings 5.49 5.62 5.50 5.73 5.93 3.04 2.76 5.59 5.78 5.78 5.75 5.54 b2) Certainly a highlight of the night, nearly steady and fast end 1998-067AN 1998-067AZ 31927 ISS fragment (EAS) 1) Id's of 98- 67AZ and 98- 67BA have been swapped. This satellite is the faintest of the two. end 1998-067AZ 1998-067BA 31928 ISS fragment (VSSA) end 1998-067BA 1998-072B 25568 Astrid 2 b1) Timings 15.53(4) 20.32(10) 28.34(18) sec(flash#) b2) Timings 18.41 19.29 18.89 20.04 sec end 1998-072B 1998-072C 25569 Nadezhda 5 rocket [Kosmos] b1) Timings 18.56 18.48 19.27 18.28 19.14 sec. b2) Timings 21.53 24.84 12.78 11.47 24.78 11.78 sec. b3) Timings 29.65 30.89 14.55 sec. b4) Timings 28.95 29.82 28.45 31.00 sec b5) Timings 27.78 30.11 28.82 sec. b6) Timings 41.51 49.80 sec b7) Timings 36.49 37.13 39.61 38.69 sec. b8) Timings 34.74 37.60 38.23 34.32 sec. b9) Timings 35.82 34.11 39.18 35.14 sec. b10) Timings 35.89 36.29 33.98 35.30 sec b11) Timings 29.22 28.12 30.13 29.39 sec. b12) Timings 28.75 28.98 31.37 27.90 sec. b13) Timings 14.14 26.86 32.71 29.59 sec. b14) Timings 29.90 27.84 29.28 29.92 sec. b15) Timings [7.02 4.17 3.90] [6.72 4.75 3.65] [6.64 4.13 4.31] [6.42 4.42 3.68] [6.51 5.18 3.57] sec. Combined period. b16) Timings 28.42 29.78 29.38 30.29 30.25 sec b17) Timings 29.83 26.35 23.41 26.38 24.53 27.99 sec. b18) Timings 16.82 17.30 16.22 16.12 16.25 17.83 15.31 17.08 17.53 16.12 15.18 17.67 sec b19) Timings 23.68 22.24 23.03 21.90 24.07 21.90 23.36 22.22 22.90 22.12 10.44 12.06 9.94 11.69 11.66 12.15 b20) Timings 20.81 21.55...clouds...254.53(12A) (8.02 13.31) (11.09 11.07) (11.81 9.52) b21) 90- 17 B and 98- 72 C were in same field of view. I tried to time the two satellites with one stopwatch and succeeded. But it was tiring and went at the cost of accuracy. I voice-recorded the maximums by mentioning either "B" for 90- 17 B or "C" for 98- 72 C together with the peeps of my stopwatch. b22) Timings 10.36 9.18 10.42 6.23 9.23 10.88 11.06 9.73 11.17 11.05 10.07 10.38 11.20 sec. b23) Timings 14.39 25.83 13.38 26.29 13.06 12.11 15.44 12.59 13.48 sec. Beginning of obs in between clouds. b24) Timings 15.48 15.32 [9.63 7.87] [8.40 6.66] [[6.49 7.15] [9.85 6.51] [9.58 8.48] 15.05 sec. b25) Timings 49.70 48.54 102.62(2A) [52.92] Culmination 15°/296° at 19:53:04. end 1998-072C 1998-075A 25585 Intelsat 6B 1) I was aiming at where Intelsat 6B ( 25585 ) was predicted to be, and notice a bright star around the area it was to be. I then moved my scope, to check on 2 bright stars nearby, and when I went back to the spot, the star, I thought I had seen was gone. So I waited a few minutes, and Intelsat 6B got bright for a short time. Intelsat 6B takes over 8 minutes between bright flashes, which last a few seconds. end 1998-075A 1998-076B 25592 Kosmos 2361 rocket [Kosmos] b1) Timings 56.02 53.02 57.90 56.71 sec. b2) Timings 50.18 50.92 50.57 51.75 sec. b3) Timings 41.43 37.64 42.49 51.46 sec b4) Timings 49.67 52.58 sec. end 1998-076B 98-789A b1) 90002 (unknown near-geosynch seen with Mike's telescope) end 98-789A 1999-004A 25621 Globalstar 23 b1) Globalstar was typically 6.0 mag except for a few 1.5 mag flashes around 00:22:00 UTC. b2) Two bright flashes visible without binoculars occurred in the handle of the Big Dipper (part of Ursa Major). Then it faded a lot. I timed some 1.25-second secondaries, and also near the end got evidence of its flash period being 9.92 seconds. Clicks: 2.50, 4.91, 7.40, 1.27, 1.16, 1.34, 1.26, 1.24, 1.16, 14.85, 12.35, 5.01, 39.70, 4.91, 4.98, 9.97, 9.83 b3) clicks: 5.22, 2.28, 2.35, 2.51, 2.45, 2.40, 2.51, 5.03, 4.90, 14.95, 2.42, 1.43, 1.05, 1.31, 1.14, 1.36, 1.14, 1.24, 1.26, 1.20, 1.26, 1.23, 21.32, 4.71, 5.00, 4.92, 5.00, 4.88, 4.94 b4) Each night it did one brightest flash below the Big Dipper [Ursa Major], with a fainter one on each side of the brightest one, but I'm uncertain of the exact time of the brightest flashes) b5) 1999-04 A: one flash mag +1, other flashes mag +5 b6) Timings 2.25 2.42 2.53 2.31 2.57 2.53 2.40 2.52 2.51 2.38 2.48 2.67 2.75 2.06 2.48 7.50(3 fls) 4.94(2) 4.92(2) 4.98(2) 4.94(2) Some flash skipped. b7) and +7->inv; Timings 2.51 2.50 2.59 2.54 2.59 2.50 2.59 2.56 2.57 2.55 2.54 2.56 2.63 2.52 2.57 2.50 2.59 2.54 2.61 2.54 2.55 2.46 2.58 2.58 2.61 2.51 2.65 2.43 2.69 2.56 2.59 2.50 2.44 2.56 2.72 2.56 2.30 2.76 2.57 2.59 At the beginning flashes +4, at the end flahes +7 despite range decreasing. b8) Timings 4s.94 5.16 b9) Timings 5.23 5.05 5.16 15.36 15.28 10.15 5.21 4.98 2.56 12.97 2.50 2.72 4.91 2.31 10.65 2.51 2.31 2.83 20.42 5.19 5.06 Several flashes skipped. b10) 6->inv; Timings 15.38(6 flashes) 31.10(12) 05.14(2) 2.59 2.62 77.58(30) 02.43 07.91(3) 05.01(2) 05.21(2) 12.90(5) 10.44(4) 05.16(2) 05.04(2) 10.52(4) 02.66 07.46(3) 05.35(2) 10.14(4) A lot of flashes skipped due to clouds. b11) Timings 2.38 2.91 2.24 2.81 2.49 2.86 2.25 2.82 2.41 [6.96 1.29]3 2.36 2.40 2.57 2.72 2.71 2.45 2.60 2.55 2.69 2.57 2.63 2.64 2.64 2.50 2.69 2.49 2.65 2.54 2.68 2.54 sec. Timings suggest a combined period. b12) Timings 5.19(2) 2.60 2.72 2.40 2.72 2.58 2.60 b13) Timings 5.15(2) 5.23(2) 5.23(2) 2.67 2.64 15.73(6) 21.16(8) 60.59(23)31.69(12) b14) evolving to +7->inv; Timings 2s.56 2.75 2.61 2.71 2.68 2.70 2.68 2.66 2.66 2.69 2.65 2.72 2.65 2.75 2.66 2.66 2.53 2.72 2.52 2.90 2.78 2.70 2.59 2.69 2.65 2.79 2.65 First 2 flashes very bright mg +4, following flashes +6, at the end +7. b15) And +6->inv; 7->inv Timings 2.56 2.75 2.61 2.71 2.68 2.70 2.68 2.66 2.66 2.69 2.65 2.72 2.65 2.75 2.66 2.66 2.53 2.72 2.52 2.90 2.78 2.70 2.59 2.69 2.65 2.79 2.65 b16) Timings 2.91 2.36 8.60(3A) 5.27(2A) 5.42(2A) 5.54(2A) 5.20(2A) 5.34(2A) 10.85(4A) 21.61(8A) 2.27 3.15 7.90(3A) 2.88 43.50(16A) Many maxima(A) missed. b17) Timings 5.71(2A) 2.49 3.11 7.51(3A) 2.93 2.86 2.68 2.50 2.67 2.59 2.90 2.70 2.76 2.34 3.11 2.65 2.71 2.44 2.84 2.87 Some maxima missed. b18) Timings 5.42 13.56 8.14 5.32 5.39 2.44 2.86 2.29 2.88 2.60 2.91 2.61 3.10 32.27 48.43 10.69 5.57 107.81 32.63 13.16 16.19 24.79 16.12 2.56 2.80 10.65 2.80 2.77 10.70 2.68 3.02 15.98 50.94 2.88 2.58 2.80 5.28 2.59 2.96 2.65 26.78 2.87 2.55 3.02 10.58 b19) Timings 2.72 2.66 2.54 2.55 2.93 2.64 2.78 2.53 2.67 13.70 2.73 2.56 2.69 2.76 2.70 2.69 2.93 2.29 2.89 2.58 2.68 2.41 3.27 5.37 17.47 1.28 2.67 2.57 2.84 2.54 2.88 2.43 2.74 2.77 b20) Timings 2.63 2.65 2.70 2.71 2.72 2.73 2.59 2.71 2.63 2.71 2.65 2.78 2.61 2.74 2.70 2.78 2.56 2.81 2.66 2.59 2.75 2.50 2.87 2.74 2.63 2.73 2.68 2.69 2.60 2.69 2.71 2.81 2.70 2.53 2.82 2.71 2.69 2.52 2.79 2.73 2.43 3.04 2.61 2.56 2.80 2.95 2.62 2.45 2.69 2.78 2.74 2.93 2.64 2.59 2.84 b21) Timings 2.49 2.53 2.63 2.85 3.14 2.29 2.71 2.95 2.53 2.88 2.45 2.80 2.97 3.00 2.78 sec. b22) Timings 2.74 2.72 2.55 2.88 2.74 2.70 2.70 2.88 2.62 2.85 2.68 2.47 2.97 2.59 2.79 2.84 2.88 2.68 2.82 2.74 2.63 2.84 2.70 2.67 2.82 2.78 2.66 2.87 2.66 2.73 2.81 2.78 2.71 2.75 2.71 2.73 2.68 2.79 2.76 b23) Timings 5.55 5.63 27.52(5A) 5.30 5.60 5.21 33.07(6A) 4.83 6.11 5.52 5.34 5.63 5.56 5.31 5.56 5.60 5.00 5.84 b24) Timings 5.57 5.54 5.71 5.00 16.75(3A) 6.02 5.37 6.55 4.33 5.98 5.47 5.56 5.44 5.83 5.42 b25) Timings 5.74 5.16 6.56 5.43 5.47 5.36 6.96 4.08 11.15(2A) 5.42 5.67 5.76 5.27 b26) Timings 5.57 5.65 5.70 5.62 5.55 5.67 5.75 5.75 b27) Timings 5.71 5.56 5.38 5.72 3.03 3.81 3.62 2.07 5.69 2.84 2.66 3.12 2.25 3.33 2.73 5.66 5.47 5.85 5.68 5.53 5.72 5.47 5.81 5.63 5.68 b28) Timings [11.00 3.34 2.46 3.00 2.48 3.06 5.78 5.61 2.58 2.87 5.82 2.62 1.59] 1.32 2.68 1.44 1.50 4.22 1.38 4.15 1.44 2.75 1.47 1.44 5.70 2.64 1.56 2.75 2.81 5.63 5.64 5.61 5.60 5.71 5.63 5.56 3.12 2.60 5.84 5.33 5.67 5.60 3.00 2.62 2.94 2.69 2.90 2.79 2.79 5.58 2.87 2.91 2.71 2.85 2.75 5.63 5.62 5.69 2.91 1.55 1.23 2.72 5.69 3.00 2.68 2.84 2.74 5.61 5.65 8.54 2.78 5.62 5.56 17.24 5.45 22.35 Times in brackets not considered, they are half a period (0.14 seconds) out of period. I am wondering if 2.814 seconds is hp. b29) Timings 2.89 2.87 2.88 3.03 2.78 2.84 3.07 2.96 2.79 2.84 3.00 2.94 2.65 3.10 2.84 3.00 14.58(5A) 8.76(3) 5.85(2) 14.53(5) 11.47(4) 5.97(2) 5.62(2) 5.83(2) 3.04 2.82 3.00 11.56(4) 2.90 11.68(4) 2.89 2.94 2.94 5.78(2) 5.65(2) 6.07(2) 29.09(10) 2.75 2.89 2.73 6.10 b30) Timings 5.41(2A) 6.13(2) 2.68 2.94 2.85 2.85 2.81 2.87 3.00 3.07 2.75 3.09 2.87 2.54 3.46 2.90 3.04 2.72 2.43 3.36 2.80 3.00 2.75 2.84 2.61 2.71 3.78 3.03 2.69 3.28 2.54 3.00 2.74 2.85 3.12 2.71 3.04 2.96 2.73 3.31 b31) Timings 2.89 2.97 2.92 2.88 2.90 5.81(2) 2.94 2.94 2.87 2.94 3.22 2.61 2.89 2.82 2.90 3.00 2.94 2.68 2.88 3.09 2.94 2.86 2.83 3.03 3.03 b32) Timings 5.86(2A) 11.71(4) 3.07 2.75 3.02 2.88 2.87 2.91 8.57(3) 3.31 2.62 2.97 2.82 2.84 2.93 3.09 2.79 3.08 2.83 3.03 2.78 2.88 2.96 2.91 2.68 3.16 2.97 3.10 b33) Timings 3.09 2.85 3.12 2.83 3.07 2.89 2.94 3.03 2.94 3.06 3.04 2.92 2.98 3.02 2.98 2.88 3.00 2.92 3.08 3.00 3.02 2.90 3.03 2.88 3.03 3.02 2.92 2.94 3.06 2.88 3.15 2.91 2.94 3.00 5.91(2A) 3.00 3.05 3.04 2.94 6.02(2) 3.04 2.96 2.93 2.89 3.27 2.73 3.00 5.67(2) 3.29 3.10 8.77(3) 3.13 6.17(2) 2.93 2.66 b34) Timings 18.28(6A) 5.82(2) 5.96(2) 5.97(2) 5.87(2) 6.07(2) 12.00(4) 11.90(4) 12.26(4) 11.50(4) 3.06 3.18 2.78 3.12 2.83 3.17 2.67 2.69 2.56 10.00(3) 3.03 2.84 3.01 3.15 2.59 3.13 3.19 2.93 2.95 3.14 2.72 9.19(3) 5.85(2) 6.12(2) 3.00 3.19 b35) Timings 6.19 5.40 6.69 5.87 6.16 5.49 6.73 5.66 6.31 5.88 6.12 6.06 6.00 6.11 6.07 6.10 6.06 6.04 6.12 6.06 6.13 5.53 7.16 5.70 5.74 6.59 [6.67] Flashes at 19:20:01.53 and 19:21:07.81. Culmination 83°/036° at 19:24:52 . b36) Variationspattern evolved from aA'=> A' b37) Probably missed several due to intermittent clouds. b38) Timings 2.89 3.09 2.88 3.17 2.89 3.02 2.97 3.10 2.90 3.18 2.97 3.02 2.97 3.05 3.05 3.01 2.84 3.25 2.92 3.08 12.13(4A) 2.92 5.95(2) 3.06 2.94 3.09 3.13 3.09 2.74 3.11 2.50 3.50 3.03 3.13 2.84 3.15 6.13(2) 2.87 3.08 2.78 3.31 2.96 6.12(2) 2.98 2.90 2.85 3.27 12.10(4) 3.01 6.02(2) 3.00 7.61(2.5) 1.43 (0.5) 6.03(2) 2.83 21.35(7) 4.54(1.5) 5.99(2) 7.54(2.5) Culmination 44°/355° at 20:23:01 b39) Timings 3.06 2.90 3.08 2.97 2.96 3.00 3.03 2.93 3.01 3.02 3.16 2.85 3.06 2.98 3.05 3.03 3.09 2.88 3.04 3.00 3.08 2.96 3.01 3.02 [3..27 5.90]. Noted 2 flashes +5. Culmination 41°/129° at 18:00:01. b40) Timings 11.82(4F) 5.98(2) 6.05(2) 3.07 2.91 2.98 2.96 3.09 2.90 3.09 2.96 3.16 2.85 3.09 2.87 3.10 2.94 6.06 3.06 2.88 3.28 2.75 3.00 3.01 3.02 2.97 3.03 2.94 2.77 3.24 1.91 1.20 2.91 3.10 2.99 3.14 2.94 Eclipse at 19:55:52 41°/255°. b41) Timings 3.16 2.90 3.03 3.04 2.98 3.05 2.82 3.13 3.11 3.14 2.90 3.06 3.04 2.94 2.96 3.13 2.72 3.25 2.96 3.16 3.09 2.94 3.00 3.06 3.07 2.93 3.07 3.12 2.31 3.69 2.10 4.03 2.20 3.83 2.17 3.80 2.75 3.34 2.88 3.12 3.08 3.00 2.48 3.47 3.08 3.21 2.90 3.02 3.00 3.08 3.00 3.21 2.75 3.13 2.93 6.19(2A) 5.97(2) 6.00(2) 6.09(2) 6.00(2) 6.13(2) 6.00(2) 6.03(2) 6.07(2) 6.06(2) 3.12 2.91 3.22 2.84 3.06 [2.97] Some very bright flashes, FaF,-1(+7)-1, noted. Culmination 39°/128° at 20:34:47. b42) Timings 3.24 2.75 3.25 3.00 3.06 2.74 2.27 1.25 2.72 3.11 3.04 6.06(2A) 9.13(3) 6.03(2) 2.84 3.18 2.86 1.94 1.41 2.84 6.18(2) 6.04(2) 3.15 10.28(3.5) 7.79(2.5) 3.00 2.78 3.01 3.11 2.97 3.12 2.95 1.52 1.50 1.50 1.56 2.97 4.55(1.5) 4.64(1.5) 1.48(0.5) 4.40(1.5) 1.81(0.5) 4.27(1.5) This is the first part of obs. Pattern was F'A', 5(6)->imv, mainly before culmination. Cumination 45°/253° at 21:10:35. b43) Timings [1.47] 1.55(0.5A) 4.36(1.5) 6.21 5.98 6.00 5.99 6.17 3.09 2.78 3.07 3.06 6.00 3.03 3.06 3.08 2.90 3.02 2.92 3.19 2.93 3.25 2.85 2.98 2.94 12.33(4). This is the second part of obs. Pattern changed into A after culmination. There is no direct connection with first part of obs because of presence of a half cycle timing, shown in square bracket, not counted. b44) Timings 3.04 2.86 3.12 2.93 3.10 3.01 3.04 2.97 3.07 3.04 3.08 3.11 15.17(5A) 2.83 9.17(3) 9.19 [3.16] Culmination 54°/340° at 19:55:27. b45) Timings 2.78 3.19 2.94 3.09 2.81 3.34 2.76 3.28 [2.87] Saw unexpected. First timing was a flash +5. Culmination 44°/353° at 20:41:32. b46) Timings 3.01 1.50 1.49 1.44 3.00 1.58 5.98(2A) 2.97 1.48 1.74 1.31 6.25(2) 2.70 1.71 1.47 1.45 3.04 1.57 1.41 1.44 1.52 2.07 4.09 5.97(2) 2.97 2.93 6.01(2) 6.14(2) 5.96(2) 3.10 2.99 2.94 3.13 5.99(2) 2.90 3.06 3.06 2.92 3.15 2.81 3.16 2.91 3.21 2.82 3.23 2.86 2.97 1.83 1.29 1.54 1.43 1.54 1.46 3.06 2.97 2.97 3.03 3.00 Pattern A; +7->inv with some flashes +4.5. Besides, it should be noted that a sharp flash +0 and a following one +2 appeared in 33°/320° 2 minutes 41.14 sec before the beginning of obs and half a cycle out of phase. Culmination 57°/022° at 19:48:27. b47) Timings 6.78(2A) 6.16(2) 6.78(2) 6.50(2) 19.98(6) 13.43(4) 3.02 3.13 3.14 3.50 6.42(2) 6.92(2) 6.44(2) 6.82(2) 3.39 3.95 2.11 3.47 3.15 3.23 3.71 3.13 3.23 3.40 9.73(3) 6.64(2) 3.32 3.24 3.28 3.35 3.29 3.27 3.34 3.34 3.25 3.05 3.48 3.30 3.13 3.31 3.42 3.15 3.15 3.46 3.49 3.19 3.34 3.19 3.31 3.33 6.54(2) 3.44 3.25 3.40 3.14 3.41 3.18 6.77(2) 3.29 3.14 3.58 3.16 3.32 3.12 3.32 3.48 3.19 3.29 3.28 3.25 3.65 3.13 3.29 Culmination at 19:45:09 Az 346° alt 49° Flashes +4 at 19:44:31.97 19:44:48.56 19:45:01.64 19:45:08.08 19:45:24.75 19:45:27.94 19:45:51.09 19:45:54.34 19:45:57.74 b48) Timings: 3.11 40.75(12A) 3.33 3.20 10.12(3) 3.27 3.40 3.40 20.28(6) 3.34 3.25 3.39 3.46 3.40 3.31 6.92(2) 3.15 3.43 3.27 3.51 26.81(8) Predicted eclipse 47°/297° at 19:59:48 b49) Timings: 6.00(2A) 3.05 2.91 3.13 3.13 3.05 3.10 3.00 3.16 3.31 2.86 3.18 3.09 3.12 3.01 3.07 3.10 3.10 3.09 3.16 1.81 1.25 1.66 1.48 3.02 1.67 1.44 1.55 1.54 1.90 1.22 1.47 1.55 1.59 1.54 1.91 1.23 1.66 1.37 1.31 1.77 1.69 1.59 3.00 1.71 1.35 3.13 Culmination 74°/138° at 19:23:36. b50) Timings: 3.33 3.23 6.66(2A) 3.43 3.26 3.41 3.14 3.59 3.28 3.50 3.22 3.41 3.24 3.35 3.37 3.30 3.34 3.43 3.35 3.34 3.39 3.35 3.43 3.20 3.41 3.37 3.33 3.35 3.40 3.31 3.44 3.21 3.49 [3.24] Very short maxima, varying random in a range from +6.5 to +8. 21:55:05.7 sharp flash +4 21:55:11.81 another sharp flash +5 Predicted eclipse in 40°/303° at 21:56:23. Observed from site 4542 b51) Timings: 1.84 1.50 6.72 10.23 6.89 2.94 6.86 1.76 1.58 3.21 6.80 5.36 1.44 3.43 3.10 3.46 1.87 1.38 4.97 1.68 3.47 1.63 1.56 1.93 1.60 1.66 1.50 3.48 3.20 3.51 3.28 3.48 1.54 1.76 1.84 1.51 2.12 1.25 3.34 3.22 3.36 3.46 3.25 1.85 1.41 3.61 1.85 1.40 1.89 1.49 1.74 1.48 1.74 1.79 2.89 3.84 2.92 2.31 1.49 3.30 3.42 3.33 3.36 3.36 3.44 1.56 1.68 1.69 1.65 1.70 1.68 2.03 1.25 1.87 1.57 1.59 1.61 1.70 1.69 3.44 3.34 3.28 3.51 3.29 Culmination 49°/019° at 20:08:29. b52) Timings: 6.53 6.66 6.79 6.76 6.70 6.72 6.83 6.70 6.73 6.77 5.55 1.64 6.41 3.48 3.26 6.71 3.55 3.28 13.53 11.64 8.64 4.59 3.80 5.11 4.95 3.31 3.49 3.47 3.45 2.93 7.21 4.91 1.79 4.96 Culmination 50°/132° at 19:29:63 b53) Timings: 3.34 3.38 3.40 3.42 3.91 2.81 3.52 3.29 3.35 3.33 3.43 3.41 3.51 3.26 3.47 3.29 3.39 3.80 2.39 4.17 3.10 3.59 Eclipse predicted 37°/299° at 21:21:42 b54) In the first part of the transit I used a 20 x 80 binoculars. b55) In the second part, from about the culmination point I used my standard 7 x 50 binoculars. I intended to include the time between the two parts of the transitobservation. However when I divided that time, its quotient turned out to be not close to an integer value. Therefore I did not work out this intention. During this part of the transit the object flashed once brightly to magnitude +2 I guess. No other bright flashes were seen. b56) Timings: 1.19 4.84 1.31 9.01 1.75 7.26 10.77 5.71 12.22 3.59 3.70 3.39 3.79 7.27 3.52 3.48 3.82 3.35 7.28 3.56 3.60 3.70 3.61 3.64 3.62 6.67 4.07 3.60 7.21 7.12 7.19 7.27 3.66 3.61 7.15 7.23 3.66 10.83 3.48 3.57 3.60 3.65 3.52 7.27 7.19 3.63 3.62 3.55 3.61 4542 culmination 57°/134° at 19:02:04 b57) Timings: 3.57 3.56 3.55 3.70 3.55 3.68 3.56 3.62 3.58 3.57 3.60 3.85 3.24 4.02 3.36 7.24 7.09 3.93 3.39 7.09 7.39 7.27 7.00 7.16 17.96 3.78 1.88 1.65 9.10 7.15 1.77 1.87 3.61 1.63 1.97 3.50 1.87 1.79 3.58 1.97 1.69 3.54 1.98 [1.68] 4542 culmination 46?/349? at 21:18:44. Some flashes mg +4 and +5 b58) Timings: [1.68] 7.28 3.49 3.60 3.47 3.79 3.49 7.42 3.55 3.53 3.68 3.42 3.89 3.39 3.66 3.71 3.56 3.50 3.75 3.42 3.73 7.32 3.53 3.70 3.40 3.64 3.64 3.65 7.22 3.45 7.25 3.55 3.60 5.64 1.76 7.22 4542 culmination 46?/349? at 21:18:44. This is the continuation of the above observation. Noted a shift of half a period, shown as [1.68 seconds]. end 1999-004A 1999-004B 25622 Globalstar 40 b1) It gave 2 bright flashes, that were roughly 25 seconds apart. end 1999-004B 1999-008A 25634 ARGOS 1) Seen once at 1:31:45 neo, lost, then reappeared for long slow flare end 1999-008A 1999-009A 25638 Arabsat 3A b1) Sat around RA 18h 29m decl -7° 21' No other bright flashes detected, as I observed it for over 20 minutes. end 1999-009A 1999-012B 25306 Globalstar 14 1) Globalstar 41 unexpectedly bright at RA 02h19m dec +34.8 Az 85.0 alt 43.0 Az of Sun 268.4. Saw this object accidentally. end 1999-012B 1999-014B 25662 Demosat rocket [Zenit] b1) Tonight just before the system bomb out due to running of out-of-HDD space.I noticed there is a bright sat trail with x1 bright flash. The trajectory and timing matches SL-16 R/B1 99014B. There is one single entry in PPAS.. My question what object is this? And does it have mirror surface(s) or any one saw such flash before. ( or what I have seen happen to be a one-off reflection.. due to favorable sun-obj-observer angle?) end 1999-014B 1999-017A 25669 USA 142 1) Timings: 10.71 3.75 4.26 6.94 6.11 11.93 24.51 6.88 15.31 31.57 15.32 31.65 15.28 31.90 15.21 31.85 3.55 [12.11 32.03 2.97 9.09 35.20 2.90 9.28 37.96 9.29 38.18] Flash period of 47.30 secs is the result of timings in square brackets, however a period of 9.45 secs is suitable too. Minima +7.5 steady, with flashes varying in a range from +4.5 to +5.5. Culmination 25°/176° at 18:13:18. 2) Timings: 15.01(5F) 18.04(6) 23.39(8) 9.01(3) 14.88(5) 3.35 2.50 2.90 3.06 3.05 8.96(3) 26.75(9) 2.77 14.79(5) 14.96(5) 15.00(5) 17.75(6) 14.95(5) 97.93(33) 26.56(9) 21.03(7) 26.79(9) 11.91(4) 5.97(2). Sharp flashes varying in a range of magnitude +5.5 to +7.5, apart from a flash of +4. Culmination 19°/182° at 19:07:34. Observed from site 4542. end 1999-017A 1999-022C 25723 Abrixas rocket [Kosmos] b1) Timings 16.11 9.32 7.78 8.58 6.91 9.51 8.73 7.68 sec. Looks like a multiple period b2) Timings 8.25(1) 9.01(2) 49.59(8) 17.37(10) 33.97(14) 17.94(16) 17.35(18} 15.97(20) sec. b3) Timings 17.78(2) 33.48(6) 17.09(8) 18.53(10) sec. b4) Timings 8.81 8.85 7.98 9.47 7.89 8.16 9.88 7.96 9.00 8.93 8.87 9.38 8.84 8.46 8.46 sec b5) Timings 7.53 9.14 7.55 9.31 8.72 9.27 8.45 8.22 8.81 18.92 sec. Flash 10 was very faint and not timed. As this two passes indicate the period must be doubled to around 17.4 sec. b6) Timings 7.09 8.76 8.67 8.42 9.30 7.90 8.52 8.12 9.75 7.99 9.56 8.72 7.75 8.78 8.87 8.34 9.47 8.94 9.28 8.57 8.50 7.56 10.09 8.46 sec b7) Timings 9.64 8.31 7.85 9.33 9.56 6.99 sec. Then shadow entry. b8) Timings 13.14 10.42 11.65 10.73 11.83 11.43 22.93 12.02 11.07 10.19 11.77 10.86 11.99 sec. b9) Dtm due to long period and small variation. Timings 61.72 54.29 sec. end 1999-022C 1999-023A 25724 Milstar 3 b1) Was visible without binoculars for a lot of its pass. It did two flashes about 116-117 seconds apart. The first was about zero magnitude. b2) Only had cell phone for time. end 1999-023A 1999-023B 25725 Milstar 3 rocket [Centaur] b1) Timings 24.68(10) 24.76(10) 24.59(10) 24.71(10) 24.92(10) 24.37(10) 24.90(10) 24.55(10) b2) Timings 54.79(22) 24.75(10) 24.46(10) b3) Timings 24.55(10) 24.88(10) 24.62(10) 24.84(10) 25.33(10) 23.98(10) 37.72(15) 24.21(10) 38.15(15) b4) Four sets of ten cycles each b5) +6->6.5 Timings 2.77 2.92 2.80 2.53 3.06 2.71 2.82 2.54 2.93 2.75 2.80 2.41 2.85 2.50 2.97 3.12 2.31 2.60 3.03 2.47 3.10 2.45 3.05 2.58 3.12 2.30 2.94 2.30 2.94 2.39 2.74 2.71 2.98 2.24 2.69 2.11 3.70 5.35(2fls) 2.85 2.59 2.59 3.09 2.61 2.70 2.66 2.90 5.45(2) 5.90(2) 2.53 b6) Timings [3.39] 2.53 1.90 3.54 2.15 1.79 3.37 2.46 1.96 3.30 1.93 2.22 3.35 2.59 1.97 3.37 2.31 1.85 3.22 2.60 1.65 3.53 2.24 1.79 3.47 2.61 1.92 3.10 7.69 7.77 7.91 7.22 7.75 7.66 2.56 7.40 7.79 7.81 7.72 7.41 5.29 2.39 2.06 3.47 2.41 2.06 2.88 2.50 2.30 3.04 2.41 2.00 3.28 7.41 8.31 7.31 7.62 2.55 2.55 2.45 7.92 7.66 7.55 7.39 46.00 2.55 2.14 3.24 2.41 1.72 7.72 7.70 7.73 7.69 7.65 7.48 7.62 6.44 50.94 2.18 1.85 3.72 2.18 1.75 3.22 2.55 36.48 3.97 3.35 4.06 3.47 4.15 3.88 3.77 3.89 3.84 49.56 4.16 3.87 [4.16] Culmination 46°/198°. Sat followed during 10 minutes, second part disturbed by some clouds. Timings in square brackets not considered. Pattern varying, i.e. A +6(inv 2.4sec), A +6(inv 1.9sec), F' +5 (inv 3.3 sec) just at beginning, followed by a different flash pattern (for example F), however, consistent with a 7.669 flash period. b7) Timings 3.20 4.44 3.25 4.22 3.56 2.69 2.03 3.28 4.31 3.53 4.78 3.28 2.54 1.75 3.75 4.21 3.66 4.78 3.31 4.82 3.22 4.40 3.44 4.64 3.64 4.34 4.02 3.92 3.79 4.29 3.86 4.31 3.41 4.46 3.64 4.39 3.41 4.52 3.73 4.31 3.67 4.36 3.57 4.16 4.03 4.78 3.10 4.59 3.59 8.11(2A) 4.32 3.36 4.74 3.47 4.88 3.30 4.25 3.51 4.47 4.02 3.98 b8) Timings 4.31 3.89 3.71 4.59 3.06 5.03 3.00 4.19 3.90 8.04(2A) 4.46 3.88 4.16 3.81 3.85 4.12 7.72(2) 4.31 4.03 4.18 3.73 4.65 3.58 7.77(2) 4.30 3.73 4.52 3.13 4.47 19.38(5) 4.70 3.52 8.16(2) 7.93(2) 16.19(4) 7.93(2) 7.88(2) 8.10(2) 15.81(4) 8.19(2) 8.31(2) 20.34(5) 3.53 8.41(2) 4.28 3.42 4.45 11.91(3) 4.22 3.62 4.12 4.32 3.75 3.84 7.69(2) 5.19 7.41(2) 4.21 4.13 3.97 7.78(2) 4.10 b9) Timings: 4.26 4.71 4.73 4.07 6.42 3.71 4.96 4.69 5.15 4.07 5.42 4.49 4.72 4.61 4.72 4.40 4.94 4.66 5.37 4.10 4.37 4.86 5.03 4.77 4.92 4.18 5.03 4.65 4.77 4.36 5.09 4.68 4.77 4.42 5.07 4.74 4.72 14.55(3A) 4.27 5.16 18.48(4) 5.11 3.84 4.97 5.04 4.55 4.57 5.18 4.64 28.53(6) 8.97(2) 4.54 4.64 4.87 4.70 (4.61) Culmination 34°/180° at 18:47:19. end 1999-023B 1999-024A 25727 Orion 3 b1) Last night this object did not disappoint. One flash at least -5 if not -6. then a fainter flash. then about 84-85 seconds later a -4 followed by -3. (Of course it's not easy to estimate these flashes.) The flash period seems to have accelerated to less than 19 seconds. b2) 01 -- 0:45:10.12 02 14.97 0:45:25.09 03 .49 0:45:25.58 04 3.81 0:45:29.41 05 14.96 0:45:44.35 06 .57 0:45:44.92 07 4.13 0:45:49.05 08 15.51 0:46:04.56 09 4.26 0:46:08.82 b3) 01 -- 0:29:52.59 02 15.00 0:30:07.59 03 4.25 0:30:11.84 04 15.04 0:30:26.88 05 4.11 0:30:30.99 06 15.48 0:30:46.47 07 3.71 0:30:50.18 b4) Some neat double flashes about every 21.5 seconds. 4:28:47.35 till 4:29:29.7. with three more non-doubles. b5) I added "asymmetrical" because of the following timings. which may include a phase shift as well: 16.58. 16.52. 16.57. 16.70. 5.35. 11.28. 5.17. 11.45. 5.05. 16.56. 16.69. 16.51. 16.74 b6) Up to -3 (-4?) magnitude flashes occurred at 2004-05-16 04:09:13.6 04:09:29.6 04:11:13.4 and 04:11:29.4 and some fainter secondaries were visible. b7) In the last few sessions, Orion 3 has done at least a few very bright (-2 or -3 or maybe -4) flashes -- and sometimes on two passes per session. They have been mostly in the southwest. One evening while watching Telstar 401 I was distracted by such flashes. I didn't have any predictions for it and only later I found they were Orion 3. I believe that its flash period is now 17.nn seconds, but secondary flashes can be seen. b8) I planned and observed Orion 3 again last night and am now convinced this was the UNID of 8/21/06 that many of you helped me find. With naked eye, I had two quick (~1 sec) mag +2.5 flares at 2:19:50 & 2:20:04, followed by a period (untimed) where it was barely visible (say +4.5), and then another round, mag 1.5 @ 2:21:50, and mag +2 @ 2:22:04 UT, with the same short period (~5 sec) of +4.5 mag. After this, couldn't find with 10 x 50's. b9) My stopwatch clicks. It was observed from the BCRC site: 30.315N, 97.866W, 280 meters. The second flash, for which I managed a significantly late click, was at least zero magnitude. But that's the only magnitude that I have (sorry!). 04 10:43.84 3:48:06.15 2006-08-24 UTC 05 14.24 3:48:20.39 (delayed click) 06 13.34 3:48:33.73 07 13.75 3:48:47.48 08 2.54 3:48:50.02 09 11.48 3:49:01.50 10 2.34 3:49:03.84 11 13.81 3:49:17.65 12 13.85 3:49:31.50 13 13.77 3:49:45.27 14 13.79 3:49:59.06 15 4.64 3:50:03.70 16 9.22 3:50:12.92 17 4.54 3:50:17.46 18 13.86 3:50:31.32 19 13.83 3:50:45.15 20 259.66 3:55:04.81 21 13.50 3:55:18.31 22 13.93 3:55:32.24 23 13.56 3:55:45.80 24 13.84 3:55:59.64 25 13.79 3:56:13.43 26 13.74 3:56:27.17 27 13.90 3:56:41.07 28 13.84 3:56:54.91 29 14.21 3:57:09.12 30 27.78 3:57:36.90 The last series, beginning at about 3:55:05, were very easy to see with my 8x42 binoculars and also were tricky due to actually being a very close double flash, with the two maxima so close that at first they were smeared together. As they slowly grew fainter, they became a bit more distinct. b10) Timings 5.87 7.44 6.97 6.81 5.55 7.67 7.75 7.50 7.25 7.03 6.51 7.15 6.78 7.09 7.13 8.46 25.98(4A) 9.25 5.34 12.41(2) 8.87 6.66 7.17 7.30 7.06 7.41 6.81 7.49 13.54(2) 13.94(2) 6.45 6.52 b11) Timings 16.08 16.30 16.23 16.27 16.25 16.25 16.25 16.25 Eclipse 20°/181° at 20:48:50. b12) Timings: 15.57 14.84 15.40 15.52 15.76 15.46 15.30 15.65 15.35 15.78 At the beginning 4 flashes mg +4.5 then maxima + 7.5. Culmination 24°/195° at 19:14:18. b13) UNID - proposed as recovered USA 142 due to path and flashing behavior. Mike McCants has alerted me that my recovery of USA 142 last night was actually Orion 3, unfortunately. b14) Timings: 15.04 15.02 15.05 15.06 14.93 14.88 15.00 15.09 15.09 15.08 15.06 Predicted eclipse in 21°/168° at 20:23:35. b15) Timings: 15.04 14.92 15.05 14.85 14.88 15.11 14.63 15.08 14.92 15.04 15.04 Predicted eclipse in 25°/181° at 20:53:05. b16) Timings: 14.87 15.20 14.54 14.97 14.79 14.58 15.15 14.87 14.77 14.70 15.22 Predicted eclipse in 26°/196° at 21:22:21. b17) Timings: 14.64 14.78 14.70 14.90 14.73 14.66 15.03 14.70 14.56 14.77 14.91 14.88 14.96 14.73 14.84 14.77 14.90 14.82 14.66 15.13 14.52 14.87 14.89 15.04 14.45 14.89 14.75 15.24 14.76 14.77 Third part of observation F, 7.5->i . Predicted culmination 24°/165° at 19:26:58. b18) Timings: 14.81 14.61 14.71 14.70 14.67 14.57 14.83 14.83 14.70 14.81 14.56 14.65 14.94 15.09 14.47 14.75 14.64 14.71 14.74 15.07 Third part of obs F, 7.5->inv. Predicted culmination 28°/170° at 19:57:40. b19) Timings: 14.89 14.99 14.87 15.22 14.94 15.10 Culmination 28°/189° at 03:49:31. b20) Timings: 15.32 14.99 15.29 14.97 15.69 15.17 15.46 14.72 15.55 15.22 15.01 15.62 15.12 15.29 15.53 15.42 [15.50] First about ten flashes + 5.5, then suddenly flashes very faint +8. Culmination 26°/193° at 02:56:22. b21) It gave fainter flashes, which were mag 8 are brighter. 10:51:35 10:51:50 10:54:00 10:54:15 b22) +(5)(6.5)->inv; Timings: 15.45 3.08 [12.44 2.87 12.70 2.96 12.55 2.82 12.96 2.64 15.53 15.63 15 43 15.54] 5.22 (10.28 5.07 10.50 5.09 10.46 5.03 15.60 15.56 15.58 15.62) 10.81. Period of 15.51 sec obtained from timings in square brackets. Later on a shift in timings noted. Culmination 27°/170° at 04:21:05. end 1999-024A 1999-025C 25732 Feng Yun 1C rocket [CZ-4] fragment b1) Long ago seen as steady - wonder what has happened? end 1999-025C 1999-028C 25746 USA 144 decoy: b1) Timed on disappearances. Afterwards from my spoken comments: Time between reappearances was 76 seconds. b2) Time between two maxima: 86 s; between two minima: 96 s. b3) stopwatch failed, reconstructed from pips in sound record. b4) Timings 74.92 64.86 b5) timings 60.93 69.68 74.57 b6) near culm.time; too short arc for fp determination; it was too cold to stay outside and follow this slow moving satellite over a long arc. b7) Picked satellite up after culmination point and followed it until I realised it went into the wrong direction. I was following a Globalstar. Fortunately I found this target object and could just time two (half) periods with timings on minima: 56.63 and 61.71 end 1999-028C 1999-034A 25789 Quickscat b1) Timings 3.06 6.55 3.80 3.14 3.33 3.23 3.29 6.61 3.71 2.66 3.61 sec. b2) Timings 2.90 6.93 25.97 3.03 2.19 4.31 3.94 2.56 10.37 3.80 3.16 3.28 3.66 6.75 3.39 sec. b3) Timings 3.40 3.23 3.19 3.58 6.63 3.38 3.41 3.39 6.45 3.76 3.21 3.34 3.07 3.22 sec end 1999-034A 1999-039B 25861 Okean-O rocket [Zenit] b1) Timings 40.67 63.12 49.79 64.56 -> combined period; synodic effect b2) Timings 76.98 60.86 61.96 62.34 sec. First flash an error? b3) Timings 86.28 43.25 68.88 57.56 sec. The last timing is very accurate. as by then the flashes were sharp when the sat was low in the north. end 1999-039B 1999-043C 25885 Globalstar 54 1) Sharp glinting flashes at beginning of sighting, then faded to +7 by end. 2) Sharp glinting flashes from 0:35:34.51 to 0:35:49.88 end 1999-043C 1999-045B 25893 Kosmos 2366 rocket [Kosmos] b1) Timings 5.51 6.03 5.75 5.68 5.56 5.88 5.82 5.89 5.68 5.97 5.69 5.76 5.72 5.82 sec. b2) Timings 8.92 8.18 8.62 8.70 8.33 8.86 9.23(late) 7.63 8.98 sec. b3) Timings 8.40 8.93 8.62 8.62 8.73 9.37 8.31 8.54 8.85 9.37 sec. b6) Timings 8.87 8.56 8.94 8.86 8.65 9.05 8.55 8.70 9.62 8.56 8.50 9.13 8.93 8.88 9.14 sec. b7) Timings 8.91 8.49 9.21 8.67 8.72 9.18 8.84 9.24 8.69 18.10 8.34 sec. b8) Timings 8.58 8.58 8.96 8.72 8.77 9.25 8.85 8.48 9.25 8.50 9.33 8.67 8.86 9.31 8.90 8.75 9.19 9.34 8.88 9.02 sec. b9) Timings 17.97 16.85 17.68 17.44 17.18 sec. b10) Timings 36.20 33.99 37.39 35.08 sec. b11) recheck being S end 1999-045B 1999-055C 25935 Navstar 46 rocket 2 [PAM-D] b1) timings 6.59 12.78(2) 12.80 (2) b2) Extremely low fast pass. end 1999-055C 1999-057A 25940 CBERS 1 1) On March 12, 2007, Laura Grego posted: I've heard a rumor of a breakup associated with the Chinese-Brazilian satellite CBERS 1 (25940). It seems that the primary satellite is still being tracked, but there are 14 new pieces of debris associated. http://www.satobs.org/seesat/Mar-2007/0106.html About this time, 14 debris pieces 99-057NN to 99-057PB were cataloged by Spacecom as "CBERS 1 DEB" (not CZ-4 DEB). Then on April 29, 2007, Ed Cannon and I reported that we observed CBERS 1 tumbling and flashing rapidly (period = 1.36 seconds) and that there was a change in the mean motion of CBERS 1 about Feb. 20, 2007. http://www.satobs.org/seesat/Apr-2007/0328.html Ed and I again found CBERS 1 flashing rapidly last night (period = 1.41 seconds). So now the question becomes: is there a debris piece that intersects the orbit of the payload before Feb 20, 2007? For this analysis, I selected elsets 07048.758 and 07064.732 for 25940 and elset 07073.596 for the debris object 30792. The latitude/longitude prediction for these 3 elsets agree for the time Feb. 18, 2007 about 10:00 UT (plus or minus an hour or two). So my conclusion is that there was a small "event" associated with this payload about that time. The April issue of NASA's "Orbital Debris Quarterly News" agrees with this assessment and mentions that about two dozen debris objects had been detected. Mike McCants, Austin, TX 2) Date of this observation has to be verified. 3) Timings 1.69 1.50 1.76 1.64 1.70 1.56 1.55 1.58 1.90 1.56 1.56 1.66 1.58 1.61 1.55 9.67(6F) 9.78(6F) 1.59 1.66 1.56 1.61 1.58 1.69 16.28(10F) 16.16(10F) 16.40(10F) 4) Timings 1.61 1.61 1.42 1.56 1.89 1.67 1.33 1.71 1.81 1.48 1.61 1.69 1.70 1.55 1.45 1.77 1.65 1.50 1.56 1.69 1.69 1.53 1.61 1.73 1.63 1.53 1.41 16.37(10F) 16.25(10F) 1.63 1.72 5) Timings 1.94 1.21 3.48(2F) 1.37 1.56 3.29(2F) 1.75 1.48 1.67 1.54 1.43 1.81 1.88 1.40 1.66 1.53 1.69 1.60 1.52 1.63 1.68 1.60 1.63 1.53 1.75 1.56 1.53 1.63 1.73 1.55 1.62 1.60 1.65 1.58 1.61 1.62 1.75 1.63 6) Timings 1.67 1.46 1.73 1.53 1.81 1.53 1.63 1.46 1.85 1.65 16.04(10F) 16.65(10F) 15.97(10F) 16.78(10F) 16.06(10F) 16.94(10F) 32.56(20F) Flashing mg +4 from h=50° az=233° up to h=47° az=300°. Later on suddenly flashing mg +7.5. 7) Timings 1.61 1.68 1.51 1.74 1.55 1.71 16.59(10F) 16.47(10) 16.59(10) 16.50(10) 16.66(10) 18.19(11) 16.52(10) 16.60(10) 16.65(15) 16.35(10) 17.09(10) 16.12(10) 18.35(11) 8) Excellent transit. Best maxima +1.2. Flash pattern between F and A. Maxima became fainter the more the transit progressed. Then binoculars were needed. (South-Northwest transit). A bit reddish color. 9) This object displayed 4 flashes at the beginning, later one flash disappeared or was very faint. I presume the real period is the sum of the 4 intervals, later three: two short and one long: 5.33 4.94 5.81 4.17 sum = 20.25 5.13 5.31 9.92 sum = 20.36 5.14 5.13 10.19 sum = 20.46 5.29 5.20 9.82 sum = 20.31 5.12 5.11 10.31 sum 20.54 Before these timings I had: 4.93 5.42 4.79 (so missing the 1st max) After these timings I had: 4.67 5.43 (so missing the long interval) 10) Timings 1.84 1.93 1.86 1.72 1.65 1.94 1.85 1.72 25.81(14F) 1.97 1.75 1.86 2.17 1.70 1.58 1.97 20.06(11) 14,50(8) 1.89 5.42(3) 1.85 36.34(20) 2.19 2.06 1.75 1.94 27.12(15) 1.72 2.53 7.38(4) 11) Timings 5.00 4.88 5.46 5.13 5.53 4.56 5.40 4.93 10.23(2a) 5.75 4.63 4.94 5.03 5.42 4.89 5.22 4.54 5.90 5.00 10.59 10.31 9.85 10.62 5.08 4.89 10.78 Last part of observation made naked eye. The flash appeared every four maxima just on top of the wave. First flash at 18:19:09.00 and last flash at 18:21:53.56. 12) Timings 5.25 15.20 5.06 15.34 5.00 15.35 5.50 15.12 5.00 15.82 4.81 16.61 4.51 15.68 [5.13] Timings obtained before culmination 66°/073°. After culmination mg +6, almost steady. 13) a'a'A'A' 5,5,3,3->7; Usual pattern, sometimes 5,5,3 to alpha; sometimes 5,3,3 back to alpha 14) timings and groupings: (15.81 6.01) (11.29 5.02 5.41) (5.68 5.50 5.31 5.22) (10.97 5.41 5.76) (11.11 5.11 5.68) 15) Timings 10.95 4.81 5.50 10.83 4.89 5.78 15.22 5.84 15.19 5.63 15.81 5.19 16.00 5.12 15.97 5.47 16.06 5.38 41.66 16) Steady from 1:12:52 until 1:14:47, then 1 period seen before lost in N. 17) Timings 5s.98 5.42 5.10 5.09 5.62 5.19 4.85 5.50 6.23 5.42 5.00 4.97 6.32 5.06 5.34 4.96 6.13 5.10 5.41 5.29 Flashes at 19:12:31.25 and at 19:12:58.25, timing 27.00 and 5 periods, p= 5.40 18) Timings 6.70 6.53 8.19 6.00 6.79 6.75 8.05 6.44 7.23 6.58 7.38 6.77 7.51 6.81 6.96 6.95 7.31 6.45 6.86 7.01 8.06 6.13 6.68 7.53 20.73(3A) 6.77 Culmination 28°/265° at 18:07:53. 19) Timings 21.35(3A) 6.56 8.45 6.15) (6.63 7.06 8.30 7.20) (6.18 7.69 6.91 7.13) (6.99 6.29 8.24.......65.35(9) 6.41 6.69 Culmination 66°/072° at 16:53:45. Pattern was A'A'a'a' (shown in brackets) before culmination. After culmination the sat was steady +6.5. 20) Timings 6.87 7.76 7.90 6.59 7.70 7.06 7.65 6.55 6.85 7.88 8.68 6.53 7.06 7.36 Culmination 62°/260° at 17:26:17. 21) Timings 7.73 175.90(24A) 6.56 7.56 7.50 7.01 7.67 7.27 7.42 7.41 8.06 7.05 8.11 6.97 7.53 7.22 7.66 8.10 6.86 6.69 7.29 [7.26] Culmination 33°/266° at 17:48:21. 22) Timings 6.89 8.13 8.71 7.31 7.81 7.19 7.69 7.58 7.96 7.58 8.23 7.10 7.69 7.14 8.21 7.67 7.71 7.04 8.50 6.69 8.69 6.64 8.25 7.48 8.02 6.72 7.69 7.49 Culmination 73°/260° at 17:08:18. Steady +5 before culmination, regularly varying after. Two flashes +3 and +4. 23) Timings: 8.42 7.25 7.41 7.91 8.29 7.44 8.21 8.23 7.84 8.22 8.59 7.11 7.91 7.84 [8.77 7.71] Culmination 19°/269° at 18:07:08. end 1999-057A 1999-063B 25968 UFO 10 rocket [Centaur] b1) Seems to be 2X period listed in PPAS database b2) Timings 34.97(4A) 10.37 7.97 9.44 8.02 10.88 6.97 9.15 9.68 8.64 8.94 9.87 7.97 9.88 8.87 10.15 8.23 18.19(2) 19.03(2) 8.90 8.56 9.45 8.90 b3) Timings 4.84 4.16 8.50 56.53(6A) 8.83 7.70 19.59(2A) 16.29(2A) 18.74(2A) 18.23(2A) end 1999-063B 1999-064A 25977 Helios 1B b1) timings, magnitudes and type of maximum: 5 round 13.19 5 round 15.31 5 flat 19.22 4 flash 13.21 5 round 7.68 4 round 48.80 long time constant 12.22 flat b2) timings and type of maxima: flash 8.58 round 8.49 flash 14.90 round 14.34 round b3) Strange - caught first two flares as white and bright (equal to Deneb as it passed it) then switched to orangish color and a mag 4->5 smoother cycle. b4) inaccurate: timings are 9.52 8.04 10.04 12.54 b5) timings are: 19.51 (2.79 17.22) (11.19 7.67) b6) Timings 13.27 a 20.00 F+3.5 11.08 af 2.40 f 3.01 a prior to 1st timing occurred a flash +1 a = round maximum F = bright flash af = round maximum immediately follwed by faint flash b7) Very bright red flash followed by two white maxima. end 1999-064A 1999-067A 25991, DMSP 15 b1) three groups of 10 cycles each b2) Flash period suggests that this payload is still operational. b3) Timings 2.10 1.91 1.96 1.61 1.93 1.85 1.97 13.24(7 flashes) 66.44(35 flashes). Transit low in the west, culmination 27°/266°. end 1999-067A 1999-071A 25669 USA 142 1) Confirmed USA 142! and it was flashing very brightly end 1999-071A 1999-503A 90003 -- b1) Here are four flash cycles which show the asymmetry: 13.39. 7.71. 3.89. 9.56. 7.70 13.49. 7.69. 13.47. 7.79 b2) a nice unknown near-geosynchronous object observed through Mike's telescope asym 13.6, 7.3 Timings 7.31, 13.53, 7.29, 13.58, 7.25, 13.56, 7.28, 13.55, 7.30, 13.58, 7.26, 13.60, 7.25, 13.62, 7.21, 13.60 end 99-503A 1999-750A 90004 Unknown 990907 1) Flashing throughout observed transit; period irregular near 2s or, more likely, 4 or 8s for full cycle. 2) Switched patterns and became more irr end 1999-750A 2000-006B 26070 Kosmos 2369 rocket [Zenit] b1) Has slowed down since last observed in february. Showed clear synodic effects: 1-10.97 2-11.72 10-97.75 15-58.45 20-61.29 sec. Flashnumber and time difference. b2) Is going up slowly. Timings 12.82(1) 46.97(5) 26.57(7) 24.91(9) sec. b3) Timings of the bright flashes: 13.27 14.10 50.92 53.59 50.92 26.19 51.16 51.83 sec. In between there were secondary flashes mag 4 and 6. moving closer to the primary flash as the sat got more to the east. b4) Period is increasing as expected. Timings and (flashnumber): 14.60(1) 15.61(2) 28.80(4) 27.65(6) 29.19(8) 28.12(10) 30.34(12) 27.42(14) 30.02(16) 29.68(18) 29.57(20) sec. b5) Timings 14.67 13.30 15.55 14.75 14.90 13.21 16.02 14.66 14.79 14.37 b6) Timings 14.29 14.62 13.53 15.18 15.18 14.21 14.91 14.79 14.57 14.94 15.53 14.42 14.03 16.27(late) 12.96 15.64 14.80 13.57(early) 16.12 14.23 15.52 sec. Two times I didn't push the button in time. b7) Timings 14.66 15.23 14.25 14.06 15.08 15.61 14.81 14.32 13.98 15.79 15.57 13.11 9.14 15.51 14.19 14.10 14.24 12.92 14.01 15.10 18.10 11.42 13.80 16.31 13.80 16.93 13.60 14.64 14.08 13.06 13.11 sec. Timings of flash 12 and 13; 18. 22. 30 and 31 show great residals. Phase shift? Synodic effect for the last two? Pass was observed from low in the northwest to low in the east for almost 7.5 minutes. b8) Timings 13.03 16.21 14.24 14.35 15.72 15.79 13.71 15.83 14.73 14.36 14.93 14.80 sec. b9) Timings 15.06 14.72 14.79 14.48 13.92 15.18 15.76 13.79 15.99 16.50 Great residuals in the timings although the flashes were rather sharp. b10) Timings 17.12 14.94 17.86 16.96 16.39 15.40 16.68 16.13 17.76 16.60 16.54 15.52 16.35 16.98 sec b11) Timings 21.38 24.01 22.01 47.45 21.45 24.28 25.38 21.46 22.99 21.75 22.31 22.35 22.67 23.96 22.28 22.97 23.11 sec. b12) Timings 25.61 22.46 24.32 27.02 28.23 24.87 13.60 12.77 21.94 13.06 15.69 22.39 17.83 11.29 26.21 sec. b13) Second pass was low in the northwest while emerging from clouds. Timings 29.28 24.20 25.97 25.43 sec. b14 through b16 have been lost. end 2000-006B 2000-014B 26103 MTI rocket [Taurus] b1) Timings 3.72 4.32 5.50 7.13 6.02 6.12 15.87 4.44 3.23 2.77 8.46 17.32 5.29 5.55 4.76 5.77 sec. Checked with Synodic to determine the correct number of flashes b2) Saw 1 bright flash, then timed two flashes. Then inv. b3) I had the impression that the flashes I counted were the maximum flashes of series of very short flashes (0.3 - 0.4 seconds). The sky was getting light blue as sunrise was near making it difficult to be sure about those sort flashes. b4) Timings [7.47 10.21] [10.86 5.38] [10.29 5.83] 12.77 [8.59 6.15] sec. Difficult to get a correct period. end 2000-014B 2000-025C 26362 Navstar 47 (USA 150) rocket [PAM-D] 1) Last one +3 just at ShI. 2) Timings 13.65 13.79 13.89 13.83 Observed from 42°/222° to 52°/195°, with a maxima showing a short flash mg +6.5 on top of the wave. end 2000-025C 2000-033D 26387 Nadezhda 6 rocket [Kosmos] b1) Timings 9.58 11.40 10.48 9.81 11.35 9.88 11.22 22.00 11.21 sec. b2) Timings 11.07 10.67 10.76 10.72 33.30 33.58 10.55 sec. b3) Timings 2.65 2.67 2.67 2.63 2.68 2.64 2.70 2.57 2.80 2.67 2.76 2.61 2.71 2.67 2.72 2.61 2.71 2.63 2.80 2.62 2.77 2.59 2.72 2.52 2.80 2.62 2.76 2.64 2.60 2.78 5.31(2fls) 2.78 2.70 b4) M=>A: flat maxima evolving to round maxima. b5) Timings 5.06 4.47 5.06 3.75 4.44 5.10 4.77 5.54 5.34 3.91 5.56 4.84 4.25 4.97 9.94(2A) 5.15 4.82 4.50 4.47 3.90 5.19 5.37 5.38 4.03 5.13 4.00 5.22 4.87 4.87 5.34 4.70 9.53(2) b6) Timings 4.85 5.03 4.63 5.21 4.93 5.15 5.05 4.96 4.89 4.95 5.00 4.68 5.23 5.04 4.81 5.00 4.94 4.74 b7) Timings 5.03 5.17 5.26 4.96 4.68 5.34 5.46 4.52 5.31 5.03 5.00 5.66 4.61 4.82 5.35 10.12(2A) b8) Timings 5.05 5.34 5.17 5.08 5.15 5.17 5.13 5.06 4.96 5.43 b9) Timings 8.15 9.04 7.55 8.72 7.88 8.67 7.83 8.41 7.96 8.60 7.76 8.55 7.91 7.39 8.87 8.78 7.88 8.88 7.46 8.49 7.81 8.82 8.09 8.25 8.28 8.09 7.73 8.25 8.19 7.78 Culmination 23°/266° at 19:03:34. b10) Timings 7.50 11.74 6.33 31.98(4A) 16.27(2) 18.07(2) 6.87 7.56 8.94 7.00 9.03 Eclipse time 18:57:47 28°/282°. b11) Timings 5.34 3.32 10.94 8.17 9.80 9.45 9.65 9.41 9.75 9.28 9.92 9.49 10.15 9.09 10.34 8.70 9.50 10.07 9.71 10.11 8.86 9.40 8.50 9.97 10.69 8.44 9.55 10.38 8.88 9.65 8.94 Culmination 19°/268° at 19:29:32. b12) First 8 cycles had shorter, dim A component which then faded out, so this may represent a dp b13) Timings 9.61 9.96 9.61 10.33 9.81 9.78 9.79 9.87 9.86 9.80 9.96 9.74 9.99 9.55 9.03 10.44 9.81 9.86 9.31 10.66 10.13 9.25 [10.51 10.33 9.74] Culmination 42°/262° at 18:54:45. b14) +6.5(7)->inv; Timings: 10.58 9.95 10.91 9.60 10.09 10.48 9.73 10.73 21.96(2A) Culmination 59°/072° at 18:08:25. b15) Timings: 40.00 41.00 41.00 Eclipse exit 47?/043? 18:28:00. b16) Timings: 40.98 41.82 41.52 39.48 Predicted eclipse exit 41°/275° at 19:41:03. b17) Timings: 10.33 10.39 11.01 12.34 9.25 10.81 11.16 10.22 10.67 10.98 10.40 10.71 11.18 10.56 Culmination 89°/302° at 18:31:50. end 2000-033D 2000-034B 26389 TDRS 8 rocket [Centaur] b1) brighter than expected by 0.5 mag. b2) Much easier and distinct in early part of apparition. end 2000-034B 2000-039C 26406 Bird-Rubin rocket [Kosmos] b1) Timings 10.88 12.29 13.88 12.11 11.88 sec. b2) Timings 12.86 11.97 12.97 12.63 11.87 sec. end 2000-039C; decayed 2001-08-30 2000-041A 26410 Cluster II-FM 6 (Samba) 1) Presumed it was Cluster II-FM6 (Samba), 3 minutes early. No others in cluster seen. end 2000-041A 2000-050A 26481 JB-3A b1) Timings 7.15 17.68(2) 8.05 (6.47 1.67) 8.28 6.89 8.75 7.94 b2) Seen as UNID, so not as accurate as I'd like, but it still seems to be constant or accelerating flash period. end 2000-050A 2000-050B 26482 JB-3A rocket [CZ-4B] b1) Timings 42.39 32.50 36.48 38.24 34.57 sec end 2000-050B; decayed 2002-11-01 2000-072A 26608 PAS 1R b1) Flare noticed at mag 3.8, up to 3.4, then faded to 6.0 at end b2) flare already in progress by the time I saw it. Each time it was very obvious to the naked eye for 2-3 minutes even with full moon on Sunday. b3) flare just starting (mag 7) by the time I saw it. It was very obvious to the naked eye for 2-3 minutes even with nearly full moon in Leo. Distracted during maximum light but believe it was slightly dimmer than last night (moon doesn't help). b4) Flare in progress by the time I saw it. b5) "Popped" into view while I watched. b6) PAS-1R flare caught after it started, mag 4.0 at 3:03:09 Magnitude decreased as: 3:03:09 4.0 sl < A 1X 3:03:38 4.2 A < x < C 1X 3:06:01 5.4 = D 12X 3:08:52 6.8 sl > E 12X With: A=4.59 HIP 46509 = 31,tau1 Hya B=4.54 HIP 46776 = 32,tau2 Hya C=3.90 HIP 47431 = 35,iot Hya D=5.38 HIP 46404 E=6.84 HIP 46669 Now I know to start looking for PAS-1R before 3:00 UT. Or I call it, Alex's Star. b7) The approx magnitude at different times. Time ( UTC ) Magnitude Basis 2:56:13 3.2 ~ B 2:58:24 3.0 = J 3:01:55 3.5 A < X < B 3:03:36 3.9 = C 3:05:05 4.9 F < X < E b8) The approx magnitude at different times. Time ( UTC ) Magnitude Basis 2:52:47 5.5 = G 2:54:44 3.5 A < X < B "jumped" to 1X visibility! 3:01:07 3.1 = B 3:02:56 3.9 = A 3:04:36 3.9 = C 3:05:43 4.5 = D With: STAR MAG CAT NAME A 3.89 HIP45336 = 22,the Hya B 3.11 HIP43813 = 16,zet Hya C 3.90 HIP47431 = 35,iot Hya D 4.54 HIP46776 = 32,tau2 hya E 4.59 HIP46509 = 31,tau1 Hya F 5.38 HIP46404 = G 5.47 HIP44961 = 20 Hya H 4.80 HIP45811 = 27 Hya J 2.97 HIP47908 = 17,eps Leo b9) It easily got mag 5 range are brighter for a few minutes. t 2:30 UTC ( Dec 24 ) it's mag 6 range. end 2000-072A 2000-072B 26609 AMSAT Oscar 40 1) First flash was fainter, started at 8m and was soon too faint. end 2000-072B 2000-079B 26632 Eros A1 rocket [Start] b1) Timings 4.25 7.97 6.81 5.87 6.35 7.29 6.25 5.78 5.90 7.64 6.14 6.48 A bit Irr b2) Period looks to be composed of two sub-periods; Timings 13.72 5.36 7.17 5.12 5.88 7.20 5.74 7.47 5.65 6.57 7.14 12.58 13.27 sec. b3) Timings 6.31 3.77 3.00 | 5.85 3.61 2.77 | 6.93 4.14 2.57 | 5.94 4.33 3.16 | 6.17 3.70 3.43 | 6.16 6.84 (1 flash not timed)| 6.73 3.56 2.69 sec I've put in markers | to indicate the "main" period. b4) Timings 2.77 3.28 6.51 3.81 3.37 5.61 3.76 3.00 6.64 6.40 7.23 6.76 6.66 5.50 sec. Early in the pass alternate secondary flashes timed. end 2000-079B; decayed 2004-01-17 00-653A 90007 Unid b1) EC's full comment: I hope someone somewhere else can see this object, as our weather does not look promising for the next few evenings. The brightest flashes probably were at least +3.0, very easy to see with 8x binoculars. The pattern was asymmetrical, with flashes at about 40.50 and 38.00 seconds, or vice versa. Monday evening I saw this one flash at about 3:11:32 while I was tracking OAO 3 (72-065A, 06153, a.k.a. Copernicus), which was at about 14:57, -0.9 (J2000) at that time. I saw two more flashes, and then when I checked my stopwatch to see the time between flashes, I got disoriented and could not find the place again. Tuesday evening, the weather permitted, and following the Mike McCants principle of looking to see if an object will be there 24 hours later, I found it again! Here are *approximate* positional data (epoch J2000): 2005/06/01 03:02:44 RA 14:44, Dec -2.9 2005/06/01 03:12:35 RA 14:54, Dec -2.9 I got the complete elsets file from Space-Track and ran Findsat and did not get a good match. The position above was several minutes of RA west and a little south of Galaxy 1 (83-065A, 14158), and there was an SL-12 Rk2 (91-046D, 21536) also very nearby. Those two were both a little too far east and also would not be expected to flash so brightly, I believe. Although I lost the place Monday evening, I believe that the object did not drift very much from one night to the next. Also, it was flashing at close to the same time. I wonder if it might possibly be unknown 90007 (discovered in June 2000), but we don't have current elements for that one, which oscillates back and forth over this hemisphere and of course is normally much much fainter. The observing site was BCRC, 30.315N, 97.866W, 280m. Here are the (very surprisingly consistent) flash timings from June 1: -----, 40.38 seconds (slightly late first click), 37.98, 40.50, 38.00, 40.55, 38.10, 40.50, 38.09, 40.50, 38.14, 40.50, 78.60, 78.60 I don't know when it began flashing. It was getting very faint at the end of the above timings. BD's comment: I dropped the 1st 40.38 to determine the combined flash period as given in the main list. MM's comments later: These positions match the predicted position for 90007 based on observations last year. Updated elset: Unknown 000601 1 90007U 00653A 05152.66210219 0.00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 03 2 90007 9.2052 50.1897 0049394 46.2897 314.1304 1.00237613 00 However, Ed's discovery and other observations of this object in June, 2000 did have reports of flashes to at least magnitude 4. b2) Finally, one PPAS on UNID 90007: Timings 42.69, 45.55, 42.68, 45.67, 42.76, 45.67, 42.72, 45.50, 42.75, 45.50, 42.89, 45.50, 42.93, 45.38, 42.83, 45.57, 42.69, 45.60, 42.93, 45.58, 42.61, 45.76 b3) 00-653A was visible about two hours earlier than I observed in August, nearly a month ago. The UNID was located at RA 23:46 and Dec. ?13:35 at 05:44:10 UTC. It flashes with a period of approximately 10 seconds and was visible between 05:43 and 05:45 UTC. The timings last night were: 19.51 (2), 9.83, 9.95, 9.84, 9.96, 9.91, 9.90, 9.87, 10.0, 9.91, 9.90. I have actually seen this one several times during the last week and it was quite bright (roughly mag 3). From my location, it flashes very nearly the same time each night for approximately 2 minutes, as seen in 10x50s. b4) Last night I was again able to see some flashes from 90007, roughly around RA 8:43-50, Dec +6 (bright stars in far northern Hydra) at about 4:36-43. I saw a bright flash about 168 seconds earlier, but I'm not sure it was 90007, since it doesn't seem to fit the flash period of 130.n (asymmetrical, 63.p, 67.q), and it was brighter than those that I'm sure were from 90007. But on the other hand it seems likely that it was, because nothing else seems to have been at that position at the time. b5) Here's the time I saw a flash All time UTC ( Apr 12 ), followed by interval in seconds 4:31:17 4:35:29 252 4:36:36 67 4:37:40 64 - Brightest Flash of them all, between mag 3 to 4 I would estimate. 4:38:48 68 4:39:51 63 4:40:59 68 4:42:03 64 4:43:11 68 4:45:22 131 BD's comments: assuming 4 maxs for 1st interval and 2 for last, I get 13 almost equal intervals, making fp 65. If it is the half period, period is 130 end 00-653A 2001-007A 26702 Odin b1) Timings [14.22 5.57 5.32] 23.34 [7.19 12.17 8.09] sec. end 2001-007A 2001-023B 26819 Kosmos 2378 rocket [Kosmos] b1) Timings 32.73 33.62 32.42 sec. b2) timings 49.54 43.24 s b3) Timings 50.61 49.76 sec. Tends to a more flatter maximum. b4) Timings 39.32 32.07 sec. b5) Timings [19.60 9.29] 81.03 sec b6) Timings 37.53 36.68 37.47 33.89 sec b7) Timings 36.68 32.04 39.72 34.82 sec. b8) Timings 31.88 30.73 31.84 29.70 sec. b9) After the first flashes I lost it. b10) Timings [15.10 16.02] [14.17 17.20] [15.13 16.26] [14.72 16.34] sec. Combined period. b11) Timings 11.22 12.50 12.16 12.01 13.08 11.83 12.01 12.48 12.59 12.34 sec. b12) Pressed wrong stopwatch button. Results have been obtained from voice recording and are therefore not as accurate as with stopwatch timings. b13) Timings 4.69 4.51 4.17 5.44 4.70 4.78 4.56 4.56 5.00 4.38 4.76 4.81 4.80 4.68 4.57 5.22 4.72 4.53 4.84 4.91 b14) Timings 2.19 5.49(2A) 5.20(2A) b15) Timings 7.61 8.77 7.94 8.15 8.46 7.76 8.56 8.47 8.17 8.36 sec. b16) Timings 8.12 8.25 7.91 7.97 8.57 8.85 8.02 8.09 8.35 8.15 sec. b17) Timings 7.99 8.45 8.48 8.30 8.51 8.19 8.50 8.44 8.72 8.54 sec. b18) Timings 8.15 8.10 8.25 8.53 8.43 8.77 8.19 8.54 8.54 8.39 8.31 8.62 sec. b19) Timings 7.96 8.77 8.05 7.55 9.22 8.56 8.75 8.02 8.08 9.00 7.10 8.92 8.75 sec. b20) Timings 8.58 7.77 8.63 7.75 8.91 8.17 8.28 8.21 7.71 8.22 8.22 8.17 8.63 7.62 8.35 7.46 b21) Timings 7.45 8.50 8.66 7.90 8.96 7.86 8.34 8.64 7.86 8.27 b22) Timings 8.12 7.89 8.75 8.27 8.53 8.11 7.86 8.50 9.27 8.00 8.17 8.53 8.57 8.51 8.37 8.22 8.83 8.09 7.92 9.01 8.09 8.45 8.62 8.27 b23) Timings 11.41 11.56 11.51 11.46 11.31 11.76 sec. b24) Timings 11.97 12.79 11.29 11.98 sec. b25) Timings 18.11 19.33 18.20 19.09 18.19 20.00 sec Possible combined period. b26) Timings 38.51 37.97 38.63 39.32 sec. b27) Timings 41.67 43.33 37.27 37.83 40.22 sec. end 2001-023B 2001-026B 26858 ICO 2 rocket [Ct] b1) This observation is the combination of previous two plus the interval between them without actual flash timing. end 2001-026B 2001-030B b1) Timings 4.40 3.19 6.18 => sum 13.77 2.91 4.58 5.30 => sum 12.79 3.42 4.28 6.11 => sum 13.81 14.84 b2) On a low SE pass at 20:53 UT I timed four minima. but lap times 7.7. 4.8. 13.8 could just possibly mean a 13 second period with double unevenly spaced minima. b3) A higher SE pass confirmed the period AND the asymmetry. I observed it for about 112 seconds from 21:04:38 UTC. and the best fit period for the deep minima was 13.52 seconds. The shallow minima had a large spread but were about 5.5 +-1 BEFORE the deep minima. Laps: 4.34. 7.62. 6.22. 7.00. 6.30. 6.81. 6.98. 5.86. 7.11. 7.72. 5.86. 22.58. 3.99. 5.94. 8.28 b4) "alt. minima" -- I don't know how to say that it displayed a deep (invisible) minimum alternating with a shallow (visible) minimum. The maxima seemed equal and kind of flat; some of the "shallow" minima were hard to distinguish. Here are the times I got: 3.99. 6.11. 3.63 3.81. 6.03. 3.87 4.05. 5.96. 3.64 3.59. 35.00. 3.86 2.79. 6.83. 3.67 3.40. 6.99. 3.73 end 2001-030B; decayed 2001-08-12 2001-038B 26899 LRE rocket (H2-A) b1) asymm, Here are clicks; note that two sharp flashes were about 4.8 seconds apart: 2.77, 7.27, 3.73, 4.79 10.99, 2.77, 4.79 11.12, 2.60, 4.80 37.02 13.72, 4.77 13.83, 4.75 b2) Flashed brighter by 1 mag; unusually spectacular. b3) Timings 19.59 (16.35 3.28) 19.67 (16.22 3.37) (13.38 2.83 3.47) (16.12 3.55) (16.09 3.58) (16.01 3.61) b4) very complicated pattern of pairs and flat maximas - will revisit b5) Secondary flashes not counted, they are 4.1 s after main flash and usually 1 mag less b6) Not regular cycles, could not detect the pattern. end 2001-038B 2001-040A 26905 NOSS-3 1 (A) aka USA 160 1) I noticed 2001-040C and 2001-040A noticed while looking for another object. Saw 2001-040A (follower) decreasing from mag. +0.5 to normal, while 2001-040C (leader) might have been as bright, but some seconds before. end 2001-040A 2001-040B 26906 USA 160 rocket [Centaur] b1) Details UT: 02:01:15.11 42.12 02:02:13.56 32.57 48.70 02:03:20.18 51.05 02:04:23.56 b2) Timings 25.22 19.19 16.32 23.42 11.79 20.47 9.96 32.62 28.98 sec Not a regular pattern. Flash 2 was bright. perhaps more than mag 2. Passed very close to Epsilon Cygnus at 5th flash. b3) Timings (21.65 13.92) 33.59 (19.80 9.55) 27.00 37.25 33.35 32.04 sec. Timed some secondary maxima. b4) In this second pass a few timings could be made. but the are not consistent with the above period: 34.76 36.82 25.89 sec. b5) Timings 39.37 35.83 sec. b6) Timings 82.28 41.91 Pattern AA with a timed flash just in the middle of A. b7) Maxima pattern: A, comma indicating timed on minima. end 2001-040B 2001-040C 26907 NOSS-3 1 (C) aka USA 160 debris 1) I noticed 2001-040C and 2001-040A noticed while looking for another object. Saw 2001-040A (follower) decreasing from mag. +0.5 to normal, while 2001-040C (leader) might have been as bright, but some seconds before. end 2001-040C 2001-044A 26934 KH-12 4 (USA 161) b1) mag. -2 flare lasting about 10 seconds near Az=0°, elev between 40° and 30°. b2) I counted at least 3 such very short flashes in about 2 minutes time, but can give approximate times of only two of them: flash 1: 23:22:06 UTC +/- 1 s flash 2: 23:22:?? flash 3: 23:23:35 UTC +/- 2s b3) phase angle 56.0 deg, HeavenSat prediction mirrors (for flares.dat) 49.4 deg 340.6 deg, naked eye. end 2001-044A 2001-052B 26986 DirecTV 4S rocket [Ariane 4] 1) Seen as UNID in ETX-125 at range of 9950 miles! end 2001-052B 2001-056E 27005 Reflektor b1) Timings and (flash#): 6.19(10) 6.40(20) 7.61(32) 22.64(68) 18.47(97) 6.29(107) 6.30(117) 6.37(127) sec. end 2001-056 E 2001-056F 27006 Meteor-3M 1 rocket [Zenit] b1) Is going up slowly. Still some differances in the measured times. Timings on every 10th flash: 9.00 9.79 9.72 9.81 9.75 9.66 9.70 9.61 9.89 9.79 9.43 10.06 9.03 8.22 9.65 9.96 8.82 9.40 9.86 9.64 sec. b2) Timings every 10th flash: 10.12 10.18 10.32 10.18 10.38 10.26 10.18 10.35 10.42 10.19 10.17 10.26 10.31 10.12 10.43 10.10 10.43 10.28 10.14 10.24 10.40 10.31 10.31 10.04 10.22 10.61 10.13 10.04 10.46 9.97 10.84 9.79 10.42 10.47 9.96 10.48 10.92 sec. Towards the end more amplitude in the timings. probably due to the changing view angle. b3) A nice high pass. With the period now above 1 sec it is easier to measure. Timings at every 10th flash: 10.55 10.55 10.75 10.40 10.61 10.51 10.57 10.34 10.58 10.81 10.27 10.41 10.66 20.98 10.70 10.48 10.58 10.83 11.02 10.77 10.18 sec. b4) Second pass low in the NW->W. Timings every 10th flash: 10.50 10.58 10.47 10.52 10.52 11.40(11) 9.60(9) 10.48 10.32 10.90 10.19 10.68 10.60 10.53 10.54 10.32 10.64 10.43 10.71 sec. b5) Three timings were over 11 periods; the other over 10 periods: 10.54 10.61 10.46 10.61 10.55 10.59 10.55 10.66 11.46(11) 10.58 10.60 10.58 10.75 11.53(11) 10.58 10.59 10.60 10.75 10.31 10.64 10.30 10.84 10.50 10.52 10.42 10.84 10.54 10.61 10.64 10.47 10.53 10.93 11.34(11) 10.68 10.48 10.44 10.53 sec. b6) EC: Jonathan Wojack wrote regarding the flash pattern of Meteor 3M-1 Rk (01-056F. 27006): flash-[1 second at minima]-3 fast flashes in a little less than a second- [1 second at minima] The last two evenings I observed the same asymmetry on the early pass in the east. but not on the later pass in the west. The three quick flashes were very distinct last night. For six cycles I timed trying to get the entire pattern. I got 2.55. 2.75. 2.59. 2.73. 2.63. and 2.77 seconds. On the later pass. I got four sets of 10 (or 5) cycles as 13.18. 13.36. 13.36. and 13.33 seconds. PPAS report on that later pass (including a few more single clicks). b7) An almost overhead pass from low in the north to the SSE. Timings on every 10th flash with 4 sets of timings on every flash: 13.42 13.78 13.80 13.50 13.66 13.81 13.61 13.67 13.64 1.36 1.33 1.38 1.43 1.43 1.29 1.47 1.32 1.33 1.27 13.78 13.72 13.61 1.41 1.45 1.28 1.39 1.33 1.42 1.25 1.43 1.53 1.24 13.75 13.53 13.95 13.43 13.81 1.47 1.22 1.39 1.32 1.47 1.44 1.32 1.33 1.44 1.43 13.46 13.65 sec. b8) Timings on every 10th flash: 13.51 13.95 13.44 13.95 13.58 13.72 13.85 sec. b9) (RBS: Last night (29 Jul 02) 00:37 UTC Meteor 3M Rk (27006U) passed within 3 degrees to the north of Polaris heading east. Jonathan Wojack was right on the money with the flash pattern being tied to the pass direction. The eastern pass on the 28th was the wild flash pattern with phase shifting just as Jonathan said and last night on the 29th the pass was westerly. and I got the more tamed 1.18-1.62 second flash pattern. I recorded the following times: 1.39. 1.43. 1.49. 1.59. 1.22. 1.44. 1.34. 1.22. 1.55. 1.41. 1.37. 1.40. 1.62. 1.25. 1.46. 1.32. 1.31. 1.46. 1.25. 1.43. 1.28. 1.39. 1.52. 1.25. 1.53. 1.45. 1.41. 1.40. 1.32. 1.59. 1.23. 1.18. 1.41. 1.55. 1.45. 1.38. b10) Was flashing again on this higher pass. Large spread in flashtimings. Not all of the secondary flashes timed. Using Bjorns Synodic program I get a better fix with P=4.75 sec. but then the number of flashes doesn't fit. Timings 3.96 4.84 4.63 4.25 2.95 2.96 3.37 2.95 2.73 3.58 3.26 2.27 4.14 2.96 2.73 3.68 3.10 3.14 3.01 3.44 2.84 3.95 4.97 4.66 5.34 3.44 5.46 4.92 4.97 sec. b11) Timings 4.94 5.28 4.08 5.35 5.03 4.70 4.60 5.22 4.79 4.99 4.25 5.40 4.99 4.94 4.48 5.01 5.07 4.55 4.89 5.02 4.84 4.78 5.17 4.46 4.94 4.99 4.68 5.02 4.85 4.92 4.79 4.70 4.84 5.16 5.45 3.94 5.31 4.79 4.63 5.33 4.79 4.97 4.32 5.57 4.96 4.80 4.90 5.31 4.38 5.56 4.44 4.97 5.24 4.60 4.51 4.37 5.29 4.84 5.63 4.70 5.35 4.47 4.87 4.94 4.38 4.84 5.66 5.03 4.55 3.96 5.49 4.41 5.40 4.35 5.33 4.27 4.94 4.75 4.77 4.74 sec. At first look P seems to be 9.74 sec; with with some phase shifting of the two (?) reflecting surfaces. Will use Synodic to get a better determination. b12) Several maxima missed due to clouds. Timings 33.36 6.73 4.38 4.62 5.78 9.80 19.29 4.71 5.22 5.69 3.94 6.19 4.55 5.15 6.00 4.50 4.72 4.03 4.32 5.44 5.58 4.97 4.62 4.81 5.22 4.96 5.29 5.25 5.16 4.46 10.03 5.21 4.32 5.52 5.76 sec. b13) sm. F. 1->0 Timings 4.20 5.28 4.89 5.32 5.01 5.31 4.57 5.26 4.57 5.74 4.69 4.76 5.17 4.55 5.27 5.05 4.71 5.67 4.78 5.07 4.65 10.49 4.82 5.26 5.18 4.57 4.50 4.85 5.33 4.32 3.98 6.67 5.14 4.94 4.46 5.71 4.45 5.40 5.06 sec. Later in this easterly pass it showed alternate sm with flashes to mag 0. b14) Timings 5.08 5.03 4.92 5.12 5.35 5.02 5.05 5.31 5.09 4.79 5.39 5.14 5.07 5.07 5.07 5.12 5.49 5.11 4.81 5.58 5.08 4.85 5.58 4.66 5.33 4.97 5.78 4.18 6.05 4.92 5.13 4.73 5.46 4.92 5.08 5.89 4.73 5.41 5.57 4.93 5.07 5.54 5.06 5.26 4.88 4.23 5.51 4.74 5.13 5.44 5.39 5.71 4.60 6.24 4.05 5.49 4.93 5.45 4.75 5.31 sec. In the last part of the pass there were also sm. F. mag 2 alternately between the main flashes. b15) Emerging from the northern lights I followed it almost all the pass. Timings 5.69 6.26 5.61 6.03 6.12 5.68 6.50 5.78 5.75 5.59 6.11 6.10 5.92 5.53 5.86 6.57 4.68 6.63 6.23 5.48 6.05 6.26 5.85 5.95 6.24 5.29 5.68 6.84 6.09 5.81 5.85 5.50 6.00 5.73 6.30 6.20 5.33 5.32 6.23 5.94 5.69 6.29 6.11 5.45 6.08 6.18 5.07 sec. b16) Timings 5.61 6.50 5.78 6.12 5.88 6.28 5.79 6.02 6.56 5.30 6.07 6.53 5.52 6.38 5.25 5.70 6.30 7.00 5.27 6.14 5.41 5.53 6.38 6.32 6.42 5.49 6.15 6.15 6.25 5.76 5.89 5.50 6.46 5.81 sec. b17) Timings 5.70 6.47 6.14 5.85 6.16 6.16 6.32 6.11 6.07 6.43 5.95 6.38 6.47 5.82 6.06 6.48 5.91 6.15 6.00 5.86 6.57 6.01 5.77 6.14 7.04 5.63 5.73 7.03 5.34 7.13 5.11 5.42 7.35 5.41 6.10 5.82 6.57 6.70 5.82 5.54 6.52 5.57 6.29 5.81 6.51 5.43 6.07 6.30 6.34 6.25 5.64 6.94 5.85 6.28 5.92 5.59 6.51 6.34 5.78 12.06 (missed 1 flash) 3.15 3.26 5.96 2.78 3.87 4.89 3.45 3.84 4.71 3.50 3.95 sec. At the end of the pass a second maxima appeared; it were bright flashes F. mag 3. b18) Timings 6.14 6.08 6.32 6.21 6.03 6.27 5.91 6.27 6.35 6.62 5.92 5.92 6.15 6.63 6.65 5.80 6.55 6.56 6.19 5.93 6.16 6.56 6.24 6.83 5.25 6.00 6.21 6.81 5.76 6.66 .60 6.20 6.64 5.35 6.31 6.42 6.89 6.11 5.96 6.15 6.34 5.97 6.24 5.97 6.33 6.70 6.16 6.14 5.51 6.38 6.05 6.10 6.43 6.89 5.66 6.92 6.06 5.07 6.48 6.76 5.70 6.76 6.18 5.77 6.10 6.61 6.63 5.28 At end of pass sm. 4. b19) Timings 12.18 6.72 5.75 6.08 5.87 7.08 6.18 6.50 6.36 6.07 6.32 6.58 6.48 6.37 6.47 5.88 6.83 6.29 6.52 6.25 6.30 6.39 6.33 6.29 6.48 6.85 6.13 6.42 6.11 6.28 6.47 6.23 6.66 6.19 6.33 6.33 6.26 6.36 6.66 6.37 6.19 6.31 6.00 7.29 6.04 5.72 6.55 6.11 6.61 sec. Did not time the first flash. b20) Timings 6.64 6.74 6.06 6.74 6.30 6.41 6.69 6.26 6.65 6.77 5.96 6.47 5.85 6.46 6.11 6.70 6.88 6.47 5.78 6.89 5.97 6.39 6.85 6.07 6.65 5.92 6.76 6.78 6.68 2.16 3.66 6.00 3.30 3.61 6.59 2.18 3.66 5.39 3.52 3.91 6.28 2.54 4.47 5.36 2.77 3.67 6.15 2.86 3.45 6.98 2.17 3.77 6.43 2.87 4.04 5.68 sec. Later in the pass a sm F. mag 2 appeared. b21) Timings 5.88 6.91 5.81 6.51 6.35 6.63 6.02 6.02 6.36 6.73 6.21 6.29 6.46 6.14 6.64 6.05 6.30 6.80 6.85 5.76 6.43 6.54 5.49 6.57 6.39 6.32 6.60 6.28 6.25 6.11 sec. b22) Timings 6.03 7.06 6.68 6.28 7.06 7.02 6.44 6.46 6.18 6.95 7.10 5.58 6.51 7.02 6.76 6.22 6.33 6.44 7.76 5.81 7.00 6.68 6.53 6.69 6.62 6.61 6.94 6.76 6.38 5.30 sec. b23) Timings 6.55 6.86 6.96 6.52 7.20 6.05 7.36 6.81 7.43 5.88 7.41 6.49 7.06 5.55 7.34 6.89 6.41 7.21 6.72 6.73 7.01 6.95 6.63 6.78 6.57 6.86 6.44 7.09 5.56 6.87 7.45 6.58 6.93 6.71 6.88 6.78 6.09 6.69 7.64 6.42 Flashes from different surfaces give a rather irregular pattern. b24) Timings 6.36 8.58 7.28 6.88 8.06 7.53 7.54 7.52 7.93 6.96 7.17 7.82 7.68 7.50 7.54 8.57 8.23 7.70 7.83 6.85 7.71 8.05 7.39 7.23 7.44 7.80 7.41 7.50 7.41 7.03 sec. Large differences in individual timings. BJG's comment on this: Plotting "absolute" flash times in SYNODIC this looks like an unusually quick (for a Zenith-2) synodic (or phase?) shift. (BTW. adding the laps. I get 226.5 not 224.5 recording absolute timings has a reduced uncertainty "which, and how many, laps were incorrect. or just the sum?") There is only one transitional flash, at 120.92 s cumulative. Flashes before that one are recorded 2.36 to 0.88 s early wrt a multiple of 7.48; after that one they are 0.69 to 1.49 s late. Increasing the estimated period to 7.52 slightly evens out the spread 1.76 to 0.60 and 0.30 to 1.25 s. and the plot looks quite convincing. Assuming a triple period (22.55 s) there are of course three separate bands, each showing the phase shift. The individual spreads of the before/after timings are now 0.70 0.61 0.77 0.49 0.78 0.60. as opposed to 1.48 vs 1.16 0.95 s. With ~6-fold period (45.30 s) the largest spread is 0.67 s. but this has absurdly low statistical significance. with only two or three observations in each section. The "phase shift" was high in the N. b25) Timings 7.05 9.06 1.75 4.61 7.92 2.62 4.70 6.59 3.69 4.00 7.91 3.16 4.54 7.10 3.41 4.86 6.06 4.43 5.54 6.30 3.00 4.09 7.23 3.99 4.18 5.79 b26) Timings 7.39 7.71 7.63 7.74 7.25 7.92 6.79 7.71 8.66 7.37 7.59 6.86 7.91 7.78 7.93 7.19 8.07 7.23 7.05 8.03 7.28 8.53 7.03 7.96 5.87 8.94 7.83 7.40 8.02 7.89 5.56 8.42 7.07 7.92 7.28 7.87 7.03 8.25 7.89 6.99 b27) Timings 6.34 7.37 8.14 7.72 7.39 7.84 7.03 7.63 7.34 8.12 6.56 8.74 7.80 7.12 6.98 sm. not timed 8.75 3.02 4.14 7.36 4.14 4.18 7.30 3.34 4.79 6.49 3.63 4.83 7.01 3.48 4.60 7.29 3.15 5.06 7.46 3.29 4.75 6.50 b28) Timings 6.61 8.42 6.96 8.14 7.39 7.92 7.21 8.11 6.99 8.03 8.27 8.33 7.59 7.56 7.64 7.50 7.29 7.29 7.89 6.24 9.41 15.99 7.08 7.81 7.75 7.96 7.59 7.51 7.90 8.16 8.74 7.43 7.29 7.59 4.03 4.41 6.82 4.00 5.13 7.04 3.03 4.41 6.57 4.43 4.51 6.72 4.27 4.14 7.54 sec. First sm not timed. b29) Timings 7.53 7.83 7.44 9.09 7.97 7.53 7.46 8.20 8.12 7.52 7.51 8.15 8.03 7.66 8.67 7.65 2.93 5.06 7.90 2.72 5.23 7.90 sec. b30) Timings 8.59 6.93 8.38 7.98 7.22 7.63 7.97 8.80 8.25 7.91 9.79 6.23 6.77 8.24 7.98 8.79 7.24 8.03 7.60 8.52 6.96 7.50 8.75 9.00 7.27 8.44 8.78 6.90 7.10 8.65 7.82 8.75 7.46 3.95 4.40 7.32 3.72 5.35 6.76 3.99 5.16 7.56 3.42 4.84 8.10 7.10 7.61 8.97 8.14 7.32 6.71 8.48 9.22 sec. Almost the whole pass from low in the north till low in the south. The sm are visible a short time at around 30 deg elevation in the south. b31) Timings 7.63 8.39 8.28 8.10 8.59 6.92 8.61 8.17 7.69 9.08 7.64 8.38 8.31 8.35 6.90 8.88 7.84 8.51 8.14 7.88 sec. b32) Due to the still bright sky I just could observe the last part of the pass. Timings 7.89 4.14 4.60 7.91 3.93 3.99 7.76 4.50 3.42 8.11 5.19 3.42 7.14 5.39 3.43 7.68 9.32 7.46 8.02 7.70 8.73 8.36 17.07 23.34 7.87 9.24 7.21 8.57 sec. b33) Timings 7.95 7.21 8.71 6.77 8.95 8.76 7.80 9.06 7.11 8.75 7.22 9.03 7.46 8.65 7.57 8.72 8.03 3.76 4.64 8.62 3.36 4.56 7.74 3.82 5.16 8.29 3.12 4.48 8.37 3.03 5.55 7.18 3.57 5.16 7.70 3.72 5.39 6.57 9.14 7.93 8.54 6.89 9.57 7.61 7.78 8.31 7.63 sec. b34) Timings 16.09 8.59 8.00 9.00 7.53 8.29 16.68 8.31 8.68 7.71 8.37 8.96 7.32 6.86 9.77 8.05 8.94 7.76 17.09 8.42 7.59 8.61 8.38 7.54 8.30 9.12 7.25 9.01 5.66 11.51 3.66 5.04 8.13 3.46 5.03 7.84 3.37 5.46 7.66 3.61 5.59 5.86 5.12 5.10 7.49 4.33 5.09 4.89 8.18 9.84 9.42 6.58 8.24 9.19 7.74 7.90 16.36 8.62 8.73 7.18 8.86 7.75 16.71 8.61 7.79 8.30 8.35 8.77 8.33 sec. Almost the entire pass was timed from low in the north to low in the southeast. b35) Timings 7.53 10.08 8.49 8.15 8.18 8.05 8.42 9.46 9.15 8.75 8.54 8.25 8.30 9.23 2.88 5.29 7.76 3.84 5.88 7.27 4.08 4.95 7.92 4.22 4.75 8.57 4.14 5.25 7.48 9.15 8.06 9.19 8.30 8.73 8.23 8.49 8.25 sec Low easterly pass. several fainter sm before and after the timed ones. b36) Timings 8.01 9.86 8.17 9.28 7.81 8.80 8.73 8.26 8.75 8.17 9.48 8.05 9.11 8.59 9.34 8.11 4.64 5.44 7.39 4.39 4.57 7.96 4.14 4.78 7.76 4.85 4.90 7.37 9.51 7.87 8.77 8.66 8.24 8.60 8.52 8.86 8.29 9.83 sec. b37) Timings 8.25 8.72 8.70 8.74 7.11 9.78 8.37 9.39 8.42 9.93 7.82 8.80 7.38 10.57 7.04 11.09 8.10 19.18 (1 flash not timed) 7.30 9.07 7.85 8.75 9.69 9.65 8.33 8.95 9.03 sec. b38) Timings 8.44 9.39 8.11 8.82 9.58 9.33 8.96 8.50 8.62 10.47 7.58 8.87 9.77 9.15 9.06 8.93 8.39 4.32 4.93 9.59 3.34 5.07 9.08 3.71 6.47 8.04 3.80 6.90 4.71 6.29 5.72 8.44 8.87 sec. b39) Low easterly pass. 20-27 degrees elevation. Timings 9.00 9.73 8.64 8.53 10.82 9.65 7.85 10.34 8.56 9.92 10.00 9.79 7.60 10.82 9.64 8.46 10.17 sec and shadow-entry. b40) Timings 8.15 10.50 9.60 9.57 10.61 9.12 9.63 10.30 9.59 10.98 8.67 10.24 10.25 8.72 9.25 10.79 10.18 10.38 9.18 11.68 9.04 9.35 9.67 10.68 19.77(missed a flash) 9.36 10.34 9.65 9.85 10.34 10.45 8.67 sec. and shadowentry. b41) Timings 25.22 24.21 22.18 28.04 27.93 22.53 25.43 25.83 23.83 23.82 b42) Timings 25.36 27.26 23.15 27.12 28.37 23.97 28.41 24.22 sec And shadow entry. b43) Timings 31.29 22.84 27.59 27.72 27.00 sec. b44) Timings 24.38 29.09 26.68 28.06 24.32 25.66 26.33 39.44 sec. b45) Timings 25.83 28.47 27.52 27.21 27.42 28.21 27.59 30.91 28.36 sec b46) Timings 31.32 29.26 29.39 35.10 sec. Some flat maxima. b47) Timings 28.25 29.13 31.00 29.91 30.50 31.34 sec. b48) Timings 27.47 16.50 14.62 31.01 15.47 16.79 27.00 37.01 29.78 sec. Combined period? b49) Timings 37.36 31.97 39.79 32.95 34.58 sec. b50) Timings 33.57 36.25 35.92 36.67 sec. b51) Timings 35.84 35.35 34.90 31.40 36.03 35.25 sec. b52) Timings 36.39 35.19 [21.93 19.07] 36.37 36.61 36.96 36.71 34.92 36.43 sec. Timed 1 sec max. b53) Timings 38.36 35.72 36.78 37.20 35.62 sec. b54) Timings 37.72 38.60 20.12 15.98 40.11 19.11 20.43 sec. b55) Timings 40.32 35.47 37.05 47.06 sec. b56) Timings 34.44 49.08 41.99 41.90 39.39 sec. Second timing was late. b57) Timings 43.21 42.20 42.23 44.79 43.89 sec. b58) Timings 43.19 44.63 44.53 46.23 44.08 46.25 46.62 39.47 sec. b59) Timings 46.54 38.59 45.34 41.50 36.82 [30.46 21.98] 38.60 47.31 48.58 sec. Timed a sm, but the total time in brackets is too high for this period. Perhaps a phaseshift? b60) Timings 42.70 46.99 41.23 38.53 44.48 42.86 47.17 sec. b61) Timings 43.66 43.00 38.99 42.80 45.02 41.76 sec. b62) Timings 42.75 43.61 43.50 50.42 35.16 44.20 53.08 sec. b63) Timings 45.09 39.20 49.12 45.29 39.48 sec. b64) Timings 40.82 46.05 sec. Long flat maxima. b65) Timings 17.98 41.84 29.09 23.13 sec. Unable to get a P of these timings. b66) Timings 43.25 45.89 49.97 sec. Synodic effect? b67) Timings 42.91 50.40 50.66 38.20 sec. An almost overhead pass. b68) Timings 55.03 36.03 45.95 43.73 sec. b69) Timings 42.45 57.51 43.44 51.78 sec. Seems like two periods. b70) Timings 39.07 41.92 43.24 51.80 sec. b71) Timings 47.69 47.96 47.68 sec. Nice regular behavior. b72) Timings 47.33 46.85 sec. b73) Timings 49.52 47.40 55.05 49.58 sec. The longer flashtime raised the period. b74) Timings 50.48 49.92 sec. b75) Timings 45.35 53.43 57.72 45.53 sec. b76) Timings 89.54 84.06 sec. b77) Timings 109.07 113.61 sec. end 2001-056F 2002-001A 27168 USA 164 1) from 22:29 till 22:36 phase angle 12.0 - 13.0 deg binoculars and naked eye. end 2002-001A 2002-003A 27367 MDS 1 b1) Did two or three very bright flashes in the southeast, probably would have been visible without binoculars. end 2002-003A 2002-003B 27368 Dash/VEP-3 b1) Missed timing #2 flash - assumed in flash period end 2002-003B 2002-003C 27369 MDS 1 rocket [H-2A] b1) I have various obs which is a neat one with two flashes and a tumble every cycle. b2) asymm 11.1, 2.0 nice double maxima -- Timings 11.22, 1.94, 11.12, 2.02, 11.10, 2.07, 11.04, 2.07 b3) One +5 glint (timing #6) b4) On this pass, the A'FFA pattern seemed to make most sense. I timed every flash and max, and the first maximum of the cycle was the most repeatable. I have reported half this period before, so it may be a dp here, depending on the pass. b5) Timings 3.35 2.06 7.22(2A) 3.05 3.61 Eclipse time 20:02:58 14°/171°. b6) Timings [3.47] 2.27 7.92 1.67 4.00 2.42 7.43 1.96 3.99 3.27 6.77 1.85 4.01 2.80 7.91 1.16 4.02 2.22 7.03 2.66 4.03 2.50 6.66 2.72 3.98 2.25 5.94 3.71 4.00 2.14 9.76 4.07 [2.77 9.20] Timings in square brackets are not considered. Pattern magnitude is 5(5.5) (6)(6.5). Timings of F are: 15.86 15.80 15.90 15.89 15.94 15.86 15.90 15.97 Culmination 16°/175° at 19:39:20. b7) Nice flasher, range 7600 kms end 2002-003C 2002-003D 28237 MDS 1 fairing part b1) Some secondaries were invisible b2) Saw it again 15 minutes later; slower flash period than its twin end 2002-003D 2002-003E 28243 MDS 1 fairing part b1) Flashed brighter by 2 magnitues b2) Only saw a couple of secondary maxima; end 2002-003E 2002-004A 27370 HESSI 1) Very complex, used minima for timing. Note I saw it as steady the previous night. end 2002-004A 2002-009B 27387 Envisat rocket [Ariane 5] b1) The flare occurred almost in zenith. For the rest S, 4 end 2002-09B 2002-011B 27390 TDRS 9 rocket [Centaur] b1) Laps: 63.87 69.31 64.52 85.55 61.10 33.21 73.08 69.18 b2) Finally derived a period after several attempts; it is significantly different from other observers' reports end 2002-011B 2002-017A 27409 Kosmos 2388 (Oko) 1) Originally identified as 1993-068A. 2) Last night at BCRC, there were a lot of clouds in the early evening. So we were looking in the holes for possible satellites and I noticed a flash up in the northeast near a bright star in Cassiopeia. The object turned out to be Cosmos 2388 (27409, 02-17A). It flashed to as bright as magnitude 5 over the next 40 minutes as it gradually moved south and the range decreased from 15000 miles to 11000 miles. It seemed to be fading at the end as the sun-satellite-observer angle must have been changing to be less favorable. 2007 Oct 9 (Times are UT) 27409 Cosmos 2388 (02-17A) Hrs Min Alt Azi Range(miles) 1 20 40 41 15152 1 30 39 45 14229 1 40 38 50 13258 1 50 37 55 12242 2 0 35 61 11190 The period was measured over 38 minutes as 3.377 seconds. This object last maneuvered about 2006 day 328. At that time, the mean motion increased instead of the appropriate decrease. end 2002-017A 2002-021A 27421 SPOT 5 1) at 23Uma; might be 1996-024A, don’t remember the exact location end 2002-021A 2002-022A 27424 Aqua 1) two flashes +2.5 at gamDra, S +2.8 at lamOph end 2002-022A 2002-024A 27430 Hai Yang 1 b1) Original reported intervals: 4.96 2.38 1.46 5.22 0.59 1.06 6.78 27.36 12.95 BD's reasoning: drop 4.96 2.38 and 1.46 resulting in (5.22+0.59+1.06) 6.78 (27.36 (/4=6.84)) (12.95 (/2=6.48)) b2) July 9 UTC: First, 4:18:41.61 -- 1.53, 8.52, 4.20, 35.70, 25.88, 2.85, 20.51, 4.14, 24.60, 19.95, 6.09, 24.26, 24.65, 19.34 -- 4:22:23.83 The last one, low in the north, was seen by Fred without binoculars as I watched it with my 8x42, and he estimated it as significantly brighter than Arcturus (alpha BOO), probably -1. Some of the others were quite bright as well. b3) Here are raw times for July 10 UTC when it was east of the zenith, it was much less exciting. : First, 3:50:45.30 -- 35.10, 23.31, 54.34 -- 3:52:38.05 b4) bright flasher with many mag. 0 flashes, roughly 8, 4, 4 seconds apart. Sometimes the middle flash misses. b5) clicks: 7.91, 7.19, 8.50, 7.25, 8.11, 7.73 (very low in NW after shadow exit, not easy due to faintness and flat maxima; maxima maybe +6.5 at brightest) b6) had a much more favorable pass and was much brighter, but blow-off cirrus cloud from far-away thunderstorms interfered. For what they might be worth, I got these clicks (with only the first three not through cloud): (0.80 7.56 7.46) (4.92, 4.22 5.33 2.26) (7.45, 8.61) BD provided grouping. b7) some flashes -1 Timings [3.73 3.57 7.20] [5.13 3.71 7.38] [4.60 3.64 7.16] [4.83 3.82 6.98] [5.56 3.50 7.18] [4.83 3.99 7.82] [4.50 3.66 12.11 3.82 7.93](2) [8.06 12.13 3.86 8.06](2) sec. Combined period; last timing in each group was a bright flash, some to mag -1. b8) Unexpected nice flasher observed naked eye, SSE to NW, culmination estimated 65° W; F'F', +2 (3 flashes +0.5)->i. Identified by BJG and BD; Timings 8.30 9.29 8.83 (3.11 5.64) 8.48 (3.50 5.43) 9.34 b9) Timings 3.72, 7.06, 4.10, 3.53, 7.70, 4.31, 3.99, 7.01, 4.17, 3.59, 7.50, 4.09, 3.86, 6.15*, 5.19, (* probable early click by mistake) 3.98, 11.35, 3.65, 6.83**, 4.75, (** possibly one of the -2 flashes) 3.55, 11.70, 3.94, 7.28, 3.88 b10) Timings 6.56 9.12 6.41 (3.85 3.36) 7.07 7.34 8.00 (3.43 3.61) 7.28 7.37 7.03 (4.40 3.77) 7.08 b11) Combined period and possible phaseshift at the beginning. Timings (8.00 3.58 3.12) (3.58 3.91 6.62) (3.71 3.95 6.06) (4.47 3.53 6.60) (3.87 3.49 6.34) (4.55 3.62 6.57) (4.26 3.85 6.49) b12) Timings 36.13 41.74 sec. b13) Timings 5.42 4.64 17.97 [9.47 8.05] 42.96 17.31 17.77 15.01 8.81 17.37 sec. b14) Timings 17.59 25.78 61.63 21.03 18.78 37.33 sec. Missed several max. b15) Timings 27.95 27.69 28.47 54.34 sec. b16) F 18.98 a 41.34 a4 23.17 a3 (a4 is round max with mag +4; etc) b17) Timings 119.94(5) 22.27 22.85 23.70 b18) only three flashes with 1st -4, second counted as secondary and 3rd the 1st of a new group, that did not appear. b19) Timings 15.30 (6.92 5.83) (7.88 6.98) (6.97 5.85) (8.41 5.58) (8.57 5.23) (8.20 6.34) (13.28) b20) Initially the flash pattern was: faint max followed by a double max of which the 1st was also faint. This pattern was sometimes replaced by two equal max. At the end all periods had equal intervals and max. Timings in which groups are distinghuised: 4.38 + 8.49 = 12.87 (faint + faint-max) 6.21 + 6.40 = 12.61 4.93 + 8.34 = 13.27 4.79 + 8.15 = 12.94 4.65 + 8.55 = 13.20 6.26 13.11 did I miss two maxima? 6.83 6.71 + 6.71 = 13.42 5.68 + 7.45 = 13.13 6.67 19.30 no max in between! 6.54 + 6.88 = 13.42 6.14 + 6.94 = 13.08 6.62 + 6.43 = 13.05 b21) timings and groups counting to one period within parentheses (8.58 10.39) (6.47 11.88) (6.34 1.53 12.68) (7.82 10.47) (5.90 13.49) (9.10 9.95) (5.97 14.19) (8.25 10.10) (9.36 9.75) (8.66 11.32) (5.32 3.76 10.24) ((9.26 9.34) Mostly the maxima were alternating bright and faint. b22) +2.0->inv; Timings and groupings: (9.53 16.82) (9.52 3.15 13.10) (10.11 1.96 15.02) (11.26 14.39) (11.90 15.38) May be more correct: (9.53 16.82 9.52 3.15 13.10) = 52.12 (10.11 1.96 15.02 11.26 14.39) = 52.74 resulting in an average of 52.43 b23) Timings 8.52 7.19 8.82 7.94 7.87 15.65(2A) 8.43 7.69 8.87 6.69 9.59 7.13 9.31 6.72 8.87 Culmination 88°/061° at 20:45:52. b24) Timings 11.05 9.16 8.56 11.83 10.83 9.96 8.60 11.66 10.22 10.65 7.66 11.84 11.94 7.88 9.34 12.09 8.80 10.83 8.26 12.79 8.45 12.07 Culmination 39°/262° at 21:08:32. b25) Timings 11.94 9.06 9.45 10.40 8.59 11.10 35.12(3A) 8.75 31.59(3) 42.32(4) 32.43(3) 10.04 11.56 9.59 11.07 9.65 11.94 The last part of the obs shows an asymmetric behaviour. Culmination 61°/072° at 20:1:04. b26) Timings: 9.85 9.63 10.65 10.07 9.52 9.85 10.73 9.14 9.99 10.10 10.55 10.76 9.52 10.32 Eclipse at 20:15:48 38°/017°. b27) Timings: 20.53 20.99 21.06 19.09 39.83(2A) 19.60 Predicted exit from eclipse 41°/291° at 20:34:24. b28) Timings: 12.90 12.95 13.13 13.80 12.53 12.63 12.93 Expected exit from eclipse 23°/029° at 19:14:55 b29) Timings: 19.57 20.52 19.55 17.58 22.06 18.25 21.74 18.03 4542 culmination 53°/261° at 20:02:19. b30) Timings: 19.18 19.39 22.66 19.21 19.18 18.93 20.76 17.64 22.78 16.93 20.86 19.05 4542 Culmination 22?/268? at 20:44:18. end 2002-024A 2002-024C 27432 Feng Yun 1D rocket [?] b1) Timings 35.29 74.59 sec. One flat maxima not timed. end 2002-024C 2002-026B 27437 Kosmos 2389 rocket [Kosmos] b1) Timings on every 2nd flash: 4.20 4.36 4.26 4.38 4.31 4.31 4.12 4.48 4.26 4.47 4.22 4.40 4.20 4.43 4.48 sec. end 2002-026B 2002-036B 27465 Kosmos 2391 b1) Timings 11.58 11.70 11.65 11.86 12.00 11.87 12.52 11.58 [2.65 9.20] [2.83 8.12] 11.28 sec. Two timings with double max. end 2002-036B 2002-036C 27466 Kosmos 2390 rocket [Kosmos] b1) Timings 14.04 14.71 12.36 14.47 14.42 13.72 14.07 13.10 14.86 15.00 sec. b2) Timings 14.61 14.32 14.52 14.52 14.93 29.57 14.83 14.49 15.21. b3) Timings 13.97 14.78 14.28 15.14 14.45 14.55 14.32 15.04 14.22 14.42 14.97 14.23 [15.32] b4) Timings [13.72] 14.25 14.25 14.66 14.12 14.88 14.68 15.03 14.44 15.08 13.92 14.63 14.90 14.41 15.53 13.68 14.38 15.87 12.54 16.00 13.62 15.04 14.03 15.37 13.97 14.75 14.40 14.96 14.00 14.89 14.03 b5) Timings 15.80 13.68 14.61 15.07 14.29 13.91 15.77 13.38 15.38 14.18 15.63 14.25 13.78 14.56 14.97 14.44 15.53 13.59 15.41 14.51 28.90(2A) 15.16 14.59 b6) Timings 14.91 15.19 15.94 14.56 14.81 14.79 15.18 14.69 15.72 14.69 15.16 14.56 15.03 15.00 14.97 14.84 15.12 14.60 14.72 15.22 14.55 14.35 14.81 15.07 14.68 14.48 14.93 14.40 14.96 14.97 14.51 14.54 14.69 14.90 b7) Timings 3.16 3.41 3.29 3.00 3.81 3.28 3.41 3.31 3.22 3.40 3.28 3.38 3.46 3.16 3.54 3.28 3.22 3.37 3.56 3.28 3.34 3.35 3.19 3.36 3.39 3.35 3.43 3.38 3.37 3.25 3.47 3.22 3.40 3.35 3.40 3.06 3.48 3.34 3.44 3.22 33.48 33.48 b8) Timings 2.69 2.76 2.91 2.85 2.81 2.77 2.89 2.96 3.00 5.60 2.93 2.86 2.79 2.87 2.80 2.84 2.78 2.92 2.84 2.94 2.79 2.88 2.74 3.02 2.74 3.01 2.79 2.96 sec. b9) Timings 2.77 2.82 2.81 2.58 3.10 2.90 2.70 2.87 2.81 2.89 2.83 2.78 2.74 2.89 2.76 2.88 2.78 2.92 2.69 2.92 2.84 2.86 2.77 2.84 2.78 2.92 2.87 2.81 2.82 2.75 2.73 2.86 2.76 2.90 2.86 2.76 2.82 2.83 2.82 2.96 sec. b10) Timings 2.58 2.79 2.61 5.61 2.71 2.60 2.72 2.61 2.89 sec. b11) Timings 25.54 (10 fl) 2.58 2.47 2.57 2.38 2.72 2.47 2.62 2.38 2.67 2.60 2.58 2.59 2.58 2.44 2.62 2.47 2.60 2.62 2.53 2.59 2.59 2.48 2.63 2.49 2.58 2.40 2.69 2.58 2.59 2.51 2.69 2.28 2.70 2.59 2.54 2.41 2.69 2.48 2.69 2.59 sec. b12) Timings 2.45 2.56 2.56 2.59 2.35 2.72 2.51 2.55 2.53 2.63 25.41(10A) 25.59(10) 25.50(10) 25.53(10) 25.53(10) 25.38(10) 25.59(10) 25.43(10) 25.48(10) 25.47(10) 25.44(10) 25.40(10) 25.50(10) 25.69(10) 7.41(3) 2.71 5.06(2) 2.49 5.07(2) 2.54 12.78(5) b13) Timings 2.25 2.34 2.37 2.29 2.12 2.53 2.41 2.37 2.12 2.35 23.56(10A) 2.29 2.31 2.40 2.29 2.19 2.40 2.44 2.34 2.18 2.51 23.34(10) 11.63(5) 2.31 2.37 7.07(3) 6.93(3) 2.35 2.19 2.43 2.35 2.42 2.23 2.35 2.37 b14) Timings 2.13 2.16 2.10 2.22 2.15 2.25 2.08 2.27 2.09 2.19 21.72(10) 21.84(10) 21.72(10) 21.75(10) 21.74(10) 21.82(10) 21.93(10) 216.29(99.5A) 3.25 (1.5A) 6.62(3) 1.77 8.92(4) 1.08 1.04 1.16 1.00 21.78(10) 2.19 2.35 8.68(4) 2.03 2.09 2.29 2.31 2.10 6.53(3) 8.47(4) 2.28 6.62(3) 2.08 4.32(2) 2.16 2.19 4.32(2) 2.28 2.00 2.34 2.10 4.36(2) 4.29(2) 4.31(2) 4.40(2) 2.16 2.16 2.09 2.10 2.25 2.17 13.27(6) 2.05 2.10 2.19 2.03 2.28 2.10 2.34 2.09 2.41 Mag +5->inv at the beginning of observation before culmination. mag +7 in the second part of observation where I noted some half period maxima and I missed many. b15) also +8->inv Timings 1 .92 1.91 1.93 1.91 1.97 2.00 1.90 1.87 1.91 3.90(2A) 2.00 1.87 1.89 19.28(10) 19.38(10)) 19.28(10) 19.21(10) 19.32(10) 19.28(10) 19.28(10) 19.28(10) 19.32(10) 19.19(10) 19.31(10) 19.28(10) 19.28(10) 19.22(10) 19.31(10) 27.09(14) 3.72(2) 13.53(7) 19.22(10) 44.33(23) 30.80(16) 3.84(2) 3.88(2) 3.78(2) 7.81(4) From two thirds on of the trajectory mag +8->inv. Noticed secondary flashes mag +8.5. b16) Timings 1.80 1.84 1.90 1.85 1.93 1.84 1.93 1.86 1.85 1.93 1.85 1.83 1.95 1.84 1.89 1.83 1.94 1.87 1.91 1.84 1.88 1.84 18.88(10A) 11.28(6) 3.93(2) 3.60(2) 3.75(2) 37.97(20) 3.59(2) Sky partially clouded. Followed before entering clouds definitively. b17) Timings 3.09(2F) 9.27(6) 1.37 6.19(4) 1.44 1.62 4.47(3) 1.50 7.69(5) 1.58 1.48 1.50 1.50 3.13(2) 1.30 1.51 1.58 3.17(2) 5.97(4) 1.50 1.53 3.12(2) 4.58(3) 1.45 1.52 1.52 1.51 1.61 1.43 1.67 1.46 3.10(2) 1.65 1.25 1.69 4.56(3) 1.50 1.44 1.53 1.60 1.49 1.47 1.47 3.19(2) 10.66(7) 1.46 4.66(3) 1.41 3.09(2) 4.58(3) 1.58 1.56 1.44 3.16(2) 9.12(6) 15.24(10) Several flashes skipped due to disturbing little clouds. b18) Timings 3.26(2A) 3.28(2) 3.26(2) 7.40(4.5) 19.69(12) 46.87(28.5) 6.40(4) 16.38(10) 1.72 1.60 27.71(17) 1.10(0.5) 12.09(7.5) 4.33(2.5) 7.23(4.5) 3.25 1.75 1.50 4.98(3) 1.56 11.53(7) 5.20(3) 7.92(5) 1.56 1.52 1.83 1.69 196.80(120) 1.54 1.62 1.66 1.66 1.56 1.62 1.66 1.63 1.71 1.57 1.68 1.60 1.50 1.69 1.71 1.79 1.55 1.60 1.69 1.62 1.60 1.62 1.69 1.69 1.59 1.69 1.56 1.69 1.60 13.06(8) 1.68 1.53 1.79 1.62 1.61 1.58 1.72 1.70 1.55 1.65 1.60 1.75 1.56 1.56 6.81(4) 1.56 6.60(4) 1.56 1.69 1.53 1.69 1.66 1.55 1.65 1.74 1.56 1.62 1.63 1.78 1.56 1.62 1.50 1.88 4.85(3) 1.56 1.65 1.63 1.56 1.88 1.59 1.65 b19) Timings 1.93 1.54 5.15(3) 1.65 1.73 3.43(2) 1.63 1.72 1.62 3.32(2) 5.65(3) 3.03(2) 1.66 3.31(2) 1.83 3.30(2) 1.70 13.65(8) 1.87 1.49 3.31(2) 3.45(2) 5.15(3) 6.79(4) 1.74 3.41(2) 10.21(6) 331.48(195) I lost the sat because of the presence of clouds and after 331.48 seconds I got only one timing which seems to confirm perfectly the 1.700 period! b20) Timings 3.53(2A) 1.69 1.62 1.82 1.65 1.91 1.62 1.79 1.71 1.84 1.66 1.69 1.78 1.77 1.70 1.81 1.72 7.10(4) 1.81 1.66 1.87 8.38(5) 3.87(2) 3.50(2) 3.59(2) 1.73 1.65 8.84(5) 1.66 1.87 1.69 1.69 1.78 10.59(6) 1.75 1.69 10.60(6) 1.78 1.70 10.58(6) 3.56(2) 7.06(4) 1.66 1.78 1.78 8.78(5) 3.51 3.49 3.53 10.59(6) 3.51(2) 3.50(2) 3.44(2) 3.65(2) 3.55(2) b21) Timings 3.61(2A) 3.55(2) 1.93 1.55 3.58(2) 3.51(2) 3.53(2) 3.54(2) 1.93 1.56 3.66(2) 3.44(2) 1.90 1.66 3.56(2) 3.58(2) 1.71 5.33(3) 3.54(2) 1.81 1.74 1.84 1.67 3.59(2) 3.54(2) 5.46(3) 3.44(2) 1.65 1.88 1.69 7.11(4) 1.80 1.78 51.55(29) b22) Timings 5.95 4.06 5.94 5.97 6.06 1.91 4.00 2.12 1.94 3.91 3.94 2.09 1.97 3.96 2.10 1.94 4.00 3.96 3.98 4.02 3.88 4.03 3.97 4.10 4.00 3.90 3.97 6.03 5.97 6.03 8.00 9.97 6.03 4.00 6.06 5.85 5.97 4.02 b23) Timings 1.93 2.03 1.97 1.97 2.00 2.10 2.06 2.15 1.85 2.20 2.00 1.92 2.15 2.00 2.07 2.06 2.06 2.04 2.00 2.15 2.10 2.06 1.91 2.18 1.91 1.97 2.12 2.07 1.97 2.03 2.15 1.91 2.12 2.00 2.08 1.97 1.95 1.72 2.49 2.04 2.00 2.00 2.13 1.90 2.12 2.07 1.97 2.06 1.81 2.13 2.22 1.91 2.12 2.00 2.16 2.03 2.00 2.09 2.00 2.11 2.00 1.92 2.12 2.19 1.94 2.03 b24) Timings 2.03 1.97 1.97 2.00 2.10 2.06 2.15 1.85 2.20 2.00 1.92 2.15 2.00 2.07 2.06 2.06 2.04 2.00 2.15 2.10 2.06 1.91 2.18 1.91 1.97 2.12 2.07 1.97 2.03 2.15 1.91 2.12 2.00 2.08 1.97 1.95 1.72 2.49 2.04 2.00 2.00 2.13 1.90 2.12 2.07 1.97 2.06 1.81 2.13 2.22 1.91 2.12 2.00 2.16 2.03 2.00 2.09 2.00 2.11 2.00 1.92 2.12 2.19 1.94 4.06 b25) Timings 2.11 2.12 2.12 2.14 1.94 2.26 2.29 1.93 2.03 2.39 2.15 2.03 2.29 2.24 2.00 2.18 2.22 2.03 1.91 2.38 1.96 2.22 2.22 2.12 2.16 2.22 2.05 2.25 2.14 2.01 1.99 2.27 2.32 2.11 2.19 2.10 1.98 2.31 2.19 2.04 2.11 2.25 2.22 2.10 1.99 2.16 2.36 2.20 2.07 2.04 2.14 2.10 2.13 2.29 2.18 2.17 2.10 2.13 2.03 15.25(7A) 2.04 2.33 1.98 2.18 2.03 2.25 2.16 2.10 2.16 2.10 2.25 2.24 2.06 2.20 2.23 2.16 2.06 2.12 4.27(2) 2.30 2.10 1.90 43.40(20) 1.93 2.38 2.16 2.16 2.17 2.11 2.18 2.07 2.25 2.03 2.25 2.21 2.15 2.05 21.75(10) 2.04 2.15 2.21 2.13 2.17 2.19 2.13 2.13 2.19 2.13 2.25 2.11 2.18 2.21 2.07 2.24 2.13 2.15 21.58(10) 2.05 2.22 2.16 4.38(2) 2.06 2.11 2.19 2.14 2.14 2.20 2.19 2.05 2.19 2.25 2.09 2.22 2.15 2.07 2.17 2.08 2.16 2.29 Culmination 57°/284° at 20:14:36 b26) Flash not seen at first, but was = to A by end of apparition b27) Timings every 10th flash: 4.98 4.99 5.47 5.58 5.77 5.81 5.48 5.63 5.48 sec. Sat was running about 3 min late using recent TLE. b28) Timings 3.62 4.04 4.10 3.95 3.95 4.01 3.98 3.93 3.73 4.10 3.95 4.08 3.94 3.92 4.33 3.72 3.93 4.06 3.25 4.53 4.06 3.90 4.07 3.73 4.14 4.01 3.84 4.10 3.98 3.77 4.03 4.06 3.88 3.97 4.06 3.94 3.84 4.28 3.81 4.00 3.88 4.07 3.85 3.94 4.15 3.77 4.40 3.67 4.02 3.92 4.05 3.88 Culmination 50°/088° at 18:07:44. b29) Timings 3.78 3.45 3.77 3.28 4.19 3.72 3.69 3.66 3.71 3.69 3.70 3.72 3.67 3.91 3.44 3.54 3.59 3.77 3.94 3.53 3.69 3.41 4.09 3.73 3.61 3.64 3.72 3.59 3.83 3.60 3.72 3.73 3.71 3.56 3.87 3.60 3.77 3.53 3.88 3.57 3.71 3.75 3.61 3.61 3.86 3.50 3.77 3.84 3.62 3.66 3.91 3.97 3.25 3.56 [3.97] Culmination 37°/085° at 16:36:27. b30) Timings 2.83 2.66 2.88 2.67 2.74 2.66 2.84 2.78 2.74 2.65 2.93 2.72 2.75 2.71 2.81 2.60 2.89 2.81 2.86 2.50 2.92 2.74 2.76 2.84 2.72 2.75 2.63 2.87 2.69 2.72 2.76 2.92 2.69 2.81 2.71 2.52 2.99 2.78 2.77 2.94 2.70 2.67 2.80 2.77 2.85 2.78 2.64 2.88 2.64 2.81 2.75 2.66 2.84 2.77 2.90 2.46 2.90 2.72 2.69 [2.77] Culmination 34°/070° at 19:55:13. b31) Timings: 3.47 3.59 3.53 3.57 3.43 3.72 3.47 3.47 3.53 3.59 3.62 3.54 3.41 3.62 3.53 3.56 3.58 3.52 7.20(2A) 3.47 3.51 3.51 3.62 3.45 3.61 3.46 3.65 3.39 3.60 3.54 3.60 3.40 3.66 3.49 3.60 3.57 3.58 3.59 3.29 3.67 3.72 3.35 3.64 3.50 3.58 3.56 3.48 3.58 3.51 3.53 3.66 3.45 3.51 3.73 10.66(3) 3.29 3.66 3.59 3.76 3.48 3.33 3.49 3.46 3.48 3.85 3.55 3.64 3.31 3.52 7.58(2) Into eclipse at 21:38:30 43°/344°. b32) Timings: 3.76 3.56 3.55 3.76 3.59 3.65 3.58 3.86 3.85 3.56 3.72 3.48 3.39 3.97 3.72 3.56 3.78 3.69 3.79 3.48 3.48 3.75 3.37 3.76 3.57 3.71 3.64 3.26 3.97 3.78 3.67 3.69 Culmination 41°/273° at 21:15:31. b33) Intermediate flashes near culmination were nearly on hp time, and mag +6 or dimmer. b34) Timings: 4.48 4.63 5.13 4.57 4.80 5.06 4.51 4.84 4.72 4.96 4.78 4.44 4.92 4.94 4.75 4.72 4.65 4.31 5.63 4.43 9.31(2F) 5.19 4.96 4.68 4.69 4.82 4.63 4.88 4.59 4.91 4.86 4.75 4.73 4.81 4.78 5.02 4.58 4.52 4.94 4.74 4.71 4.96 4.70 4.84 13.88(3) 5.62 4.14 4.97 4.64 4.90 4.76 Predicted eclipse exit 51?/001? at 20:34:22. b35) AR reports 03036C, BD assumes it is 02036C and uses this id. eml to AR to vfy. Timings: 7.55 8.56 7.96 7.63 7.94 7.34 7.94 8.19 7.90 7.75 7.61 8.27 7.72 7.87 8.10 8.02 7.57 Culm. 25°/294 at 19:36:06. b36) Timings: 69.90(6F) 11.43 5.82 5.87 5.89 5.67 5.67 5.77 6.19 6.26 5.13 5.49 6.22 5.15 6.45 6.12 11.69 4641 culmination 31°/069° at 20h11m29s. b37) Timings: 11.39 11.33 11.93 11.60 11.84 11.22 11.75 11.85 11.68 11.03 13.10 10.38 12.41 10.75 13.08 10.78 11.22 11.41 12.53 11.03 12.42 10.85 11.92 11.61 4641 culmination 80°/083° at 21h17m52s b38) Timings: 12.78 11.77 12.61 11.70 12.14 12.62 12.00 12.08 11.96 12.04 12.57 11.83 4542 culmination 78?/083? at 19:37:54. end 2002-036C 2002-037A 27470 Kosmos 2392 1) RA 08:34 dec +4.4 Az 234 alt 30 range 2897 km end 2002-037A 2002-037D 27473 Kosmos 2392 rocket-2 b1) Timings 12.45 7.73 7.72 9.66 8.29 8.19 6.40 sec. Best fit with Synodic is P=3.20 sec. b2) Timings 16.01 13.39 13.09 26.82 17.75 25.12 sec. A bit Irr. Perhaps together with the second pass and Synodic a pattern can be established. b3) Timings 15.93 25.46 19.57 22.86 sec. P=42 sec? b4) Timings 59.08 62.67 108.32(2A) 53.76 115.08(2A) end 2002-037D 2002-037E 27474 Kosmos 2391 aux. motor b1) Timings 16.88 17.56 19.63 19.32 18.83 17.15 sec. b2) estimate due to clouds end 2002-037E 2002-042D ? b1) Timings 9.44 25.61 7.89 27.09 8.50 26.47 8.69 26.24 9.08 25.89 9.09 25.95 8.91 26.06 8.75 26.08 8.78 26.11 b2) Timings 9.39 25.84 8.71 26.51 9.03 26.22 9.16 26.18 9.19 13.27 12.86 4.84 4.60 13.11 12.82 9.33 26.11 9.15 2.72 23.22 9.42 26.08 8.81 26.28 9.52 25.82 9.61 25.93 9.20 26.05 9.22 23.56 2.76 35.06 9.03 26.32 8.92 19.66 7.02 8.76 19.35 7.31 9.30 25.70 8.93 26.67 8.62 26.35 8.84 26.68 8.60 26.56 8.73 26.90 8.32 27.02 8.27 26.99 8.24 27.03 b3) Timings [11.11] (5.81 32.81) (5.36 33.00) (4.32 24.13 10.13) (4.22 34.47) 38.96 39.29 115.84(3F) [9.32] Flashes in square brackets not considered. end 2002-042D 2002-046B 27535 Nadezhda-M 1 rocket [Kosmos] b1) Timings 13.04 14.56 11.26 19.18 13.78 16.11 14.54 sec. b2) Timings 47.45 48.69 sec. b3) Timings 47.43 46.11 47.63 49.33 sec. b4) Timings 44.90 46.68 47.93 49.79 sec. b5) Timings 79.53 100.90 sec. b6) Timings 3.22 3.10 2.64 3.69 2.87 3.16 3.12 3.19 3.47 3.06 3.20 3.27 2.82 3.41 3.21 3.12 2.91 3.19 3.16 3.33 3.05 3.49 3.22 3.06 2.91 3.53 21.82(7A) 3.55 3.16 3.24 3.02 3.32 3.09 3.20 3.19 3.00 3.18 3.32 3.16 3.08 3.26 3.25 3.11 3.30 3.09 3.16 3.23 3.24 137.05(43) 3.04 3.09 3.22 3.17 3.21 3.18 3.08 3.24 3.15 3.25 3.17 3.24 3.12 3.13 3.28 3.11 3.22 3.23 3.19 3.13 3.22 3.17 3.18 3.18 3.20 3.12 15.96(5) 3.04 3.26 3.19 3.07 3.31 3.19 3.13 3.24 3.01 3.41 3.01 3.32 3.06 3.28 3.17 3.09 3.14 3.26 3.22 3.14 [3.17] Culmination 78°/092° at 19:55:44. b7) Timings 2.82 3.00 3.10 2.97 3.31 2.89 3.23 3.09 3.13 3.19 3.07 3.21 3.15 3.10 2.83 3.07 3.35 3.19 3.16 2.90 3.35 3.02 3.13 3.13 3.31 2.94 2.87 3.41 3.31 3.06 2.82 3.30 3.13 2.85 3.50 2.97 3.20 3.17 3.22 3.06 3.10 3.21 3.13 3.03 3.10 3.18 3.19 2.96 3.23 3.03 3.19 3.15 3.12 3.10 3.16 3.02 3.29 3.06 3.13 3.09 3.13 3.18 3.12 3.07 Culmination 22°/083° at 19:21:13 . b8) Timings 3.03 3.05 3.11 3.13 4.00 2.20 2.95 3.25 3.22 3.09 3.29 2.93 3.07 2.98 3.30 2.98 3.06 3.13 3.47 3.03 2.64 3.28 3.41 3.17 3.17 3.09 3.02 2.64 3.63 3.19 3.16 3.06 3.30 3.00 3.18 2.70 3.41 3.02 3.35 3.19 3.06 12.66(4A) 3.06 3.03 3.22 9.20(3) 3.30 3.08 3.13 3.22 2.96 3.17 3.25 3.03 3.07 3.34 3.16 3.04 3.27 .10 3.06 3.24 3.10 15.72(5) 3.24 3.16 2.99 3.11 3.22 3.27 2.98 3.25 3.03 3.34 3.03 3.22 2.96 3.17 3.09 3.19 3.18 3.16 3.13 3.16 3.04 3.17 3.28 3.02 3.03 3.23 3.16 3.07 3.13 3.21 3.06 3.16 3.16 3.12 3.06 3.20 3.12 3.13 3.08 3.25 3.00 3.24 3.10 3.13 3.15 3.11 3.10 3.15 3.11 3.10 3.22 3.06 3.17 3.20 3.11 3.11 3.23 Culmination 56°/282° at 20:06:16. b9) The maxima were alternating bright and faint. b10) Timings 4.75 4.77 4.83 4.90 4.85 4.93 4.73 4.98 4.99 4.86 4.84 4.87 4.65 5.20 4.81 4.95 4.79 5.01 4.48 5.19 4.87 4.97 4.90 4.91 4.92 14.96(3A) 4.87 4.65 4.94 4.83 4.89 4.93 4.90 4.92 4.75 5.11 4.85 4.90 4.95 4.95 Culmination 17°/294° at 17:43:17. b11) Timings 4.76 4.68 4.76 4.74 4.99 4.72 4.93 4.78 4.92 4.66 4.90 4.81 4.85 4.70 4.95 4.64 4.99 4.73 4.80 4.56 5.07 4.82 4.88 4.71 4.72 4.87 4.90 4.77 4.83 4.26 5.30 4.81 4.85 4.69 4.85 4.49 5.14 4.82 Culmination 78°/093° at 17:42:19. b12) Timings 4.88 4.87 4.47 4.95 5.05 4.80 4.67 4.95 4.65 4.99 4.85 4.68 4.94 4.81 4.78 4.88 4.84 4.88 4.78 4.60 9.78(2A) 4.87 4.84 4.82 4.74 4.85 4.91 4.81 4.69 4.96 4.76 4.84 4.84 4.77 4.78 4.92 4.96 4.69 4.75 4.98 4.73 4.79 4.32 5.32 4.80 Culmination 41°/088° at 16:53:16. b13) Timings 2.91 3.23 2.97 3.46 3.07 3.13 6.51(2) 3.13 3.25 3.10 3.12 3.06 3.34 3.13 3.30 15.92(5) 3.17 3.09 3.36 3.00 3.26 3.04 3.30 3.23 3.25 3.17 3.10 3.16 3.15 3.25 3.15 3.26 3.15 3.04 3.28 3.20 3.19 3.30 3.09 3.16 3.21 2.54 3.27 3.76 3.24 3.08 3.29 3.25 2.95 Culmination 57°/282° at 20:23:53. b14) Timings 3.12 3.06 3.35 3.19 3.19 3.16 3.21 3.22 3.22 3.06 3.40 3.03 3.32 3.18 3.26 3.18 3.25 3.16 3.25 3.23 3.20 3.19 6.38(2) 3.25 3.15 3.29 3.22 3.25 3.21 3.07 3.25 3.19 3.22 3.32 3.02 3.26 3.03 3.53 3.22 Culmination 32°/288° at 20:09:55 b15) Timings 3.35 3.73 3.67 3.87 3.62 3.91 3.67 3.78 3.61 3.97 3.76 3.68 3.72 3.77 3.79 3.89 3.53 3.92 3.54 3.97 3.76 3.57 3.92 3.78 3.87 3.60 3.59 4.09 3.66 3.89 3.45 3.91 3.78 3.83 3.82 3.81 3.45 3.87 3.78 3.88 3.72 3.68 3.59 4.01 3.53 3.93 3.47 4.02 3.72 3.93 3.75 3.40 4.09 3.85 3.63 3.38 4.21 3.43 3.78 2.63 1.53 3.84 2.36 1.19 3.73 3.76 2.63 1.46 2.09 1.62 7.54(2A) 3.71 2.03 1.75 3.82 3.56 4.04 2.83 1.07 1.73 1.83 1.75 1.95 2.08 1.67 1.96 1.75 4.09 1.66 1.88 At start A, +7.5->inv, then A, +6.5->inv, at the end A'F' Culmination 36°/075° at 19:30:04. b16) Timings 6.17 6.00 6.05 6.01 6.19 5.98 6.33 5.94 6.22 5.70 6.28 5.91 6.54 5.77 5.98 5.88 6.55 5.92 6.28 6.00 6.19 6.10 6.06 6.11 5.91 6.19 6.08 6.04 5.84 6.11 6.02 6.16 6.33 5.88 6.05 6.40 5.61 6.40 5.90 5.97 5.81 6.53 5.91 5.80 (6.19) Culmination 81°/261° at 19:39:18. b17) Timings 5.83 6.26 5.99 6.10 6.30 6.30 6.05 6.33 6.08 6.34 6.20 6.38 5.89 6.41 6.28 6.18 6.14 6.31 6.27 6.19 6.23 6.21 6.42 6.26 6.14 6.21 6.16 6.50 6.06 6.42 6.30 6.21 6.21 6.40 6.23 6.32 6.07 6.37 6.15 6.44 6.31 6.21 6.38 6.23 6.25 6.26 6.43 6.03 12.67(2A) Culmination 23°/276° at 19:31:57. b18) Timings 10.27 10.11 10.14 10.51 10.24 10.45 10.38 10.48 10.42 10.36 10.36 10.35 10.17 10.52 10.21 10.35 10.17 10.76 Eclipse time 19:25:41 48°/029. end 2002-046B 2002-049A 27550 JB-3 B 1) Maxima got brighter and more orange until lost in trees. 2) Only maxs seen naked eye counted leads to a different period. 3) Timings 30.14(2A) 16.13 13.32 16.72 11.95 16.03 14.25 16.62 12.27 15.55 15.61 Culmination 23°/266° at 20:03:59. 4) Timings: 7.34 6.98 12.22 3.10 7.83 6.66 11.62 3.23 3.73 10.89 15.03 At first flashes, then maxima +5.5. Culmination 42°/262° at 19:08:48. 5) Timings: 13.57 7.64 7.75 14.78 8.00 6.71 14.85 7.59 7.17 14.74 7.72 7.24 15.15 7.43 7.24 15.76 6.41 8.70 Culmination 20°/267° at 19:35:59. 6) UNID happened on searching for 90058 end 2002-049A 2002-054C 27561 Rubin 3 (= Alsat 1 rocket) [Kosmos] b1) Timings 3.49 (missed 1 flash) 1.73 1.78 1.81 1.83 1.64 1.76 1.81 1.72 1.82 1.82 1.74 1.80 1.62 1.77 1.80 1.80 1.72 1.80 sec. b2) Timings 2.05 2.10 1.81 2.03 2.11 2.05 1.81 2.16 2.00 2.05 2.22 1.79 1.99 2.04 2.04 2.03 2.11 1.99 1.85 2.02 1.94 2.09 2.12 1.98 2.00 2.00 1.85 2.20 2.08 2.04 1.99 2.12 1.92 1.99 1.97 2.17 1.93 2.03 1.97 1.99 1.99 2.14 1.98 1.95 2.11 2.14 1.88 1.89 1.97 2.21 1.93 2.18 2.07 1.97 1.96 2.03 1.89 2.13 1.88 1.85 2.13 2.12 2.12 2.03 2.08 2.26 1.94 1.95 2.07 1.89 1.89 2.16 2.08 1.88 2.00 1.94 2.11 2.13 2.04 2.04 2.03 1.94 2.07 2.09 1.95 1.98 2.02 1.94 2.05 2.01 1.92 2.14 2.24 1.97 2.11 2.05 1.95 2.05 2.04 1.92 sec. Nice flasher. BJG's comment on this: For 02-54C. except for the 61st flash. the spread is only 0.53 s. 2x 3x 4x period does not significantly reduce this. and there is no indication that either of the "secondary" series in those differ in phase from others. However the last 8 flashes are clearly grouped some 0.3 s later than the average of the middle 60 flashes. with a final period of perhaps 2.12 s. There is a similar cluster of the first 18 flashes. some 0.2 s later than the average. making the initial period about 1.95 s. This change is too large to be synodic unless the period is a large multiple. And according to my (oldish) elset. the middle 60% were from 22 to 54 deg alt in the N !? b3) Timings 2.24 2.01 2.21 1.86 1.91 2.09 2.19 2.12 1.93 2.00 1.88 2.09 1.94 1.94 2.28 2.28 2.09 1.71 2.08 2.07 2.14 1.97 2.17 2.03 2.04 1.98 2.02 2.03 1.76 2.00 sec b4) Timings 2.05 1.92 2.04 2.21 1.96 2.20 2.01 2.11 2.00 2.10 1.94 2.09 2.12 2.13 2.09 2.03 2.08 2.03 1.84 2.37 2.18 1.89 2.03 1.99 2.21 2.09 2.18 2.09 1.99 2.11 1.99 2.18 2.04 2.07 1.95 2.16 2.03 1.75 2.35 2.21 b5) Timings 2.38 1.99 1.91 2.20 2.10 2.02 2.38 2.11 2.04 2.11 2.27 1.99 2.08 2.13 2.21 2.00 2.27 2.18 2.03 2.22 4.19 2.21 2.08 2.02 1.94 2.40 2.07 2.05 2.13 1.93 1.95 2.26 2.35 2.31 1.94 2.17 2.29 2.03 1.99 2.00 2.14 2.31 2.06 1.99 2.30 2.10 2.00 2.03 2.36 2.13 1.90 2.04 2.27 2.35 2.09 2.01 2.17 2.18 2.18 sec. Is going up steadily. nice flasher. b6) Timings 2.10 2.19 2.18 2.21 2.14 2.11 2.06 2.23 2.25 2.14 2.27 2.04 2.24 2.20 1.95 2.28 2.02 2.45 2.23 2.18 2.21 2.18 2.18 2.12 2.21 2.07 2.12 2.14 2.34 2.03 2.26 2.21 sec. b7) Timings 2.19 2.28 2.45 1.87 2.18 2.16 2.40 2.12 2.19 2.20 2.27 2.16 2.09 2.11 2.27 2.03 2.10 2.40 2.18 2.36 2.21 1.95 2.08 2.37 2.22 2.22 2.44 2.07 2.23 2.07 2.18 2.07 2.35 2.14 2.31 1.95 2.40 2.21 2.16 2.37 2.16 2.08 2.09 2.38 4.43 2.26 1.83 2.03 2.35 2.46 2.11 2.03 2.22 2.18 2.13 sec. b8) Timings 2.18 2.38 2.30 2.43 2.15 2.35 2.19 2.14 2.18 2.37 2.23 2.28 2.40 2.35 2.46 2.04 2.18 2.18 2.18 2.22 2.30 2.09 2.40 2.13 2.40 2.49 2.38 2.23 2.18 2.18 2.18 2.07 2.26 2.40 2.37 2.12 2.31 2.18 2.40 2.36 2.26 2.08 2.10 2.43 2.26 2.40 2.17 2.30 2.31 2.18 2.12 2.45 2.22 2.06 2.32 2.31 2.40 2.23 2.14 2.22 2.45 sec. b9) Timings 2.20 2.27 2.28 2.25 2.19 2.28 2.29 2.24 2.25 2.25 2.23 2.35 2.22 2.22 2.36 2.22 2.28 2.16 2.32 2.31 2.34 2.28 2.27 2.13 2.27 2.34 2.25 2.22 2.21 2.09 2.28 2.18 2.45 2.40 2.35 2.26 2.22 2.15 2.40 2.23 2.21 2.17 2.26 2.21 2.31 2.27 2.11 2.18 2.41 sec. b10) Timings 2.28 2.25 2.34 2.29 2.36 2.32 2.25 2.35 2.27 2.33 2.28 2.32 2.21 2.42 2.44 2.31 2.23 2.36 2.31 2.41 2.26 2.28 2.17 2.36 2.41 2.33 2.37 2.31 2.21 2.37 2.20 2.27 2.45 2.36 2.32 2.16 2.28 2.35 2.39 2.25 b11) Timings 6.90 7.79 7.11 7.07 7.78 7.50 7.33 7.78 7.15 7.52 7.36 7.35 7.60 7.55 7.24 7.69 7.27 8.05 7.84 6.73 sec. b12) Timings 8.20 4.12 3.86 3.65 7.10 9.32 7.06 5.51 2.94 7.20 8.53 7.80 5.77 2.55 7.67 9.03 7.18 sec b13) Timings 7.52 9.84 9.56 8.46 8.66 9.66 9.62 8.27 sec. Was almost S before cumulation. b14) Timings 9.01 8.53 10.05 8.69 9.61 7.96 10.90 8.31 8.46 9.89 sec. Possible complex pattern of around 18.3 sec b15) Timings 4.61 8.71 8.68 9.51 sec. b16) Timings 9.36 9.82 10.90 8.49 9.25 8.81 10.27 9.62 sec. b17) Timings 10.02 10.07 9.94 9.96 10.44 10.34 9.58 9.65 10.60 9.76 11.01 At the end of the obs there were some flashes, mag 2. b18) Timings [4.95 5.92 5.66 4.33] [6.98 5.44 9.00] [10.00 12.19] [11.23 9.54] [10.93 11.43] [11.52 10.48] [11.60 10.15] [10.98 11.71] 23.63 21.44 21.45 21.50 21.53 sec. At first secondary flashes were visible. Towards the south the main max became bright and the sat was followed with the unaided eye. Last timings suggest a period around 21.5 sec. b19) in South several secondary maxima. b20) Timings 11.17 10.98 12.69 12.25 11.09 10.94 13.92 8.94 8.90 14.26 sec. b21) Timings 12.31 11.22 13.26 12.14 13.19 12.35 12.35 12.10 12.59 12.28 sec. b22) Timings 11.55 11.26 13.31 12.20 11.87 12.06 11.59 12.63 13.33 11.52 12.87 sec. b23) Timings 12.56 11.55 13.10 12.15 12.14 13.32 11.97 12.53 12.53 11.61 sec. b24) Timings [5.98 6.53] 11.25 12.21 12.79 11.89 12.50 12.42 12.35 12.14 12.70 11.17 14.47 11.79 sec. b25) Timings 11.47 12.49 12.09 12.76 12.12 12.25 11.66 13.07 12.11 11.66 13.32 12.26 12.76 sec. b26) Timings 12.32 12.52 12.23 12.40 12.10 13.74 11.90 12.14 12.38 13.80. b27) Timings 11.88 12.30 11.23 14.42 13.08 12.59 12.69 11.54 13.57 11.86. b28) Timings 11.56 13.63 11.79 13.33 12.48 13.45 sec. b29) one flare to mag -1 Timings 12.58 12.39 12.22 14.80 11.92 13.58 11.76 13.62 11.90 20.50 6.93 5.54 8.31 10.86 8.53 6.40 10.76 14.34 12.12 16.28 11.42 3.15 11.78 sec. A bit irr towards the end. The mag -1 flare was at the 3.15 sec timing. b30) Timings 10.30 13.29 12.38 13.13 39.83 [5.12 7.25] [5.87 6.72] [5.92 7.10] 12.39 [9.12 5.63] 13.26 13.00 sec. in the middle of the pass AF, before and after AA b31) Timings 12.76 6.87 5.76 6.44 6.96 6.00 6.09 8.06 5.53 7.34 5.69 12.50 12.89 12.93 15.09 11.49 12.49 13.12 12.92 13.65 14.10 sec. Several sm clearly visible. b32) Timings 12.51 11.49 13.21 sec. b33) Timings 13.90 12.54 14.19 12.12 14.65 12.48 13.53 14.54 14.50 12.81 14.61 sec. In the last timing the sat flared to mag -1 in between the two timed flashes. b34) Timings 7.94 13.07 6.54 7.97 5.92 6.93 6.28 7.34 6.70 6.88 6.95 6.96 7.04 sec. b35) Fainter than expected by 0.5 mag b36) 1 flare mag 1; Timings [19.97(flare) 12.28] 29.50 32.01 29.96 sec. b37) Had one mag 0 flash. b38) Timings 7.45 7.82 7.21 7.92 7.30 8.08 6.83 8.42 7.57 [3.88 4.05] [3.23 3.78] [3.77 3.81] [4.08 2.92] sec. b39) Nice flasher. Possible combined period of 16.2 sec. Timings 6.89 8.05 7.50 8.93 7.71 8.73 8.00 8.79 7.53 8.95 sec. b40) Timings 9.17 8.81 8.01 9.16 9.43 8.35 9.13 9.05 9.64 9.38 sec. A bit irr. b41) Timings 4.44 4.24 4.66 4.07 4.16 4.37 5.03 4.05 4.55 3.87 5.07 4.13 4.62 3.97 4.92 4.28 4.51 3.85 4.32 4.97 sec. b42) Timings 4.55 3.81 5.03 4.28 4.33 4.18 4.78 4.29 4.60 4.00 4.84 4.42 4.21 4.47 4.10 4.75 4.24 4.23 4.92 4.19 sec. b43) Timings 4.25 4.33 4.29 4.34 4.46 4.59 4.33 4.33 4.43 4.43 4.29 4.43 4.46 4.50 4.29 4.46 4.45 4.26 4.51 4.41 4.33 sec. b44) Dubious on timings, and not a good match - will revisit b45) Timings 4.50 4.58 4.98 4.71 4.33 4.76 4.51 5.35 4.05 5.09 4.70 sec. b46) Timings 4.97 4.43 4.42 4.76 4.57 4.36 4.69 4.78 4.67 4.70 4.66 4.89 4.47 4.85 4.31 4.84 4.74 4.79 4.75 4.94 4.32 4.82 4.17 5.36 4.32 sec. b47) Timings 4.70 4.60 4.90 4.55 4.91 4.56 4.98 4.55 4.89 4.64 4.98 4.37 7.72 4.74 4.47 4.50 5.03 4.70 4.10 4.84 sec. b48) Timings 4.79 4.51 4.97 4.67 4.47 4.79 4.78 4.56 4.75 4.84 4.80 4.46 4.76 4.93 4.79 4.46 5.26 4.42 4.92 4.93 sec. b49) Timings 4.70 4.79 4.80 4.67 4.77 5.00 4.77 4.70 4.99 4.66 4.99 4.82 4.61 4.97 4.89 4.86 4.62 4.74 4.45 5.14 sec. b50) Also had 4 @ +3 F in between middle periods. b51) Flashes #5,6,7,8 had "in-between" 5m flashes - not timed. b52) as before, mid-cycle flash up to +3 mag from 8-13th cycle b53) Timings 5.85 6.70 5.79 6.50 6.11 6.30 6.30 6.55 6.08 6.28 5.82 6.57 5.91 7.02 5.78 6.79 5.48 6.84 6.05 6.38 5.68 6.62 6.20 6.77 5.93 7.20 sec Combined period. b54) Followed by naked eye near culmination point. b55) Timings 4.58 4.68 4.80 4.26 5.16 4.61 4.67 4.88 4.87 4.75 4.69 4.81 4.78 4.75 4.60 4.52 5.07 4.74 4.89 4.78 4.72 4.50 4.96 4.63 4.71 4.72 4.70 4.65 4.61 4.77 4.72 4.81 4.67 4.64 4.39 4.97 4.70 b56) Timings 4.92 4.21 5.19 4.98 4.77 4.79 4.75 4.61 4.54 4.19 5.14 4.00 5.39 4.32 4.56 4.96 9.84(2A) 4.54 4.60 5.24 4.13 b57) Timings 7.64 7.45 7.64 7.47 7.87 7.47 7.78 7.41 7.72 7.68 7.60 7.44 7.75 7.47 7.18 8.00 7.73 7.15 8.09 7.16 7.28 7.78 7.16 7.94 7.00 4.53 3.59 3.66 3.68 3.69 7.60 3.37 4.24 3.60 6.98 7.50 7.34 8.06 7.25 7.62 6.79 8.50 [7.12] b58) Timings 7.48 7.71 7.68 7.47 8.27 8.00 7.54 8.04 7.84 7.81 7.64 7.89 7.94 7.62 7.85 7.47 7.46 8.26 7.55 7.57 8.25 7.53 8.16 3.94 2.62 4.28 4.78 3.72 2.72 4.50 3.72 3.91 1.18 2.57 4.03 4.59 3.31 3.50 4.35 3.25 14.87(2A) 7.28 8.94 14.62(2) 8.66. Observed 1 flash mg +4. b59) Timings 7.82 7.91 8.00 8.33 8.04 7.66 8.53 8.06 8.00 8.13 7.93 7.72 8.12 8.16 8.10 8.10 7.96 7.84 8.25 7.16 8.69 7.55 8.19 3.68 4.20 4.03 4.38 3.87 3.29 5.15 4.19 3.47 3.53 15.21(2A) 8.66 7.15 Culmination 47°/287° at 19:38:41 . b60) Timings 11.98 10.47 10.53 10.57 10.47 10.98 10.77 10.33 10.50 10.42 sec. The start was a bit early, so better would be 95.02 sec over 9 flashes and that gives a period of 10.56 sec. b61) Timings 11.01 10.04 10.49 10.11 10.02 10.94 09.7110.96 09.05 10.53 10.38 10.06 09.98 10.08 10.00 10.06 09.72 10.09 09.97 09.92 10.04 09.35 10.60 09.27 10.35 09.49 10.32 09.73 10.24 09.60 10.37 09.63 10.69 09.51 Culmination 27°/293° at 19:43:48. b62) Timings 8.34(A) 7.54(2) 8.74(2) 8.20(2) 7.90(2) 8.70(2) 7.62(2) 8.37(2) 7.59(2) 4.76 3.96 3.99 4.20 3.89 4.09 4.36 3.84 4.66 3.58 7.84(2) 8.53(2) 7.30(2) 8.73(2) 7.71(2) 8.13(2) 7.96(2) 8.25(2) 8.39(2) 6.99(2) 9.28(2) 8.10(2) 8.18(2) 8.66(2) 7.50(2) 3 flashes +4 observed. Culmination 30°/292° at 19:58:36. b63) Timings [8.80] 8.96 8.81 8.97 8.74 8.97 8.94 8.75 8.86 8.85 9.04 8.76 8.80 9.66 7.88 17.79(2A) Culmination 16°/298° at 20:27:52. b64) Timings [8.71 9.44 9.10 8.78 9.44 8.95] 9.08 8.92 8.99 8.95 8.81 9.08 8.89 17.60(2A) 9.43 8.44 9.01 8.68 9.04 8.68 8.96 8.91 8.89 9.55 8.36 [4.16 9.03] Timings in square brackets are not considered. As per previous obs the flash period should be half of 8.91 sec, that is 4.46 sec. Culmination 18°/297 at 20:22:40. b65) Timings 9.84 10.45 9.32 9.46 9.96 10.18 10.06 10.43 9.64 10.50 9.56 10.51 9.90 10.03 9.39 10.45 9.79 10.25 10.04 10.08 Culmination 20°/296° at 19:44:19. b66) Timings 9.44 9.39 9.55 9.56 9.13 10.12 8.65 10.16 9.10 9.92 9.33 9.53 4.66 5.03 4.16 4.96 4.69 4.94 9.25 8.37 9.88 9.13 9.85 27.92(3A) 9.72 9.00 9.94 Pattern A, +5->inv NW before culmination; A'aA', +6(7)->inv near culmination; A; +7.5->inv SW after culmination. Culmination 29°/292° at 19:35:36. b67) Timings 11.10 11.10 10.10 10.60 10.74 10.52 10.09 10.47 10.53 10.19 10.34 10.23 Culmination 22°/294° at 19:25:02. b68) +5.5(+7.5)->inv Timings 14.23 13.97 13.77 14.23 13.52 13.78 13.22 14.00 13.75 7.97 6.18 7.16 6.78 7.25 6.00 Culmination alt/Az 31°/292° at 18:40:51. b69) Timings: 9.19 6.17 8.43 13.50 28.85 24.33 22.22 22.00 21.50 Culmination 21?/295? at 18:20:02. b70) Timings: 8.65 9.16 9.88 8.53 18.43(2A) Culmination 22°/294° at 19:25:27. b71) Timings: 8.63 8.70 8.57 8.83 8.67 9.09 8.78 8.89 8.98 8.54 9.56 8.87 9.25 8.92 9.18 8.96 9.07 8.78 9.08 8.85 8.85 8.69 8.78 8.81 8.89 8.77 6.12 2.61 8.56 8.41 9.23 8.44 8.98 8.52 8.88 8.31 4.60 1.35 3.16 4.12 8.91 3.93 17.53(2A) 17.59 Culmination 24°/294° at 19:20:25. end 2002-054C 2002-055B 27567 TDRS 10 rocket [Centaur] b1) The period may actually be double that, as the maxima seemed generally to alternate in brightness, although I failed to note the magnitudes. (Maybe the brightest were about +4.0, seemingly kind of faint for a Centaur. b2) Same object in better conditions, same difficulty, better match with listed period b3) Got sick of missing it in binoculars. In telescope it has a very complicated AMM period with sharp drop to minima b4) Finally seen! But quite hard to time, relatively flat maxima with sharp minima, will try timing mins next session b5) Timings 5.19 3.29 5.17 3.99 3.91 4.80 5.22 3.15 4.43 4.60 5.00 4.11 5.08 3.85 4.96 3.49 4.51 5.00 8.26(2A) 5.67 3.47 4.44 4.72 5.48 4.10 7.77(2) 9.28(2) 9.63(2) 8.00(2) 8.72(2) 5.36 4.05 5.23 12.78(3) 8.32(2) 9.33(2) 9.39(2) 25.76(6) 9.43(2) 8.47(2) 17.58(4) 36.32(8) 8.82(2) 9.31(2) Culmination 37°/186° at 19:16:57. b6) Timings 5.08 3.63 4.96 4.07 3.90 4.32 4.90 4.54 4.23 3.76 4.47 4.69 5.17 3.71 4.73 4.42 13.34(3) 3.94 4.62 4.46 4.43 4.13 4.39 5.25 3.98 4.62 4.78 3.96 5.07 4.25 4.31 4.16 4.53 4.03 4.78 4.29 4.12 4.71 4.47 4.23 5.62 3.92 3.14 5.01 4.63 4.33 4.56 4.56 4.42 3.88 4.89 4.45 6.44 2.72 4.28 4.22 4.94 3.89 Eclipse time 21:30:33 24°/213. b7) Timings [8.86] 8.08 8.94 9.00 9.37 9.57 26.22(3A) 8.93 9.72 16.94(2) 8.49 17.76(2) 26.60(3) As per previous obs made on 6th and 8th May the period should be half of 8.87 that is 4.44 sec. Culmination 38°/191° at 19:40:32. end 2002-055B 2002-056A 27597 ADEOS 2 b1) Fainter than 0.5 mag b2) Timings [14.65 20.28] 40.28 38.54 [16.67 19.85] sec. end 2002-056A 2002-056E 27601 ADEOS 2 rocket [H-2A] b1) end 2002-056E 2002-058F 27610 Rubin 2 rk [Dnepr = SL-24] b1) Timings 22.92 23.93 sec. end 2002-058F 2002-058G 27611 PLEM cover b1) Timings 6.40 5.71 3.78 4.51 28.46 53.00 sec. Quite irr patern. end 2002-058G 2003-001A 27640 Coriolis b1) Flashed brighter by +1 mag end 2003-001A 2003-002C 27644 ICESat DPAF b1) Timings 17.74 17.96 17.66 17.76 16.83 19.12 16.69 19.02 16.65 sec. Towards the end a complex pattern. b2) Timings 9.22 10.03 7.33 9.80 6.51 13.90 7.36 10.65 7.54 sec. end 2003-02C 2003-008C 27693 USA 167 rocket-2 [IABS] 1) Major flashes approx 15 sec apart F'FF end 2003-008C 2003-009A 27698 IGS 1A 1) nice flare, magnitude -5.5 Flaring started at about 21h 46m 02s Max brightness -5.5 21h 46m 15s Stopped flaring at about 21h 46m 22s end 2003-009A 2003-009B 27699 IGS 1B 1) Timings 50.01 33.40 52.99 2) Very difficult to determine the maximum brightness with such long lasting maxima. My stopwatch showed: 26.49 65.81 but it might be 37 55 because of the uncertainty described above. 3) long arc, dtm 4) Timed this sat while is passed just between W and 45 Bootis at 1/10 from W. Rough position: RA 15:05 dec +25. Right on time wrt TLE 10095 Still have to install obsreduce again to get better positions. 5) max mag: 203426 1743+43 end 2003-009B 2003-009C 27700 IGS 1A & 1B rocket [H-2A] b2) Timings 22.06 40.03 20.90 35.63 sec. After the A-maximum a bright flash was seen a few sec later not timed. The sole F-flash was brighter at mag 2. P is 62 to 66 sec. b3) At first the sat was almost S, mag 3, but at the above time it flared to mag 2 and was then S, mag 4, for the rest of the pass. b4) Was first almost S, mag 4; then flared and afterwards S, mag 5. b5) Flared to mag 1 for several seconds. b6) One long period and a flat maximum. end 2003-09C 2003-009D IGS 1A & 1B adapter b3) periods were: 31.69. 29.60. 6.93. 6.83. 11.67 end 2003-009D; decayed 2004-08-13 2003-009E IGS 1A & 1B fairing part b1) At first this sat was S. mag 0. but started flashing after culmination. Timings 7.38 10.26 10.94 8.78 8.19 9.53 11.11 8.74 8.61 9.27 sec. b2) Timings 21.82 12.19 24.94 10.75 15.25 11.16 10.34 7.35 8.61 11.11 10.36 7.89 8.49 11.09 10.27 8.11 8.47 11.01 10.17 sec. b3) Timings 14.67 10.08 16.97 23.71 (1 flash not timed) 10.02 9.86 9.23 11.10 9.84 9.10 8.64 12.11 10.03 9.69 9.20 sec. b4) Timings 12.99 14.40 18.90 17.86 sec. Became later in the pass var. 6->i b5) Timings 12.93 7.80 8.36 12.28 11.94 8.98 9.74 11.44 11.24 9.79 10.12 10.68 11.26 sec. b6) Timings 12.66 11.83 12.01 12.42 13.10 12.98 12.92 12.51 12.39 12.36 b7) Timings 12.28 12.32 12.55 12.16 12.18 12.41 12.34 12.47 12.30 12.25 12.51 sec. b8) Timings 12.12 22.09 15.51 13.83 11.78 12.62 9.99 13.48 12.93 12.73 12.59 12.51 12.50 sec. A more regular pattern towards the north. although decreasing. b9) Timings 10.12 13.01 12.85 11.41 12.31 13.27 12.45 12.43 sec. b10) Timings 14.45 13.62 12.25 11.56 14.11 12.43 11.32 12.86 13.17 12.41 12.44 12.53 25.07 12.49 12.26 sec. b11) Timings 12.47 12.49 12.50 12.61 6.35 6.30 6.49 5.93 6.36 6.77 5.73 8.10 7.55 12.55 4.41 24.14 sec. b12) Timings 5.70 8.65 4.21 6.36 5.97 7.37 13.83 11.41 12.63 11.32 14.05 13.23 12.58 12.06 11.54 sec. b13) Timings 12.69 13.19 10.87 13.91 23.59 12.77 13.51 13.20 13.56 13.32 13.35 13.24 12.76 12.77 12.87 sec. b14) Timings 11.85 13.35 13.30 12.25 12.46 11.63 13.34 12.20 12.59 12.25 13.34 sec. end 2003-009E; decayed 2003-11-07 2003-009F 27703 IGS 1A & 1B fairing part b1) Timings 9.40 14.58 12.56 11.69 12.89 12.81 sec. P=12.8 sec? b2) Low easterly pass with a regular pattern. Timings 13.67 12.19 12.49 12.27 12.75 12.64 sec. b3) Timings 12.57 12.37 12.87 12.18 12.64 12.35 12.54 12.87 sec. b5) Timings 12.54 12.75 12.28 12.91 12.38 14.40 22.71 12.29 12.71 sec. After cumulation there came sm. F. mag 1; further to the north just these bright flashes were seen. b6) Timings 12.89 12.68 12.65 12.85 13.03 12.48 13.05 12.39 12.63 12.98 b7) Timings 12.79 12.84 12.90 12.91 12.68 12.67 12.72 12.77 12.69 12.43 12.60 121.51 12.67 12.62 sec. b8) Timings 12.98 12.76 12.93 12.82 12.91 12.78 12.75 12.72 12.80 sec. b9) Timings 12.75 12.94 12.90 13.19 25.49 12.66 6.79 6.36 sec. Missed 1 flash; at the end also sm. b10) Timings 12.31 26.29 13.87 12.09 13.89 11.48 14.47 13.39 11.68 5.83 6.88 12.40 12.80 12.88 13.16 12.62 sec. Missed a flash and timed a sm. b11) Timings 13.05 12.82 12.93 12.82 12.84 12.80 12.77 12.84 12.77 sec. Was S. mag 5 from south till cumulation. then started flashing with sm towards the northwest. b12) Timings 12.89 12.96 12.81 12.95 13.00 sec. Was following the sat unaided and lost it when it dimmed. b13) Timings 12.47 14.42 11.43 11.79 14.24 12.62 12.78 6.68 7.11 12.62 12.18 12.93 12.91 sec. Timed some sm. b14) Timings 12.83 13.19 13.06 13.19 11.40(timed early) 14.72 12.86 13.07 13.10 12.87 12.79 12.96 12.87 sec. b15) Timings 13.22 13.18 12.92 12.92 13.01 13.01 13.99 11.90 12.69 12.84 12.76 12.91 12.73 12.88 12.77 13.05 12.76 12.96 sec. b16) Timings 12.56 13.01 6.39 6.59 7.09 5.84 6.79 6.26 12.93 13.00 12.80 end 2003-009F; decayed 2003-11-29 2003-012A 27711 USA 169 1) no magn specified; RA 10h 22m dec -4°37' end 2003-012A 2003-015A 27775 Kosmos 2397 b1) Kevin Fetter managed to observe more flashing from COSMOS 2397 (27775) Sky was hazy. I observed a flash at these times. The flash last over 2 seconds. UTC ( Feb 15 ) 8:57:14 9:06:23 9:10:48 * 9:20:06 9:22:13 * 9:31:32 9:33:40 * So it gives flashes, at different periods. The brighest flashes were approx 11 m 27 sec apart. The one's with a * symbol beside it. Flashes were anywhere between mag 8 to 11. end 2003-015A 2003-023B 27819 Kosmos 2398 rocket [Kosmos] b1) Timings 6.56 6.65 6.59 6.78 7.38 6.93 6.95 7.06 6.82 7.28 6.58 6.56 7.51 6.09 sec. Probably flashes from different surfaces. b2) secondary maxima which abruptly disappeared at 23:33:14.5 b3) prime max mag. +5.3, sec. max. mag +6.5, minima invisible. b4) Timings [16.21 15.50] 31.36 36.96 33.84 34.29 34.45 sec. b5) Timings 34.44 34.85 34.04 37.66 sec. b6) Timings 41.27 24.39 32.80 35.31 34.42 sec. b7) ssm Timings 33.37 33.84 33.69 36.92 16.60 sec. b8) Timings 36.19 35.96 35.55 35.68 sec. b9) Timings 35.58 37.40 37.00 37.61 35.74 sec. b10) Timings 35.19 35.61 35.26 sec. b11) Timings 39.23 43.89 45.82 36.30 sec. b12) Timings 23.76 25.05 22.29 53.35(2) sec. b13) Flash period is becoming too long. Reason to drop it from the PPAS observation Program. end 2003-023B 2003-030B 27839 Orbview 3 rocket [Pegasus] b1) Timings 11.04 10.19 10.31 10.62 10.46 10.72 10.64 10.78 sec. b2) Timings 5.84 5.68 4.71 6.78 4.21 11.95 5.26 4.78 6.07 11.08 sec. b3) Timings 5.06 5.59 5.74 5.79 5.27 6.29 5.23 sec. end 2003-030B 2003-031A 27840 Monitor-E/Breeze rocket [SL 19] b1) Timings [8.78 12.18] [13.57 8.86] [13.46 8.57] [14.90 9.31] [15.22 7.01] sec. Combined period. Measured a sole 22.52 sec period after a long 15.89 sec part. Both not inclueded in above timings. b2) Timings 14.76 12.77 13.72 10.85 15.39 13.72 13.75 9.75 sec. Seems like a 4 flash period. with a short time between flashes followed by a longer time. P= 52.4 sec? b3) Timings 14.55 21.22 15.67 19.16 16.58 16.76 16.65 sec. A bit Irr in the beginning. The last 3 timings suggest a period of 16.6 to 16.7 sec. b4) Timings 33.57 43.00 37.11 sec. 35 degrees easterly pass. b5) Timings 34.76 36.87 40.92 40.91 sec. b6) Timings 26.88 15.80 20.10 16.09 28.87 37.62 sec. b7) Timings 25.09 25.91 81.48 38.90 sec. Timed over 6.5 periods? At first distinct flashes. later almost S. then some flashes again. b8) Timings 29.87 24.71 26.39 sec. end 2003-031A 2003-036B 27859 Scisat 1 rocket [Pegasus] b1) Timings 44.64 18.83 sec. b2) Timings 25.74 28.09?? (very faint) 47.49 sec. b3) 2 pairs of flashes, 55.90, 57.59 and 19.40, 21.26 end 2003-036B 2003-037C 27870 Kosmos 2400 & 2401 rocket [Kosmos] b1) Watched for object A&B also. but didn't see them. Object C was dtm. with some max not visible. on a low easterly pass. Timings 2.67 2.38 2.61 2.03 2.01 2.53 4.07 4.79 4.74 2.63 2.45 3.77 2.50 2.36 4.32 2.59 2.55 sec. b2) Timings 5.17 16.90 6.64 6.23 12.37 10.54 5.98 12.89 9.05 6.61 11.03 10.24 6.29 12.07 sec. b3) Timings 6.13 1.58 1.49 1.48 1.61 1.52 1.49 1.54 1.54 1.57 1.47 1.56 1.62 1.49 1.61 1.57 1.43 1.43 1.57 1.61 1.51 1.56 1.52 1.63 1.42 1.57 1.57 1.57 1.54 1.53 1.52 1.59 1.47 1.66 1.44 1.57 1.55 1.50 1.60 1.71 1.43 1.48 1.42 1.56 1.66 1.48 1.57 1.51 1.57 1.47 1.61 1.51 1.42 1.56 1.55 1.56 1.56 1.55 1.60 1.57 sec. Missed some max at the beginning. Sat was still low in the north. After writing down this first set of obs I looked again for this sat. It was just passed culmination on an almost overhead pass. Now it was almost S. mag 5.5 b4) Timings 3.64 4.09 4.28 4.26 4.02 4.14 4.08 4.36 4.51 3.88 4.18 4.25 4.05 4.38 7.86(missed 1 flash) 4.48 4.48 3.85 4.05 4.08 4.13 4.08 4.12 4.04 4.18 4.01 sec. b5) Timings 4.02 4.18 4.18 4.14 4.23 4.16 4.08 4.10 4.32 4.04 4.24 4.11 4.15 4.23 4.09 4.18 4.19 4.13 4.00 4.14 4.28 4.71 4.01 4.00 4.15 4.03 4.47 4.13 4.16 3.86 4.33 4.14 8.47 4.23 3.85 4.56 4.15 4.14 3.87 4.61 4.17 4.18 4.05 4.13 3.86 4.38 4.75 4.30 4.18 4.50 sec. b6) Timings 4.06 4.32 4.37 4.46 4.00 4.37 4.34 4.19 4.21 4.63 4.47 4.46 4.14 4.67 24.08 4.55 3.42 4.36 4.07 4.55 4.15 4.58 4.09 3.90 4.71 3.87 4.65 4.23 sec. In between the sat was S. b7) Timings 4.22 4.26 4.27 4.27 4.33 4.14 4.24 4.27 4.41 4.25 4.27 4.21 4.24 4.43 4.08 4.38 4.34 4.24 4.17 4.23 4.28 4.14 4.18 4.37 3.99 4.45 4.35 4.28 4.30 4.47 3.69 4.75 4.33 3.81 4.26 4.13 4.32 sec. In the second half some more variation. b8) Timings 5.94 5.96 6.08 5.72 6.04 6.16 6.08 5.49 6.00 6.57 5.62 sec b9) Timings 5.41 6.95 5.93 5.81 6.49 5.71 6.08 6.06 6.68 4.83 6.56 6.07 5.68 6.18 5.99 6.05 5.92 6.14 6.68 sec. b10) Timings 5.83 6.32 5.88 5.92 6.11 5.86 12.18 5.97 5.85 5.83 6.14 6.14 5.95 6.02 5.82 5.76 5.86 6.38 5.90 sec. b11) Timings 5.97 5.78 6.18 5.79 5.93 6.10 6.59 6.03 sec b12) Timings 5.79 6.37 5.82 5.97 5.83 6.59 6.02 6.50 5.58 6.42 6.21 5.59 5.86 6.47 5.78 6.19 5.88 6.42 6.21 6.03 sec. b13) Timings 6.04 6.08 6.76 5.48 6.11 6.39 6.16 6.07 6.19 5.86 6.72 6.02 6.31 6.56 sec. b14) Timings 5.90 5.80 6.51 5.89 6.59 6.37 5.97 5.74 6.21 6.53 5.96 5.93 6.32 6.11 6.71 5.67 6.64 5.86 6.19 6.39 sec b15) Timings 7.47 8.38 8.07 7.74 9.03 7.74 8.49 7.94 8.96 8.00 9.11 6.90 8.46 8.73 7.26 8.64 7.83 8.27 7.94 8.68 7.50 8.86 sec. b16) Timings 8.20 8.21 8.57 7.84 8.30 8.33 8.53 8.73 7.99 sec. b17) Timings 7.62 8.57 7.92 8.51 8.24 8.25 8.14 8.33 7.63 8.48 8.64 8.01 17.04 16.15 7.72 8.67 8.10 8.61 sec. Some maxima not seen; probably P = 16.5 sec. b18) Timings 8.49 8.73 9.59 7.44 9.04 9.18 8.17 8.76 8.36 8.81 8.30 sec. b19) Timings 8.00 8.25 9.29 8.34 8.65 9.13 8.35 9.14 7.82 8.66 8.77 8.82 8.74 7.78 9.15 8.97 sec. Started almost S, mag 5; then flashing and easy to follow. b20) Timings 8.29 8.82 8.50 8.18 8.97 8.27 8.59 8.20 8.86 sec. b21) Timings 8.48 8.79 9.48 8.50 9.06 9.09 9.18 8.85 9.33 8.56 sec. b22) Timings 7.67 9.45 9.03 8.84 9.08 9.28 8.76 9.12 9.26 9.29 sec. b23) Timings 8.10 10.02 9.22 9.15 8.75 8.96 9.19 9.42 sec. b24) Timings 9.55 8.75 9.10 8.09 9.59 8.71 sec. b25) Timings 9.30 10.60 10.36 9.09 9.95 9.74 9.88 10.18 9.37 10.07 sec. b26) Timings 9.34 9.82 9.70 10.10 9.91 9.75 9.74 9.89 10.74 8.79 sec. b27) Timings 9.45 9.81 10.05 10.05 8.91 10.65 10.04 9.67 9.42 10.76 sec b28) Timings 9.52 9.99 9.78 9.71 10.83 9.00 9.66 8.81 9.60 8.75 9.40 9.28 10.67 9.62 9.76 9.94 10.55 9.93 9.56 9.83 sec b29) Timings 3.01 3.23 3.10 3.04 2.97 2.91 3.19 3.06 3.18 2.85 3.26 3.25 3.09 3.03 2.26 3.38 3.41 3.20 3.16 3.08 2.74 3.07 2.88 3.10 6.32 3.57 2.79 3.18 3.12 sec. Rather irratic flash pattern with longer and shorter intervals. b30) Timings 2.76 2.81 2.82 2.91 2.82 2.85 2.91 2.82 2.95 2.87 2.89 14.05 2.69 2.88 2.92 2.83 2.64 3.06 2.70 2.96 2.81 2.93 2.74 2.91 2.77 2.93 sec. b31) Timings 2.05 2.40 2.32 2.25 2.82 1.96 2.47 2.19 2.38 2.53 2.36 2.46 2.26 2.56 2.40 2.41 2.27 2.40 2.59 2.37 2.45 2.18 2.40 2.41 2.52 2.06 2.56 2.59 2.50 2.17 sec. b32) Timings 1.95 2.11 2.59 1.81 1.87 2.00 2.19 2.10 2.13 1.96 2.00 1.53 2.76 1.90 4.25 2.07 1.99 2.18 2.08 2.03 2.17 2.08 2.04 4.20 2.05 1.98 2.05 2.22 sec. A bit chaotic in the beginning, but better at the end. Looks like period is going down fast. I got on Dec 26, 27, 28 and 30 periods of 3.08 2.84 2.38 2.08 sec. b33) Timings 1.72 1.72 1.82 1.76 1.85 1.92 1.68 1.92 8.87 5.46 1.85 1.72 1.76 5.49 1.81 1.76 1.89 5.42 1.70 1.79 1.78 1.71 1.80 3.75 1.79 1.95 1.48 1.77 1.98 1.62 1.57 1.89 1.94 3.81 1.58 1.89 1.75 7.29 1.84 1.71 1.85 sec. Is still accelerating!! b34) Timings 1.81 1.67 1.77 3.71 1.74 1.82 5.57 12.59 1.86 1.68 1.79 1.89 1.75 1.80 1.80 1.75 1.79 1.90 1.79 sec. Same period as 3 days ago. Has accelerating stopped? Several maxima not timed, too faint in this low NE pass. b35) timings 2.24, 2.00, 1.94, 1.99, 9.46 (5fl),9.69 (5fl), 9.72 (5fl). b36) timings for 5 flshes 9.76, 9.71, 33.04 (17 fl), 9.83, 9.51 . b37) timings for 5 fl 9.35, 9.39, 9.40, 9.40, 9.60, 9.27, 9.65, 9.34 . timings 9.35(5) 9.39(5) 9.40(5) 9.40(5) 9.60(5) 9.27(5) 9.65(5) 9.34(5) b38) timings for 5 flashes 8.99, 9.01, 9.00, 9.06, 8.93, 9.05, 8.89, 9.14. b39) Timings 1.55 1.77 1.82 1.91 1.82 1.77 1.84 1.72 1.82 1.81 1.90 1.85 1.90 1.72 1.89 1.85 1.72 1.93 1.86 1.89 1.83 1.78 1.94 1.69 1.84 1.89 1.74 1.94 1.93 1.70 1.76 1.93 1.78 1.80 1.93 1.73 1.90 1.80 1.89 1.81 1.89 1.75 1.84 1.83 1.89 1.76 1.85 1.86 1.86 1.79 1.78 1.90 1.85 1.79 1.84 1.87 1.80 1.76 1.84 1.82 1.95 1.67 sec b40) Timings 7.31 3.66 5.57 1.82 1.83 1.86 3.63 3.68 1.90 3.56 1.96 18.26 5.55 1.75 1.85 1.85 1.85 1.80 1.89 1.71 2.07 1.75 1.71 1.86 1.86 5.96 1.51 1.75 1.71 1.89 1.99 1.69 1.80 1.94 1.92 10.91 1.84 5.59 3.57 1.86 1.84 1.89 7.31 1.96 1.64 1.78 1.90 11.07 7.38 1.75 1.81 1.81 1.85 1.80 1.94 1.72 1.90 1.82 1.87 1.80 1.84 1.75 1.90 1.74 1.94 1.74 1.75 1.85 1.79 2.04 1.82 1.88 3.72 1.71 1.85 sec. Several maxima not timed; they were very faint or inv. b41) Timings 1.82 1.81 1.92 2.00 1.77 1.83 1.90 1.80 2.03 1.76 1.90 1.95 1.75 1.83 3.78 1.94 1.86 1.80 3.86 1.61 1.86 4.20 1.70 1.85 1.81 1.78 1.64 2.02 1.81 2.25 sec. Three max not timed due to very faint max. b42) timings 8s.87(5fl) 9.44(5) 8.92(5) 9.44(5) 9.00(5) 9.29(5) 9.17(5) 9.17(5) 9.29(5) 10.93(6) 9.25(5) 9.08(5) 9.17(5) 9.19(5) 14.77(8) 9.01(5) 9.11(5) 55.02(30) b43) timings 9s.20(5fl) 11.14(6) 9.26(5) 9.25(5) 9.32(5) 9.16(5) 11.18(6) 18.48(10) 18.46(10) 18.72(10) 18.52(10) 20.40(11) 18.58(10) 20.42(11) 20.33(11) b44) Timings 1.75 1.67 2.48 1.81 1.78 1.83 2.00 1.89 2.05 1.81 1.94 2.03 2.17 1.79 1.89 1.75 2.36 1.71 1.90 2.00 2.04 1.84 1.99 2.02 2.12 1.99 1.70 1.86 sec. Some longer timings b45) Timings 1.88 1.90 1.85 2.01 1.86 1.99 2.00 1.90 1.90 1.95 1.98 1.90 2.08 1.98 1.89 1.84 2.03 1.80 1.93 1.93 1.79 2.02 2.04 1.92 1.89 2.05 1.95 2.08 1.85 1.79 2.01 sec. b46) timings 9.25(5) 9.40(5) 9.29(5) 9.40(5) 9.35(5) 18.74(10) 18.80(10) 18.83(10) b47) Timings 2.15 2.43 1.96 2.33 2.05 2.32 2.02 2.29 2.33 2.29 2.05 2.50 2.36 2.22 2.09 2.36 2.14 2.27 2.03 2.31 2.37 2.27 2.14 2.25 2.16 2.13 2.41 sec. b48) Timings 2.11 2.42 2.16 2.42 2.48 1.91 2.35 2.25 2.20 2.35 2.26 2.29 2.34 2.13 2.28 2.34 2.35 2.22 2.28 2.34 2.25 2.26 2.37 2.32 2.21 2.22 2.35 2.18 2.40 2.17 sec. b49) Timings 2.56 2.90 2.71 2.47 3.29 3.06 2.35 2.97 2.82 2.33 3.38 2.76 2.63 2.58 2.97 3.00 2.85 2.37 3.14 2.37 b50) Timings 2.38 2.33 2.24 2.29 2.36 2.28 2.19 2.19 2.47 2.19 2.11 2.17 2.22 2.38 2.43 2.42 2.22 1.95 2.50 2.35 2.46 2.15 2.13 2.38 2.43 1.94 2.47 2.32 2.37 2.09 2.24 2.11 2.41 2.20 2.51 2.32 2.37 2.22 2.31 2.41 2.15 13.81(6) 2.22 2.26 2.55 b51) Timings 1.04 0.94 1.16 1.10 1.31 0.90 1.25 1.16 1.31 13.62(12) 11.51(10) 1.12 1.09 1.00 1.12 1.26 1.30 0.98 1.10 1.04 1.20 1.32 1.09 1.21 1.13 1.03 1.26 1.18 This part shows the appearence of a flash just half-way through the previous period of 2.280 secs, evidence of a combined period. b52) Timings 2.23 2.28 2.31 2.35 2.23 2.37 2.09 2.41 2.37 2.33 2.29 2.16 2.26 2.49 2.34 2.31 2.32 2.31 2.29 2.32 2.27 2.41 2.38 2.15 2.37 2.32 2.40 2.24 2.26 2.40 2.35 b53) Timings 2.27 2.38 2.27 2.39 2.34 2.34 2.28 2.34 2.41 2.43 2.19 2.35 2.40 2.32 2.24 2.44 2.27 2.40 2.38 2.35 2.35 2.30 2.27 2.35 2.43 2.28 2.32 2.40 2.22 2.51 2.35 2.29 2.20 2.45 2.35 2.35 2.30 2.35 2.38 2.37 2.25 2.38 2.34 2.22 2.55 2.35 2.26 2.43 2.29 2.28 2.42 2.34 2.36 2.34 2.26 2.12 2.64 2.33 2.40 2.31 2.29 2.34 2.31 2.41 2.33 2.33 2.33 2.42 2.30 2.39 2.40 2.32 2.31 2.46 2.25 b54) Timings 2.26 2.25 2.47 2.31 2.41 2.24 2.32 2.28 2.47 2.31 2.46 2.17 2.42 2.23 2.57 2.24 2.41 2.16 2.50 2.26 2.43 2.21 2.57 2.14 2.42 2.38 2.21 2.35 2.44 2.46 2.32 2.34 2.34 2.35 2.41 2.30 2.32 2.41 2.44 2.26 2.36 2.27 2.39 2.21 2.45 2.18 2.55 2.29 2.34 2.32 2.38 2.37 2.33 2.33 2.50 2.27 2.40 2.23 2.39 2.36 2.41 2.29 2.27 2.41 2.37 2.25 2.41 2.39 2.42 2,16 2.50 2.34 2.28 2.41 2.42 2.20 2.52 2.30 2.34 2.30 2.36 2.30 2.45 2.34 2.41 2.33 13.85(6fls) Probable combined period. In this case p= 4.692 sec b55) Timings 3.44(1.5 fl) 7.11(3) 2.24 1.22 1.21 1.20 1.18 1.18 1.13 1.16 At the end of the transit, I observed several half period flashes. b56) Timings 2.24 2.42 2.29 2.39 2.29 2.38 2.28 2.38 4.65 2.42 2.28 2.35 2.31 2.37 2.27 2.24 2.31 2.37 2.32 2.37 2.25 2.35 2.32 2.42 2.13 2.51 2.37 2.31 b57) Timings 2.44 2.81 2.83 2.86 2.73 2.56 2.96 2.63 2.75 2.78 2.83 2.89 2.93 2.52 2.78 2.55 2.83 2.92 2.68 2.73 b58) Timings 5.81(2) 13.67(5) 2.72 2.90 2.57 2.87 2.77 2.90 2.73 2.78 13.62(5) 3.04 2.56 3.01 2.72 2.78 2.65 2.72 2.72 2.88 2.83 2.85 2.71 2.79 2.60 2.93 2.73 2.61 2.99 2.82 2.54 3.04 2.79 2.80 2.70 2.83 2.90 2.66 2.62 2.91 2.63 2.70 2.86 2.87 2.73 2.90 2.69 2.75 2.78 2.93 2.48 2.91 2.68 2.97 2.75 2.71 2.75 2.81 2.73 2.93 2.76 2.77 2.70 2.58 2.77 3.01 2.84 2.92 2.55 2.91 2.69 2.85 2.77 2.82 2.56 3.00 2.63 6.10(2) 2.37 2.93 2.60 2.61 2.95 2.48 b59) Timings 2.91 2.74 5.47(2) 3.03 2.72 2.67 2.73 2.63 2.82 3.01 2.47 2.79 2.67 2.94 2.84 2.60 2.84 2.79 2.77 2.72 2.85 2.64 2.98 2.59 2.82 2.67 2.82 2.67 2.84 2.85 2.68 8.28(3) 3.10 2.49 2.83 2.64 2.78 2.78 2.63 2.85 2.90 58.06(21) 2.77 5.43(2) 2.87 2.68 b60) Rather inaccurate observation. Pressed wrong Stopwatch button. I reconstructed my start and end timings from my running comment (in which) I could detect the 1st and last flash stopwatch button press (with sound). b61) Timings 2.91 2.74 5.47(2) 3.03 2.72 2.67 2.73 2.63 2.82 3.01 2.47 2.79 2.67 2.94 2.84 2.60 2.84 2.79 2.77 2.72 2.85 2.64 2.98 2.59 2.82 2.67 2.82 2.67 2.84 2.85 2.68 8.28(3) 3.10 2.49 2.83 2.64 2.78 2.78 2.63 2.85 2.90 58.06(21) 2.77 5.43(2) 2.87 2.68 b62) Timings 5.67(2) 2.60 2.90 2.57 5.34(2) 5.91(2) 2.91 5.47(2) 2.56 3.06 2.62 3.05 2.53 3.00 2.58 2.91 2.72 2.84 2.81 2.82 2.62 2.72 2.75 2.86 2.73 3.00 2.66 2.86 2.94 2.86 2.87 2.68 2.60 2.94 2.49 2.69 3.13 2.93 2.88 2.73 2.74 2.79 2.80 2.75 2.62 2.83 2.80 2.94 2.82 2.78 2.81 2.89 2.63 2.82 2.95 2.68 2.82 2.63 2.96 2.79 2.76 2.77 2.88 2.79 2.54 2.94 2.65 2.92 2.83 2.81 b63) Timings 2.68 2.71 2.79 2.66 2.73 2.89 8.22(3fls) 2.62 2.70 2.21 2.60 3.53 2.70 3.05 2.56 5.36(2) 2.71 2.88 2.64 2.80 2.68 2.71 2.85 2.72 2.70 2.70 5.62(2) 2.79 2.75 2.57 2.74 2.91 2.65 2.75 2.77 8.11(3) b64) Timings 5.22(2) 3.08 7.97(3) 5.49(2) 3.05 2.59 2.94 2.79 2.62 2.84 2.93 7.19(2.5) 0.94 (0.5) 2.56 2.69 3.03 2.69 2.81 2.48 2.87 110.55(40) 2.60 2.82 2.61 2.88 2.63 2.91 2.68 2.87 2.72 2.85 2.75 2.72 2.86 2.79 2.78 2.79 2.99 2.60 2.59 22.14(8) 3.11 2.38 8.28(3) 2.69 2.75 2.81 2.75 2.89 2.67 2.77 2.77 8.21(3) 5.42(2) 2.77 11.25(4) 5.44(2) 2.56 2.79 2.85 5.30(2) 3.00 2.81 5.57(2) 2.83 2.56 2.91 2.72 2.66 2.35 2.97 2.87 3.12 2.60 2.72 2.68 2.94 2.62 b65) Timings 2.74 2.78 2.81 2.78 2.75 2.79 2.92 2.94 2.80 2.80 2.71 3.00 2.57 3.02 2.73 2.43 2.94 3.09 2.63 2.91 2.66 2.81 2.87 2.97 2.63 3.03 2.66 2.90 2.84 2.75 2.72 2.91 2.74 2.94 2.75 2.90 2.61 2.86 2.73 3.06 2.72 2.74 2.68 3.00 b66) Timings 2.77 2.80 5.75(2fls) 2.98 2.81 2.66 3.01 2.80 2.73 2.73 3.13 2.83 2.88 3.09 2.61 2.80 2.85 2.72 3.16 2.93 2.93 2.54 3.19 2.71 2.79 3.09 2.80 2.77 2.94 2.91 2.86 2.76 2.71 2.70 3.12 2.76 3.00 2.54 2.88 2.68 3.42 3.04 2.52 2.90 3.02 2.92 2.94 2.69 3.00 2.81 2.87 2.72 2.97 2.84 3.03 2.82 2.91 2.67 2.88 3.09 2.80 2.75 2.87 2.94 2.84 5.83(2) 2.77 2.62 2.97 2.87 2.75 3.07 b67) Timings 2.79 2.65 3.00 2.78 3.03 2.72 2.91 2.83 3.04 2.81 2.86 2.55 3.31 2.86 2.80 2.56 3.26 2.80 2.88 2.67 2.95 2.90 2.70 2.84 2.94 3.39 2.64 3.00 2.86 2.90 2.78 2.84 2.91 2.78 3.02 2.63 2.73 3.11 3.00 3.00 2.83 2.99 2.84 2.75 2.97 2.90 2.81 2.88 2.97 2.79 2.93 2.65 3.16 2.91 2.80 2.94 2.64 3.09 2.84 2.69 3.00 2.87 3.06 2.72 b68) Timings 2.87 2.91 3.04 2.89 2.84 3.06 2.90 2.73 2.94 2.72 3.03 3.05 2.76 2.90 2.82 2.84 3.12 2.72 3.05 2.86 2.78 2.98 2.84 2.93 2.79 2.84 2.90 2.85 3.00 2.57 3.09 3.05 2.94 2.75 2.75 3.00 2.88 2.90 2.95 3.20 2.64 2.87 2.63 2.96 3.04 2.92 2.92 2.76 3.12 2.78 2.94 2.89 3.04 2.69 3.00 2.68 2.76 2.66 3.47 2.93 2.64 3.05 b69) Timings 1.58 1.76 1.30 2.88 2.94 2.83 5.84 5.77 4.23 1.57 1.76 4.00 4.53 1.50 1.41 2.74 1.68 1.54 2.72 5.82 2.96 26.16 2.94 3.00 2.84 2.87 2.96 2.86 3.06 2.79 2.97 2.77 3.03 2.85 3.09 2.53 3.16 5.84 2.88 3.08 2.73 3.00 8.47 3.13 2.92 2.79 2.91 3.06 2.81 2.75 3.07 2.93 2.73 3.12 3.03 2.85 2.93 2.87 2.94 2.91 3.12 2.85 2.75 3.10 2.71 2.89 2.99 2.80 2.76 3.03 3.06 2.97 2.76 Some flashes skipped. b70) Timings 2.95 2.85 2.97 2 87 2.93 2.97 3.01 2.94 2.91 2.96 2.80 3.09 2.87 2.99 2.88 2.93 3.13 2.99 2.92 3.00 2.73 3.08 2.91 3.06 2.96 2.94 2.83 3.02 2.87 3.04 2.84 3.18 2.78 3.06 2.94 2.87 2.89 3.00 2.96 2.90 2.92 2.97 3.03 2.97 2.71 3.12 2.88 3.22 2.68 3.01 2.93 2.88 3.06 2.99 2.80 3.12 2.75 3.05 2.89 3.12 3.00 2.90 2.91 3.13 2.82 3.06 2.82 2.95 2.95 3.03 2.87 3.06 2.88 3.00 2.78 3.06 b71) Timings 9.09 6.11 5.92 8.82 3.13 2.95 2.99 2.73 3.28 2.92 2.99 2.64 3.13 2.96 3.07 2.97 3.06 2.90 2.99 3.05 3.00 2.84 3.07 2.86 3.23 2.90 3.06 2.70 3.08 3.07 2.96 2.97 3.03 2.83 2.98 2.78 3.34 2.92 3.19 2.87 2.99 2.89 3.06 2.82 3.02 2.98 3.21 2.97 3.09 2.82 2.72 3.15 3.10 2.80 2.95 3.18 3.01 2.98 3.12 2.93 2.93 3.07 2.97 2.96 2.91 2.69 3.11 3.10 2.98 2.93 3.22 2.97 2.86 3.14 3.03 2.97 2.97 2.93 3.04 3.09 2.84 3.10 3.05 2.98 2.93 3.03 3.01 2.87 3.15 2.63 3.39 2.79 3.08 2.98 3.01 3.03 2.88 3.10 b72) Timings 2.97 3.04 2.96 3.05 2.94 3.04 3.10 2.99 2.60 3.30 3.16 3.01 3.03 3.05 2.94 3.01 3.09 3.07 2.93 3.00 3.00 3.03 3.07 3.09 2.96 3.01 3.06 2.97 3.08 2.95 3.12 2.94 2.85 3.23 3.02 3.03 3.09 2.93 3.09 3.04 3.06 3.01 2.87 3.07 3.03 3.21 2.94 3.00 2.94 85.09 2.75 3.07 3.06 3.00 3.03 3.05 3.39 2.65 3.18 3.01 2.92 3.01 3.01 3.12 21.48 2.74 3.10 2.80 3.35 2.78 3.13 2.91 3.21 3.18 2.92 2.97 3.00 2.67 3.30 3.16 2.93 3.09 2.91 3.12 3.00 2.90 3.05 b73) Timings 2.96 3.11 3.10 3.13 3.09 3.03 3.04 3.31 3.14 3.26 3.11 3.14 2.98 3.21 3.13 3.09 2.88 3.43 2.92 3.34 3.02 3.22 3.07 3.01 3.18 2.99 3.24 3.35 2.96 3.14 3.00 3.37 3.01 3.05 2.96 3.30 3.06 3.15 3.10 3.14 3.23 3.19 3.14 3.04 3.19 3.04 3.16 3.09 2.96 3.14 3.19 3.15 3.12 3.17 2.99 3.33 2.92 3.19 2.96 3.44 2.97 3.18 3.07 3.19 3.12 3.00 3.09 3.44 2.91 3.13 3.12 3.13 3.06 3.22 3.18 3.06 3.13 2.97 3.21 3.29 3.15 3.10 3.08 3.17 3.07 3.15 3.13 3.09 3.14 b74) Timings 2.91 3.14 3.20 2.96 3.17 2.99 3.15 3.00 3.14 6.13 3.09 2.84 3.22 3.11 3.11 2.88 3.33 2.93 3.18 2.93 3.25 2.93 3.21 2.93 3.14 3.07 3.15 2.97 3.10 sec. Timings suggest an asymetric pattern, with a period of 6.14 sec. b75) Timings 2.07 2.40 2.35 2.06 2.16 2.19 2.53 2.12 2.32 2.08 2.23 2.28 2.23 2.24 2.18 2.29 1.87 2.46 2.26 2.16 2.33 1.91 2.13 2.38 2.32 2.29 2.04 2.22 2.33 2.30 1.92 2.49 2.17 1.98 2.32 2.39 2.20 2.03 2.33 2.24 2.25 2.08 2.16 2.43 2.20 2.31 2.15 2.16 4.43(2fls) 6.69(3) 2.32 2.15 2.18 2.32 13.28(6) 2.16 2.24 2.01 2.38 2.09 2.35 2.15 2.28 2.34 2.11 2.12 2.27 2.25 2.10 2.37 2.07 2.18 6.82(3) 2.11 2.44 4.32(2) 26.63(12) 2.21 2.26 2.26 2.11 2.19 2.18 2.30 2.17 2.28 2.13 2.31 2.19 2.09 2.28 2.19 2.30 4.42(2) 2.34 11.13(5) 6.47(3) 2.28 4.52(2) b76) Timings 2.24 2.26 2.28 2.07 2.17 2.32 2.11 2.20 2.19 2.25 2.19 2.03 2.17 2.17 2.47 2.13 2.25 2.12 2.12 2.31 2.25 2.19 2.16 2.14 2.24 2.12 2.33 2.19 2.06 2.20 2.25 2.16 2.31 2.03 2.22 2.44 2.07 2.09 2.26 2.33 2.08 2.17 2.13 2.24 2.23 2.31 2.21 10.79(5fls) 2.43 2.35 2.02 2.26 2.00 2.27 2.17 2.12 2.25 2.22 2.16 2.27 2.10 2.21 2.20 2.13 2.20 1.98 2.31 2.38 2.47 1.92 2.20 2.12 2.32 2.25 2.12 2.22 2.16 2.22 2.00 2.62 2.24 8.51(4) 2.10 2.23 b77) (aA)' is my way to express that the maxima were as if a secondary max was not followed by a minimum but went to a primary max (a two step maximum). b78) Timings 2.58 2.59 2.66 2.68 2.60 2.59 2.71 2.73 2.62 2.82 2.56 2.35 2.84 2.79 2.60 2.75 2.54 2.54 2.91 2.80 2.37 2.86 2.71 2.18 2.90 2.83 2.88 2.49 2.44 2.46 2.88 2.70 2.71 2.82 2.57 2.61 2.42 2.68 2.84 2.56 2.95 2.61 2.55 2.33 3.61 2.17 2.73 2.49 2.71 2.66 7.88(3fls) 2.87 2.60 2.44 2.72 2.61 0.16 2.68 2.47 2.71 2.65 2.78 13.34(5) 2.63 2.77 2.57 2.61 2.86 2.31 2.58 2.70 2.86 2.80 2.91 b79) Timings 2.51 2.97 2.36 2.65 2.80 2.64 2.60 2.85 2.58 2.92 2.47 2.75 2.69 2.69 2.35 3.11 2.63 2.84 2.47 2.75 2.72 2.59 2.50 2.87 2.67 2.14 8.72(3fls) 2.99 2.30 2.89 2.33 2.91 2.59 2.62 2.56 2.82 2.67 2.83 2.37 2.75 2.53 3.04 5.31(2) 2.47 2.49 3.07 2.85 b80) Timings 7.98(3fls) 2.72 5.46(2) 5.46(2) 7.94(3) 2.72 2.81 2.58 2.54 2.81 2.87 8.13(3) 2.47 2.82 2.59 2.86 5.39(2) 5.27(2) 5.45(2) 8.13(3) 5.28(2) 2.74 2.57 2.82 8.05(3) 6.97 (2:5) 1.53 5.21(2) 2.64 2.64 2.70 5.37(2) 8.19(3) 8.03(3) 0.99 1.58 1.40 1.34 1.46 1.35 1.19 1.29 1.44 1.31 1.34 1.56 1.29 1.59 1.15 1.44 3.90 2.70 1.37 b81) Timings 2 89 2.45 2.64 2.69 2.69 2.65 2.63 2.74 2.56 2.86 2.59 2.78 2.47 2.56 3.05 2.79 2.76 2.56 2.62 2.93 2.73 2.47 2.78 2.65 2.64 2.77 2.58 2.79 2.59 2.75 2.82 2.65 2.64 b82) +6->inv; Timings 02.53 02.63 02.40 02.62 02.56 02.60 05.22(2fls) 02.56 02.67 02.44 02.52 02.81 02.36 02.46 02.68 02.44 02.68 02.58 02.51 02.37 02.61 02.59 02.64 02.58 02.60 02.74 02.49 02.41 02.63 02.51 02.46 02.59 02.79 02.24 02.63 02.65 10.31(4) 02.61 02.50 02.54 02.51 02.58 02.49 02.94 02.17 03.00 02.44 02.56 02.57 02.58 02.46 02.58 02.47 02.69 02.30 02.86 02.37 02.64 02.55 02.62 07.64(3) 02.80 02.37 02.73 02.34 02.80 02.45 02.52 02.48 02.68 02.74 02.59 02.39 18.11(7) 02.29 02.89 02.50 03.98(1.5) 02.40 01.63 05.06(2) 01.16 03.83(1.5) 03.70(1.5) 01.45 05.02 02.56 02.70 04.83(2) 02.59 02.75 05.06(2) 02.64 At the end of the obs , noted some flashes of half a period . b83) sm +6; Timings [1.43 1.24] [1.37 1.25] [1.36 1.34] [1.41 1.39] [1.59 1.29] [1.27 1.38] [1.58 3.82](2) 2.79 2.64 2.77 5.45(2) 2.59 2.83 2.69 2.71 2.82 2.68 2.82 2.73 2.45 2.88 2.65 2.79 2.81 2.69 2.68 2.82 2.74 2.73 2.68 2.99 2.39 2.74 2.87 2.68 2.74 2.42 2.92 2.87 2.83 2.61 5.47(2) 2.79 2.60 2.79 2.82 2.65 2.90 2.88 sec. At first the sm were almost as bright as the primary maxima; later the sm became almost inv. b84) Timings 2.71 2.86 2.71 2.68 2.86 2.85 2.68 2.77 2.73 2.91 2.63 2.70 2.82 2.74 2.82 2.69 2.79 2.90 2.65 2.55 2.83 2.90 2.74 2.65 2.83 2.68 2.87 2.82 2.88 2.82 sec. b85) Timings 2.73 2.78 2.83 2.71 2.62 2.75 2.99 2.63 2.99 2.70 2.93 2.79 2.74 2.51 2.64 2.98 2.73 3.01 2.82 2.64 2.82 2.82 2.72 2.83 2.78 2.82 2.82 2.59 2.91 2.78 2.78 2.64 2.93 2.84 2.73 2.75 2.80 2.86 2.74 2.83 sec. b86) Timings 3.00 2.87 2.77 2.60 2.82 2.57 2.77 2.68 3.04 5.49(2) 2.59 2.97 2.64 2.82 2.70 2.87 2.64 2.93 2.70 2.68 2.81 2.88 2.60 3.01 2.69 2.77 2.49 3.13 2.82 sec. b87) Timings 5.31(2fls) 2.61 2.55 2.65 2.57 2.58 2.71 2.55 7.81(3) 5.32(2) 2.45 2.72 2.73 2.48 2.64 2.56 2.72 2.55 2.64 2.62 5.26(2) 2.34 2.92 2.50 2.73 2.57 2.59 2.55 2.63 2.62 2.71 2.36 2.97 2.41 2.65 2.62 2.64 2.64 2.54 2.55 5.30(2) 2.58 2.53 2.87 2.65 2.47 2.55 2.85 2.56 2.65 2.38 2.98 2.29 5.13(2) 2.91 2.52 2.46 2.87 2.36 2.54 1.66 1.26 2.43 2.75 2.29 5.68(2) 2.63 2.36 2.68 2.53 2.63 2.74 1.46 1.22 2.38 1.59 1.25 3.88(1.5) 2.68 1.38 1.24 1.24 2.41 This is in the ascending part of the transit. b88) This is the high elevation part of the transit, where no flashes have not been timed. The flashing period of 2s.619 is obtained taking into ac- count the difference between 18h13m50s.56 (beginning of the following northbound transit) and 18h08m23s.23 (ending of the previous south- bound transit). The expected number of flashes is 125. b89) Timings 2s.65 2.61 2.16 3.13 2.31 2.70 2.61 2.83 2.38 2.82 2.33 2.73 2.94 2.55 2.69 2.56 2.31 2.48 2.90 2.71 2.67 2.65 2.54 2.72 2.60 2.49 2.55 2.68 2.73 2.35 2.85 2.79 2.51 2.59 2.50 2.76 2.60 2.73 2.50 2.48 2.84 2.31 2.50 2.85 2.83 2.16 2.81 2.60 2.92 2.56 2.69 2.61 2.47 2.75 2.39 2.66 2.76 2.67 2.49 2.36 2.82 2.56 2.64 2.77 2.57 2.86 2.44 2.64 2.94 2.24 2.82 2.62 2.56 2.68 2.67 2.58 2.58 2.61 2.59 2.54 This is in the descending part of the transit. b90) Timings 2.43 5.63(2) 2.72 9.49(3.5) 6.70(2.5) 1.49(0.5) 3.89(1.5) 2.87 2.70 5.49(2) 2.62 2.77 2.75 2.61 5.43(2) 2.82 2.62 2.63 2.90 2.66 2.63 2.71 2.76 2.95 2.60 2.69 2.73 2.65 2.66 2.76 2.78 2.64 2.69 2.75 2.68 2.79 2.72 2.74 2.73 2.66 2.77 2.69 2.72 2.81 2.63 2.81 2.67 2.74 2.68 2.74 2.61 2.85 2.74 2.76 2.80 2.73 2.59 2.76 2.69 2.64 2.68 2.69 2.95 2.71 2.72 2.72 2.64 2.78 2.90 2.65 2.72 2.69 2.68 2.56 2.84 2.69 2.88 2.88 2.43 2.78 2.76 2.68 2.63 2.78 2.75 2.62 2.54 2.83 2.98 2.62 2.81 2.80 2.67 2.63 2.68 2.63 2.81 b91) Timings 2.92 3.49 3.32 3.35 3.44 3.16 3.18 3.35 3.31 3.40 3.27 3.18 3.35 3.30 3.23 3.40 3.29 3.17 3.27 3.56 3.28 3.22 3.34 3.28 3.25 3.29 3.14 3.54 3.37 3.18 3.28 3.30 3.21 3.54 3.38 3.20 3.34 3.28 3.16 3.42 3.22 3.41 3.41 3.25 3.34 3.13 3.24 3.20 3.20 3.67 3.28 3.34 3.21 3.28 3.46 3.30 3.20 3.34 3.23 3.23 3.50 3.21 3.40 3.23 3.34 3.46 3.09 3.43 3.22 3.28 3.31 3.31 3.18 3.18 3.63 3.23 3.19 3.50 3.41 b92) Timings 3.18 3.45 3.32 3.72 3.35 3.60 3.53 3.21 3.70 3.41 3.45 3.34 3.51 3.39 3.40 3.47 3.62 3.27 1.82 1.78 3.22 2.08 1.61 3.16 2.10 1.64 3.23 2.00 1.78 3.35 3.28 3.50 3.81 1.62 1.41 1.89 3.86 15.28(4.5 fls) 3.41 3.27 5.35(1.5) 1.75 3.44 6.84(2) 3.62 3.36 3.23 3.71 6.68(2) 3.68 3.40 7.00(2) 2.92 7.02(2) 7.13(2) 6.77(2) 3.60 3.51 3.44 3.70 3.41 b93) Timings 3.55 3.34 3.50 3.65 3.54 3.63 3.02 3.87 3.29 3.59 3.52 3.52 3.49 3.52 3.51 3.57 3.41 3.42 3.42 3.15 3.93 3.61 3.14 10.75(3fls) 3.55 3.17 3.73 3.66 3.30 3.47 3.48 3.38 3.72 3.74 3.10 3.73 3.46 3.49 3.43 3.61 3.23 3.57 3.70 3.42 3.53 3.40 2m41s.45(46fls) 3.29 3.00 3.63 3.36 3.75 3.48 3.89 3.32 3.19 7.10(2) 1.93 1.74 1.93 1.69 1.46 1.86 1.84 1.72 1.72 1.65 5.33(1.5) 1.42 3.68 3.61 10.31(3) 2.06 1.64 3.44 3.52 3.32 3.54 3.89 3.39 1.96 1.36 2.02 5.10(1.5) 2.11 1.39 7.15(2) 3.36 13.86(4) 3.75 3.45 10.49(3) 3.48 3.58 3.38 3.71 3.15 3.75 3.45 3.65 13.84(4) 3.41 3.60 3.08 3.91 3.61 3.35 3.60 3.51 3.40 3.62 3.43 3.51 3.91 3.14 3.43 3.59 b94) Timings 2.70 2.78 2.72 2.68 2.81 2.26 3.22 2.74 2.59 3.06 2.55 2.65 2.78 2.75 2.81 2.66 2.72 2.72 2.77 2.73 2.59 2.83 2.61 2.94 2.74 2.73 2.77 2.69 2.79 2.68 2.81 2.73 2.65 2.85 2.65 2.78 2.76 2.68 2.82 2.68 2.78 2.75 2.72 2.71 2.82 2.63 2.81 2.74 2.73 2.74 2.75 2.73 2.77 2.76 2.59 3.04 30.03(11) 35.78(13) 2.65 2.69 2.90 b95) Timings 9.58(3) 2.89 6.00(2) 12.88(4) 3.09 2.88 3.06 b96) Timings 3.49 3.32 3.35 3.44 3.16 3.18 3.35 3.31 3.40 3.27 3.18 3.35 3.30 3.23 3.40 3.29 3.17 3.27 3.56 3.28 3.22 3.34 3.28 3.25 3.29 3.14 3.54 3.37 3.18 3.28 3.30 3.21 3.54 3.38 3.20 3.34 3.28 3.16 3.42 3.22 3.41 3.41 3.25 3.34 3.13 3.24 3.20 3.20 3.67 3.28 3.34 3.21 3.28 3.46 3.30 3.20 3.34 3.23 3.23 3.50 3.21 3.40 3.23 3.34 3.46 3.09 3.43 3.22 3.28 3.31 3.31 3.18 3.18 3.63 3.23 3.19 3.50 3.41 b97) Timings 3.27 3.36 3.53 3.40 3.49 3.22 3.38 3.24 3.58 3.43 3.54 3.17 3.31 3.57 3.50 3.00 4.01 2.85 3.39 3.69 3.23 3.31 3.04 3.76 3.50 3.00 3.60 3.21 3.37 3.46 3.27 7.12(2) 13.22(4) 7.15(2) 4.94 3.22 5.13 3.14 6.89(2) b98) Timings 3.40 3.79 3.40 3.55 3.59 3.51 3.09 3.54 3.48 3.31 3.58 3.67 2.96 3.54 3.47 3.56 3.11 3.54 3.48 3.67 3.16 3.51 3.34 3.47 3.29 3.35 3.28 3.65 3.52 3.39 3.32 3.37 3.56 3.40 3.20 3.91 3.24 3.36 3.45 3.50 3.41 3.19 3.50 3.45 3.25 3.59 3.38 3.56 3.49 3.48 3.26 3.36 3.55 3.48 3.27 3.54 3.36 3.49 3.21 3.64 3.35 3.42 b99) Timings 3.60 3.63 3.64 3.68 22.14(6) 44.44(12)36.90(10) 36.89(10) 33.26(9) b100) Timings 3.98 3.74 3.70 3.85 3.81 3.87 3.85 3.70 3.91 3.85 3.64 3.88 3.80 3.84 3.74 3.76 3.73 3.87 3.94 3.70 3.70 3.96 3.76 3.60 4.11 3.81 3.91 3.72 3.69 3.85 3.81 3.69 3.97 3.46 3.90 4.02 3.71 3.91 3.87 3.72 3.91 3.76 3.50 4.06 3.78 3.64 4.05 3.78 3.58 3.95 3.67 4.03 3.77 3.74 3.90 3.44 3.96 3.65 3.94 3.55 4.07 3.71 3.84 3.85 22.90(6) 3.56 3.71 7.57(2) 7.57(2) 3.69 3.65 3.81 3.78 3.71 3.94 b101) Timings 3.70 4.12 3.77 3.51 3.67 4.47 3.75 3.85 4.02 3.78 3.90 3.81 3.99 3.83 3.90 3.83 4.00 3.90 3.88 3.90 3.83 3.77 4.01 3.79 4.19 3.63 3.81 3.97 3.99 3.61 4.15 3.78 3.89 3.97 3.80 3.90 3.94 3.91 3.83 3.97 b102) Timings 4.26 4.41 4.57 4.32 4.14 4.46 4.59 4.30 4.39 4.18 4.28 9.06 4.50 4.53 4.00 4.19 4.47 4.65 4.40 sec. b103) Timings 4.45 13.42 4.31 4.51 4.33 8.77 4.71 4.32 4.71 4.22 17.93 8.94 4.36 4.46 17.68 9.05 8.64 8.96 sec. b104) Timings 4.64 4.19 4.68 4.01 4.60 4.28 4.83 4.22 4.64 4.43 4.22 4.56 4.47 4.41 4.46 4.35 4.74 4.27 4.52 4.72 sec. Combined period or just synodic effect? In the middle, high in the sky, almost equal timings. b105) Timings 4.75 4.75 4.70 4.61 4.81 4.67 4.83 4.69 4.74 4.79 4.66 4.60 4.82 4.79 sec. b106) Timings 6.65 6.04 7.55 5.55 6.46 6.29 6.65 6.12 6.76 6.14 6.51 6.19 6.56 6.15 6.28 6.38 6.80 6.58 6.27 6.34 sec. Possible a combined period of 12.8 sec. b107) Timings 6.08 6.37 6.13 6.25 5.78 6.59 5.90 5.75 6.67 5.55 6.78 6.25 5.85 6.35 5.97 6.13 6.21 6.24 6.17 6.87 5.35 6.37 6.18 6.13 6.35 5.94 6.09 6.16 6.09 6.12 b108) Timings 4.12 3.81 3.88 3.93 39.93 b109) Timings 4.03 4.36 4.06 3.75 3.93 4.00 4.32 3.72 3.65 4.57 4.35 4.09 4.18 3.98 3.90 3.59 4.55 3.58 4.19 4.09 4.10 3.93 4.49 3.75 4.13 4.23 4.17 3.85 3.84 4.14 4.21 3.69 4.69 3.43 4.26 3.90 4.10 4.38 3.90 4.09 4.03 3.97 4.02 4.05 4.08 3.95 4.06 4.08 4.01 4.12 4.01 4.22 3.54 4.46 4.11 3.63 4.47 3.88 4.13 3.96 4.13 4.02 4.11 4.05 3.85 3.90 4.00 4.49 3.86 4.09 b110) Timings 4.12 4.06 4.16 4.16 4.00 3.92 4.28 3.94 3.84 4.35 4.27 3.93 3.96 4.15 3.94 4.31 4.25 4.08 3.81 3.71 4.09 4.66 3.86 4.29 3.88 4.64 3.71 4.33 4.04 4.07 3.70 4.57 4.31 3.89 4.14 3.82 3.99 4.31 4.16 4.24 3.99 4.37 4.05 4.17 4.25 3.86 4.23 4.06 3.98 4.14 4.33 4.05 3.98 4.00 4.02 4.29 3.99 4.23 3.98 4.28 4.07 3.82 4.34 4.00 b111) Timings 6.61 6.00 6.41 6.65 6.09 6.52 6.00 6.55 5.95 6.83 6.08 6.48 6.46 6.16 6.54 5.84 6.96 5.97 6.44 6.42 6.53 6.40 6.06 6.56 5.96 6.79 6.13 6.22 6.75 6.31 6.16 6.31 6.47 6.67 6.04 b112) Timings 6.98 6.63 6.97 6.58 6.02 6.93 6.62 6.94 6.67 6.50 6.67 6.75 6.75 6.60 6.43 6.97 6.47 6.53 6.90 6.79 6.77 6.12 6.75 6.44 7.10 6.29 6.90 6.73 6.99 6.41 6.82 6.73 6.63 6.77 6.51 6.85 6.40 6.47 b113) Timings 6.82 6.81 6.66 6.37 6.54 7.00 6.44 7.18 6.25 6.87 6.82 6.55 6.50 6.71 6.69 6.61 6.70 6.83 6.43 6.82 6.86 6.64 6.78 6.63 6.81 6.69 b114) Timings 6.87 6.76 6.38 7.07 6.93 6.74 6.65 6.84 6.42 7.24 6.98 b115) Timings 6.77 7.23 6.72 6.93 6.63 6.97 6.93 6.89 6.91 6.86 6.88 6.75 6.81 7.07 7.03 6.75 6.93 6.84 6.87 7.04 6.57 7.11 6.98 6.93 6.75 7.03 6.93 6.82 7.00 6.84 b116) Timings 6.76 6.53 7.26 7.25 6.77 7.34 6.78 6.85 6.85 7.36 6.82 7.36 6.93 6.91 7.41 6.80 7.05 7.19 6.78 7.17 sec. Looks like a combined period of around 14 sec. b117) Timings 6.75 7.50 7.24 7.17 14.28 7.14 14.32 7.05 7.16 7.06 21.59 7.07 sec. Missed some maxima due to clouds. b118) Timings 7.33 7.24 7.22 7.31 7.27 7.86(late) 6.77 7.25 7.29 7.38 sec. b119) Timings 9.10 8.82 9.65 8.93 9.26 8.72 9.23 9.47 8.85 9.23 9.15 9.05 9.31 b120) Timings 4.82 4.27 5.18 4.07 5.39 3.87 9.71 9.42 9.06 9.00 9.56 9.22 9.34 9.65 9.35 9.13 9.56 9.05 9.23 9.46 b121) Timings 10.07 9.95 10.06 10.03 10.03 10.05 9.91 10.08 10.23 10.30 9.89 9.85 10.35 10.12 9.94 10.16 sec. b122) Timings 10.06 9.67 10.57 9.82 9.89 10.73 9.83 10.46 10.07 9.90 10.03 10.55 9.49 10.53 sec. The observations of this night suggest a combined period of 20.2 sec. b123) Timings 10.11 10.23 10.07 10.21 10.33 10.28 10.36 10.14 9.89 10.32 10.22 10.68 10.04 10.33 sec. b124) Timings 10.18 10.15 10.29 10.13 10.30 10.28 10.10 10.43 10.17 10.19 10.43 10.19 10.28 10.35 10.15 10.47 10.34 10.32 10.31 10.68 10.19 10.10 10.40 10.65 10.10 10.21 10.81 10.58 10.19 20.71(2A) 20.90 b125) Timings 11.08 12.20 11.75 11.99 11.35 12.14 11.27 12.28 23.63. b126) Timings 15.77 15.62 16.56 17.21 16.23 17.47 15.50 b127) Timings [16.06 15.59 16.12 16.26] 16.97 16.97 16.37 16.82 17.00 16.43 16.97 16.78 17.11 16.48 17.59 16.57 17.03 17.06 16.72 16.85 17.09 [17.61] Timings in square brackets are not considered. b128) Timings 16.89 17.32 17.57 16.50 17.00 17.03 17.58 16.17 17.48 17.67 17.13 17.10 17.87 16.65 19.25 17.20 18.52 17.07 17.44 b129) Timings 17.28 18.03 17.59 17.81 17.68 17.13 18.19 18.34 17.32 16.78 sec. b130) Timings 17.92 19.13 17.44 17.88 19.28 20.39 16.98 18.48 18.41 18.69 sec. b131) Timings 17.22 17.93 17.82 17.32 17.97 17.88 17.90 17.23 18.33 18.19 sec. b132) Seemed to switch to hp near end of pass. b133) Timings 24.29(2A) 11.87 12.09 11.91 10.50 13.59 11.97 11.81 12.16 12.41 23.81(2) 12.25 12.11 11.83 11.78 5.91 6.48 5.86 5.56 6.53 6.28 6.00 5.25 6.66 6.28 5.91 11.70 6.71 11.74 6.13 5.94 11.25 6.87 5.63 11.50 12.02 b134) Timings 6.60 12.41 5.65 18.57 6.02 6.09 12.38 12.29 12.25 5.61 6.92 17.41 7.31 7.31 10.74 12.23 12.28 24.91 Several hp noted. b135) Timings 27.99 30.08 27.85 29.15 28.52 28.90 29.81 27.84 28.57 27.65 29.76 29.26 29.33 b136) Timings 50.47 52.96 48.39 61.94 sec. b137) Timings 52.14 52.65 Culmination 26°/295° at 17:58:01. b138) Timings 46.99 48.34 50.72 Culmination 31°/083° at 17:20:11. b139) Timings 72.16(2A) 32.88 36.58 Culmination 48°/075° at 20:55:52. b140) Timings: 65.61 67.58 Eclipse at 21:28:45 51°/310° b141) Timings: 82.89 Culmination 79°/082° at 19:15:35. end 2003-037C 2003-042B 27940 Rubin 4 rocket [Kosmos]: b1) Clouds prevented me in performing a neat observation. b2) Caught as an UNID and new to me. 1@ +3 golden flare b3) flare might be caused by Rubin attached to Kosmos-rocket end 2003-042B 2003-042D 27942 UK-DMC b1) From Astronomy Club of Tulsa RMCC (+35.8311, -95.1411) b2) Observer reported Mozhayets as name, which is 03042A in BD's satdb b3) Seen at 36X in 12" so probably did not catch entire period. end 2003-042D 2003-042G 27945 Kaistsat 4 1) near the Tania’s (lam & Mu UMa) yellowish, flaring? Identified as 27945 Kaistsat 4 end 2003-042G 2003-046B 28050 IRS-P 6 rocket [PSLV] b1) secondary maxima at about 1/3 of interval between two primary maxima. b2) in South several secondary maxima including mag. +2 flashes. b3) Clicks: (18.05 10.75) (6.49 20.02) 25.52 29.43 end 2003-046B 2003-049A 28057 CBERS 2 b1) Timings show a pattern as follows: (6.36 6.22 6.25 4.56 1.58) (6.54 6.55 6.29 4.54 1.53) b2) Only one PPAS entry and much different than what I saw tonight. Several maxima were capped with a bright flash. Seen as UNID, naked eye, followed until clouds. b3) 03049A An easy object when the sky should have been darker, see its max mag. b4) One very bright flash at 0:31:10.32 end 2003-049A 2003-049C 28059 CBERS 2 rocket [CZ-4] b1) one flare, mag 1, A steady mag 5 pass with a flare to mag 1. end 2003-049C 2003-050B 28061 Servis 1 rocket [SL-19] b1) Timings 1.85 1.53 1.84 2.66 3.00 3.05 2.34 1.91 1.54 2.04 2.55 2.67 2.91 2.65 3.30 2.23 2.69 2.49 2.59 3.06 b2) poor sky; Timings 3.59 3.01 3.86 3.08 3.64 2.79 buttonpress late between these two 3.33 3.62 3.29 3.18 3.48 3.48 3.15 3.17 3.68 3.44 3.31 at the end I noticed secondary maxima and also double maxima with sharp flashes. end 2003-050B 2003-052B 28083 Zhong Xing 20 rocket [CZ-3A] b1) Much slower than 2 days earlier - observer error? end 2003-052B 2003-054A 28095 USA 173 (NOSS-3 2 (A)) b1) NOSS duo front object flare near RA 00h03m dec -01.9 Az 128.5 alt 24.5 Az of sun 255.7. Saw this object accidentally. 2003-054C NOSS duo follower had mag. +4.4 end 2003-054A 2003-054B 28096 USA 173 rocket [Centaur] b1) Timings 14.19 14.33 12.83 14.02 13.70 14.05 12.85 14.18 14.47 sec. b2) Timings 12.13 5.59 13.34 11.26 5.50 14.09 10.93 5.56 13.57 18.39 12.75 sec. The bright flashes occured before the three short periods of 5.5 sec. b3) Timings 15.54 11.50 19.60 7.83 3.86 5.13 14.44 3.90 5.83 4.56 16.60 14.69 sec. Somewhat Irr pattern. 2nd and 3rd time together 2 flashes; than 3 timings for 1 period; a short P; than again 3 timings in one P. b4) Timings 15.20 (11.59 + 4.75 = 16.34) 14.91 (7.54 + 4.01 + 4.17 = 15.72) 15.14 31.12 (missed one max) 15.52 14.93 15.54 15.58 Intermediate maxima were flashes of different magnitude and color. b5) timings (24.89 12.15) (21.51 12.05) b6) timings (16.31 18.20) 32.03 (15.93 20.58) b7) Timings 13.77 23.11 13.60 14.73 14.90 17.42 17.68 sec. b8) timings 5.07 11.80 16.50 12.93 4.36 16.01 4.98 7.38 4.62 15.33 1.34 12.06 21.04 (missed one maximum or was not present) b9) Tricky one, but it was doing a distinct specular flash. b10) Timings 18s.20 36.35(2) b11) Clicks: 37.60, 13.91, 23.65, 186.58, 13.52, 23.70, 13.24, 23.86 (There's also a long bright tumble max after the main flash.) b12) Irregular; following combined periods are a guess: Timings (3.54 4.00 17.93 1.54) (1.49 8.57 8.75 11.01) (7.66 5.22 8.60 5.64) b13) Complex variation; groups are within parentheses. Period determined by the flat maxima in every group, so dtm; Flashes were unevenly spread. (18.60 2.05 6.83 14.43) (14.04 12.32 8.51) (16.40 12.80 6.77) (17.56 1.76 17.57) (17.87 14.48 4.18) (18.53 5.03 8.71 6.46) b14) clicks: 38.00, 13.93, 24.12, 38.10 b15) Timings 14.06, 23.94, 38.00 b16) Timings 4s.16 1.48 12.22 4.87 18.95 18.99 18.86 13.87 5.14 18.93 37.94 1.82 11.73 1.05 23.27 Possible p 18.95 seconds based on 18.95 18.99 18.86 (13.87+5.14 for 1 p) 18.93 37.94(2 ps) (1.82+11.73 +1.05+23.27 for 2 ps) b17) Timings (13.89 24.28) 38.50 38.44 38.55 b18) Timings (19.34 19.07) 38.59 38.51 (13.80 24.60) 12.02 2.85 62.34 38.66 38.52 Some flashes skipped. b19) Timings 14.10 18.38 6.01 2.86 35.78 37.53 14.63 24.84 77.00 38.58 13.47 25.22 13.44 22.74 2.44 Some flashes skipped. b20) Timings 20.15 20.06 19.82 19.86 19.28 19.44 19.31 19.55 b21) Timings 20s.38 20.19 20.25 20.12 19.97 20.00 20.12 b22) Timings 55.72(2F) 28.11 27.87 b23) Timings 55.78(2F) 55.90(2) 28.16 28.09 b24) Timings 59.15(2F) 59.16(2) Culmination 28°/037° at 17:30:27. b25) Timings 59.72 59.49 29.93 29.53 29.81 29.76 Eclipse time 19:20:29 57°/314° b26) Timings 30.38 25.50 30.36 25.00 31.28 25.29 30.81 25.06 30.85 24.59 [31.84] Eclipse exit at 23:52:08 65°/097°. b27) May be wrong. b28) Very different behavior than last sighting low in south b29) Timings: 36.72 37.06 36.91 40.14 33.99 Expected eclipse 40°/044° 20:42:10 end 2003-054B 2003-057B 28118 UFO 11 rocket [Centaur] 1) first 7 sets of 2 had a "preflash" before every other flash end 2003-057B 2003-061A 28140 Tau Ce 1 (Doublestar) b1) is spin-stabilized at 15 rpm. Can someone please point to a some good images of Double Star 1 (or Tan Ce 1. 28140. 03-061A) online? Mike reminded me that what we saw is not easy to explain given a cylinder covered with solar cells. While watching it. wiggling the telescope a little yielded multiple dots - which means multiple specular flashes within the duration of the wiggle. The overall flash period that we saw was four seconds. which corresponds with it spinning at 15 rpm. but there was a lot more visible than just a single specular flash every four seconds. b2) Fainter than expected by 0.5 mag; flashed brighter by 1 mag. b3) First 3 were double flares, with <0.2s between them! end 2003-061A 03-662A b1) Unid We (MM+EC) saw a brightly flashing west-to-east object. period 2.47 seconds +2.0 maxima. I got this rough position: 2003-06-11 03:02:23 RA 16:11:50. Dec -10.2 (2000). At that point. its direction of motion was about 225 (left and down). With Findsat and alldat.tle. I didn't get any obvious match. I didn't expect it to be an unid and so didn't get data as good as I would have liked. end 03-662A 03-837A b1) unid. My unknown DSP observed again in very bright twilight as follows: started flashing 18h05m30s and stopped flashing 18h14m46s UT. Position 18h09m32.9s UT RA23h22m47.7s Dec +05d13'13"(J2000) mag 6.5/inv P=2.05 sec end 03-837A 2004-005C 28165 Kosmos 2405 rocket [Molniya] b1) It had primary and secondary minima (faint and bright). so I think the tumble period is actually about 12.28. Mike estimated the Quicksat intrinsic magnitude at +3. end 2004-005C; decayed 2004-04-11 2004-012B 28221 Naxing b1) Timings [9.20 14.08 6.12] [9.38 20.43] sec. Timed two flashes before: 12.46 and 6.54 sec; 1 flash afterwards 1.34 sec. Sat was at first slowly var, 4->i. end 2004-012B 2004-012C 28222 Tansuo 1 rocket [CZ-2C] b1) Timings 3.50 2.91 3.55 2.96 3.49 3.80 3.04 3.29 3.37 3.51 3.53 3.26 3.57 3.44 3.15 3.54 3.29 2.92 3.90 3.66 3.35 3.38 3.57 3.34 3.50 3.56 2.92 3.70 3.48 3.52 3.22 3.62 3.43 3.48 3.31 3.47 3.38 3.50 3.39 3.49 3.43 3.44 3.38 3.48 3.57 3.30 3.49 sec. b2) 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. b3) 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. b4) Timings 7.32 4.61 3.38 3.66 4.57 4.09 4.56 4.23 4.09 4.42 3.91 3.76 4.11 4.71 3.80 4.41 4.09 4.07 4.66 3.58 4.82 3.77 sec. b5) Timings 3.68 4.93 3.80 4.70 4.56 4.75 4.31 4.56 4.73 4.55 4.66 4.45 4.76 4.74 4.51 4.59 4.41 5.20 4.25 sec. b6) Timings 4.48 5.03 4.00 4.84 4.62 4.25 4.92 4.41 4.84 4.50 4.80 4.67 4.42 4.55 4.96 4.61 4.89 4.80 4.20 4.98 sec. b7) Timings 3.72 5.64 4.66 4.81 4.57 6.64 4.93 5.24 4.71 5.19 4.93 5.73 4.74 5.57 4.50 5.59 4.66 5.81 5.30 5.60 4.56 5.80 3.86 5.91 4.94 5.22 5.30 9.52 5.87 5.20 5.32 10.39 sec. Missed two flashes. Timings suggest a combined period around 10.2 sec. b8) Timings 11.09 11.31 6.03 5.36 5.85 5.70 5.68 5.74 5.79 5.60 5.84 5.52 5.80 5.67 5.66 5.77 5.81 5.69 sec. Was S when picked up in south; then after cumulation starts flashing b9) Timings 6.76 5.79 5.40 5.42 6.68 5.62 5.52 4.45 7.30 4.74 6.85 4.82 6.42 11.29 4.77 6.67 5.64 5.70 4.46 7.00 5.13 sec. Is more like a complex pattern than previuos pass, P=11.50 b10) Timings 7.15 5.93 5.61 7.32 6.59 7.10 6.96 5.98 7.10 6.36 6.62 5.35 7.91 7.11 6.04 6.99 6.51 6.27 sec. Real P = 13.2 sec? b11) Timings 13.35 11.40 6.31 6.45 7.48 5.33 6.58 6.21 7.22 6.19 6.48 sec. b12) ssm, Timings 6.86 7.36 6.43 6.55 6.84 6.82 6.60 7.02 6.69 6.76 20.13 6.97 6.65 6.62 6.94 [4.11 2.78] [10.95 2.40] 6.77 6.71 6.66 At the end of the pass several secondary maxima. b13) Timings [2.72 4.46] 6.84 7.54 6.87 [2.44 4.76] 5.56 6.97 7.00 7.05 6.20 7.09 7.08 6.39 6.34 7.45 sec. b14) Timings 22.59 9.15 8.30 6.03 7.11 5.93 8.31 7.20 6.05 7.52 7.25 6.76 7.30 6.76 7.14 7.00 7.13 7.23 6.75 7.12 6.89 7.06 6.85 7.10 7.16 6.93 7.12 6.11 7.28 11.46 9.74 6.86 sec. b15) Timings 7.45 6.28 7.17 7.03 7.02 7.15 7.13 7.05 6.86 7.37 7.18 6.90 7.18 7.01 7.07 7.08 7.01 7.10 7.05 7.00 7.11 7.09 7.03 7.04 7.18 6.91 7.23 7.03 sec. At first sat was almost S, with some max: 26.94 68.31 15.14 13.37 sec; but then started flashing nicely and could be followed low in the north. b16) Timings 6.80 6.47 7.07 7.16 6.54 7.30 7.53 6.74 7.43 6.82 7.24 7.22 7.16 7.12 7.03 7.19 6.99 7.05 7.24 7.09 7.19 6.90 7.36 7.08 7.09 7.70 6.48 sec. Was at first almost S, 3; started flashing clearly after cumulation. b17) Timings 15.10 7.63 6.68 6.88 7.39 7.14 8.00 7.59 7.87 7.19 7.12 7.57 6.34 7.64 7.50 8.40 6.25 7.78 6.71 7.84 7.82 6.67 7.35 7.22 7.53 7.49 7.03 7.98 6.98 sec. P is probably around 14.7 sec, with two sets of flashes. b18) Timings 6.16 7.08 7.23 6.61 6.77 7.04 7.10 7.56 6.13 7.27 6.92 6.44 7.77 sec. Much smaller flash period than on previous pass. b19) Timings 7.18 8.25 7.81 6.87 5.92 8.83 7.12 6.60 7.54 8.04 6.99 7.94 6.80 7.94 7.59 7.33 7.56 7.32 8.49 5.47 8.41 6.90 sec. Combined period of a longer and shorter part. b20) Timings 6.50 9.15 5.31 7.23 7.85 7.08 7.87 6.86 7.35 6.81 8.20 7.82 7.88 7.47 7.61 7.77 7.38 8.93 5.35 8.10 6.29 8.62 7.58 7.92 sec. Combined period. b21) Timings 6.81 8.35 7.31 6.89 7.82 6.72 8.31 6.76 7.89 8.47 6.88 9.07 7.79 8.30 8.02 7.55 7.94 6.96 7.32 8.30 sec. Period is complex at 15.3 sec. b22) Timings 14.91 15.28 15.51 8.20 6.55 8.64 7.34 8.04 7.33 16.24 7.74 7.55 5.92 10.04 7.47 7.75 5.96 9.47 6.76 8.73 7.79 7.72 7.92 7.69 7.78 7.72 7.78 7.82 sec. Toward the north regular pattern. b23) Timings 8.00 7.21 6.02 8.51 8.08 7.90 7.32 7.50 sec. b24) Timings 6.51 7.01 7.15 8.15 7.00 9.80 7.81 7.87 8.46 8.20 7.43 7.66 7.95 7.82 6.75 9.13 7.76 sec. b25) ? b26) Timings 6.94 6.71 6.92 6.74 6.88 6.91 6.80 7.54 7.57 7.25 7.72 7.34 7.96 sec. b27) Timings 8.28 8.35 24.64 8.18 16.61 sec. b28) Timings 5.61 9.34 7.17 8.84 9.34 8.33 7.18 10.61 8.27 7.50 8.63 8.55 7.50 8.75 sec. b29) Timings 10.07 7.12 9.67 7.68 9.12 8.29 9.70 7.38 9.79 6.86 10.52 6.90 9.51 8.60 9.94 7.53 9.23 8.16 9.23 7.17 sec. b30) Timings 11.45 8.86 11.17 8.77 9.90 8.62 11.21 10.52 9.94 8.15 11.68 8.74 sec. Combined period. b31) Timings; 71.05 76.43 sec. b32) S +4 in zenith Timings [6.59 4.47] [3.66 3.24 4.90] sec. Dtm with several bright sm. end 2004-012C Check these with original e-mail b25) ? b26) Timings 9.86 7.22 8.53 7.28 9.53 9.76 7.77 7.03 9.37 6.58 9.61 7.78 9.18 16.48 7.79 7.98 6.72 10.75 6.97 8.92 6.59 sec. 2004-014A 28230 Gravity Probe B b1) Timings 17.22 18.95 24.95 56.56 sec. Some max were flat and not timed. Sky still bright. but easy to follow. Didn't see the orange color reported by other observers. b2) Timings 20.10 17.61 sec. end 2004-014 A 2004-015A 28234 Express-AM 11 b1 Jeff Umbarger wrote late on June 3: Saw AM-11 at 6:50:30UT at RA:15hr39min and Dec.:-5.5deg from Plano TX.... And it flares, with the same kind of pattern later and later each night. Expect to see it around 7UT tonight. I got Jeff's message at about 7:00 UTC (an hour ago) and rushed outside (friends' house in suburbs with nice deck, Milky Way now faintly visible). When I was sure that I had found Express AM-11 (28234, 04-015A), it was about +4, at about 7:05 UTC -- at about RA 15:45. It faded and brightened roughly every 8 or 9 minutes, and the brightest that I saw this time was at about RA 16:00, when it was nearly +2.0 -- as bright as the brightest stars in the vicinity. The maximum at about 16:18 or 16:19 was much fainter. Tonight's main event was very roughly about 90 minutes later than only 8 nights ago -- roughly 11-plus minutes, on average, later from one night to the next. b2) For Express AM-11 (28234, 04-015A) there were magnitude +2 maxima this morning at about (within only about 30 seconds accuracy, if that, due to its slowness): 07:16:30 07:26:00 07:35:30 07:44:30 07:55:00 - only +3.5 08:04:30 - only about +5.5 I first found it at about 07:07 at about +4.5. The RA was from roughly 15:40 to 16:35, Dec close to -5. The minima went to fainter than +7. I was using my 10x50 binoculars but checked the maxima without magnification. b3) It gave a flash brighter then Mag 7 every 96 seconds The brighest flash (+5 or brighter) was at 10:01:47 UTC (Mar 19) I observed flashes at 09:54:37 09:56:59 d = 2:22 = 142 09:58:35 d = 1:36 = 96 10:00:11 d = 1:36 = 96 10:01:47 d = 1:36 = 96 10:03:23 d = 1:36 = 96 I missed seeing the flash predicted at around 09:55:23 UTC, too faint to spot. BD: I dropped 1st maximum, giving 4 maxima with equal intervals. b4) KF: I observed Express AM-11 ( 28234 ) in a twlight sky. It never got faint enough, not to see, and then gave a bright flash, every approx 3 min 23 seconds. end 2004-015A 2004-017B 28253 AMC 11 rocket [Centaur] b1) Timings on minimas. I don't see this object in any PPAS data - but it seemed variable to me. end 2004-017B 2004-018B 28255 Rocsat 2 rocket [Taurus] 1) some mag 4 Timings 10.78 13.38 4.13 5.56 33.37 8.08 5.74 5.93 4.57 11.01 6.29 sec. Difficult to get a good period. end 2004-018B 2004-021B 28353 Kosmos 2406 rocket (Zenit) b1) Timings every 10th flash: 6.61 7.01 7.07 7.34 44.61 7.28 7.25 7.77 8.52 sec. In between to sets ot timings sat was almost S. Dtm on this low easterly pass. b2) Timings on every 10th flash: 7.01 7.43 7.64 7.16 7.05 7.14 6.79 6.72 6.75 6.78 6.86 7.21 6.76 6.50 6.67 6.48 6.68 6.34 6.63 6.09 6.02 5.97 6.06 5.73 5.73 6.09 5.97 5.78 5.66 5.75 5.88 5.72 5.17 5.50 5.50 5.47 5.92 5.40 17.60 5.31 5.51 5.32 5.40 5.69 5.73 5.96 6.56 5.83 6.18 6.15 sec. Had to shift the chair to continue observing, hence the 17.60 sec interval, counted as 34 flashes. Easy to observe in the northeast when the flashes were very distinct. b3) sets of 50 cycles: 28.95, 29.00 (two other sets: 29.00, 28.94) b4) sets of 50 cycles: 29.26, 29.34 b5) sets of 50 cycles: 29.54, 29.54 (two other sets: 29.60, 29.57) b6) Timings every 10th flash: 5.64 5.86 6.15 6.19 6.12 6.18 6.45 6.47 5.84 6.87 6.25 6.34 6.65 6.70 6.62 6.70 6.47 6.60 sec. b7) sets of 50 cycles: 29.72, 29.86 (two other sets: 29.81, 29.67) b8) Still bright sky, but 04-21 B passed close to Vega and was picked up there. Hard to see any flashing all the way to the Northeast. b9) At the suggestion of Bjorn I timed at random flashes, although the 6.xx timings are for 10 flashes. Timings 17.98 6.18 6.82 6.70 14.73 3.00 6.66 9.09 6.78 6.36 6.94 11.46 22.18 6.57 6.53 6.57 15.13 7.46 6.41 6.89 7.20 6.73 6.90 6.62 sec. b10) Timings every 10th flash:6.32 6.26 6.07 6.15 6.37 6.08 6.22 6.07 6.32 6.05 6.18 6.21 6.19 5.99 6.15 6.22 6.26 6.14 6.23 6.15 6.16 6.11 6.10 6.19 6.14 6.37 6.05 6.72 6.13 6.12 6.30 6.21 6.79 6.80 6.34 6.75 6.09 6.61 6.21 6.63 6.80 7.18 8.03 6.48 6.99 7.42 6.85 7.45 7.32 7.25 7.07 6.89 7.23 7.02 7.00 6.84 7.14 7.09 7.42 7.29 7.04 7.18 7.13 6.71 sec. At first nice constant timings; second half of pass the timings got more bizar, although the flashes were easy to count. b11) Timings every 10th flash:6.13 6.25 6.13 5.92 6.25 6.17 6.09 6.16 6.36 6.00 6.30 6.20 6.07 6.25 6.25 6.15 6.14 6.15 6.20 6.72 6.17 6.22 6.15 6.79 6.22 6.11 6.01 6.22 6.12 6.31 6.14 6.23 6.06 6.25 6.11 6.20 sec. In this second pass only two somewhat longer timings of 6.7 sec, phaseshifts? b12) MM's comment on b11: It seems clear to me that the two 6.7 timings are for 11 cycles. So 223.2 seconds divided by 362 cycles gives 0.6165. I got 70 cycles in 43.17 seconds last night to give 0.6167. b13) Timings every 10th flash: 6.38 6.20 6.29 6.17 6.29 6.23 6.36 sec. b14) Timings on every 10th flash: 6.22 6.21 6.73 6.31 6.35 6.11 6.21 6.53 6.66 6.26 6.25 6.21 6.23 6.34 6.20 6.21 6.25 6.21 6.29 6.36 6.90 6.75 6.25 6.32 6.28 6.90 6.80 6.29 6.13 6.35 6.83 6.95 7.23 7.67 6.86 7.04 6.92 7.24 6.82 7.34 6.51 6.95 7.09 7.42 6.72 6.48 6.56 6.90 6.50 sec. b15) Timings on every 10th flash: 5.99 6.48 6.21 6.22 6.30 6.16 6.27 6.27 6.35 6.16 6.28 6.20 6.40 6.68 6.40 6.19 6.85 6.18 6.38 6.82 6.16 6.26 sec. b16) Timings on every 10th flash: 5.85 6.42 6.11 6.31 6.26 6.88 6.36 6.89 6.36 6.27 6.90 6.01 6.34 6.19 6.79 6.45 6.19 6.16 6.24 6.35 6.29 6.75 6.43 6.90 7.27 7.48 6.52 6.61 6.43 7.26 6.65 7.32 sec. Lost the sat in the bright morning twilight. b17) Timings every 9th flash: 6.93 6.08 5.89 6.17 6.04 and 18.83 sec. P based on flash 2-5; last timing was when I had lost it in the haze, but saw some flashes after a while. Sky still bright, also due to full moon, that made the sky a bit milky. b18) Timings 7.99 27.63 17.97 sec. Low pass in the North at 15 degrees elevation. Hard to see due to haze. Could barely see it at times. Used previous pass to get number of flashes. b19) Most of the pass visible between clouds. Timings every 10th flash:5.99 6.39 6.34 6.41 6.43 6.18 6.41 6.22 6.34 6.38 6.31 6.29 6.38 6.30 6.34 6.36 6.25 6.43 6.82 6.29 6.27 6.43 6.95 sec and sat lost in clouds. b20) Timings 6.18 6.69 6.31 6.50 6.22 6.73 7.22 6.46 6.62 7.06 6.97 sec. Low pass (15 degrees elevation) in the north, difficult to follow. b21) Timings 6.33 6.45 6.46 6.49 6.40 6.45 6.55 5.68 6.53 6.49 7.18 6.21 6.56 6.52 6.32 6.60 6.42 6.60 7.03 6.91 6.83 6.84 6.89 sec. A higher pass (20-30 degrees elevation) from the north to NW. b22) Timings every 10th flash:6.33 6.63 54.19(tree blocking view) 7.14 6.61 6.54 6.62 7.06 7.28 7.24 7.08 6.53 6.90 6.89 6.36 7.46 7.51 6.68 sec. Low pass in the North at 15 degrees elevation. b23) Timings at different intervals: 10 9 8 7 6 5 6 7 8 9 10 flashes, then 6 x 10 flashes; 20 x 1 flash and 7 x 10 flashes. Timings 6.61 6.21 5.37 4.73 3.94 3.90 4.31 4.70 5.48 6.09 7.28 6.74 6.84 6.56 6.86 6.73 7.35 0.82 0.79 0.86 0.86 0.81 0.92 0.84 0.96 0.86 0.86 0.86 0.81 0.87 0.85 0.86 0.85 0.86 0.86 0.81 0.82 7.31 7.38 7.42 7.80 7.71 8.01 8.28 sec. Strange that the 1 flash timings are much longer than when counting in groups. b24) Timings 6.79 6.71 6.92 6.74 6.88 6.91 6.80 7.54 7.57 7.25 7.89 7.93 7.88 7.13 8.17 8.06 7.68 8.26 7.53 8.26 7.31 8.51 8.34 7.47 9.44 sec. b25) Timings 7.04 6.79 6.99 6.98 7.02 6.98 7.20 7.08 7.19 sec. Some problems with thin clouds. b26) Timings every 10th flash:7.09 7.20 7.14 7.25 7.25 7.16 7.24 7.25 7.20 7.22 7.17 7.22 7.32 7.04 7.14 7.24 7.15 7.14 7.25 6.99 6.49 7.44 7.06 7.60 6.56 7.47 7.01 7.36 7.21 6.91 sec. b27) Timings every 10th flash and 3 times 10 flashes: 7.60 7.51 7.49 7.67 0.91 0.72 0.73 0.72 0.70 0.73 0.68 0.69 0.76 0.76 7.64 7.66 7.58 7.71 7.60 7.56 7.50 7.66 7.51 7.58 7.56 7.55 0.82 0.70 0.71 0.72 0.72 0.67 0.71 0.76 0.74 0.77 7.77 7.64 7.61 7.41 7.66 7.57 7.61 7.55 7.52 0.77 0.74 0.76 0.74 0.81 0.72 0.75 0.77 0.73 0.75 7.57 7.65 sec. b28) Timings every 10th flash:7.61 7.68 7.68 7.50 7.71 7.65 7.58 7.58 7.62 7.65 7.69 7.61 7.55 7.72 7.36 7.62 7.62 7.56 7.77 7.46 7.50 7.71 7.55 7.74 7.80 7.65 7.42 7.79 7.48 sec. b29) Timings every 10th flash:7.56 7.85 7.72 7.80 7.76 7.68 7.80 7.63 7.78 7.62 7.86 7.67 7.64 7.65 8.01 7.62 7.81 7.45 sec. b30) Timings every 10th flash:7.70 7.73 7.83 7.71 7.71 7.73 7.81 7.65 7.64 7.91 7.74 7.68 7.73 7.90 7.67 7.79 7.75 sec. Sat became almost S, 3 afterwards. b31) Timings every 10th flash:7.82 7.83 7.93 7.85 7.86 7.82 8.00 7.73 8.02 7.63 7.86 7.83 7.97 7.63 8.04 7.87 7.72 8.09 7.74 8.05 7.75 8.11 7.68 7.80 sec. After this it became difficult to time, small amplitude. b32) Timings every 10th flash:7.81 7.88 7.92 7.82 8.05 7.86 7.81 8.00 7.87 7.79 8.01 7.76 7.97 7.97 7.87 7.83 7.97 8.01 7.77 8.11 7.69 7.69 sec. Timed 7.19 and 7.32 sec here after, and then sat became almost S b33) Timings every 10th flash: 8.04 7.98 8.13 8.11 8.00 7.96 8.07 8.12 8.89 7.91 sec. The last but one timing was 1 flash more. b34) Timings every 10th flash and 2x10 every flash: 17.89 20.03 19.83 19.92 20.14 1.91 1.95 2.02 2.01 2.00 1.80 1.80 2.15 1.93 2.31 19.35 2.00 2.04 1.83 1.81 1.97 2.08 1.99 1.90 1.90 2.07 19.72 19.81 sec. Timed on sharp minimum as max was flat and sometimes double. b35) Timings every 10th flash: 10.17 9.71 9.94 9.97 9.97 9.78 8.03 8.97 10.26 8.99 8.97 8.68 sec. b36) Timings every 20th minimum, which was sharp: 20.09 20.00 19.85 20.16 20.12 20.01 19.86 18.24 19.68 20.55 19.96 19.90 19.89 sec. 1 timing is over 18 flashes. The other minimum was difficult to time; maxima almost from one to the other. b37) Timings 13.22 1.10 1.45 1.44 1.33 1.44 1.24 1.33 1.33 1.26 1.38 1.32 1.28 1.32 1.39 1.29 1.37 1.29 1.34 1.32 1.47 1.42 1.33 1.37 1.30 1.29 1.32 1.48 1.20 1.32 1.29 1.42 1.33 1.28 1.15 1.32 1.35 1.29 1.28 1.38 1.39 1.49 1.32 1.31 1.43 1.25 1.29 1.33 1.24 1.29 1.38 17.47 1.36 1.38 1.21 1.27 1.19 1.56 1.31 1.29 1.33 38.75 1.14 1.14 1.24 1.38 1.42 1.41 1.34 1.25 1.41 1.42 1.30 sec. b38) Timings 1.57 1.43 1.58 1.53 1.42 1.59 1.51 1.50 1.55 1.53 1.47 1.42 1.52 1.63 1.52 1.61 1.51 1.39 1.43 1.57 1.57 1.43 1.53 1.52 1.61 1.42 1.57 1.60 1.53 1.47 1.57 1.39 1.61 1.47 1.53 1.61 1.47 1.42 1.53 1.58 1.57 1.47 1.52 1.46 1.43 1.50 1.42 1.88 1.43 1.47 1.42 1.57 1.46 1.51 1.51 1.61 1.65 1.51 1.56 1.59 1.38 1.53 1.45 1.47 1.56 1.48 1.56 1.57 1.46 1.61 1.36 1.57 1.42 1.53 1.62 1.61 1.57 1.46 1.57 1.66 1.44 1.47 1.34 1.44 1.66 1.67 1.47 1.51 1.44 1.55 1.44 1.56 1.49 1.54 1.63 1.53 1.48 1.54 1.45 1.49 sec. Now easy to time. Was observing from low in the south till laptimes on stopwatch were filled. b39) Timings 1.76 1.77 1.78 1.69 1.63 1.87 1.78 1.63 1.67 1.72 1.79 1.66 1.86 1.79 1.71 1.79 1.80 1.63 1.65 1.67 1.75 1.67 1.90 1.61 1.71 1.75 1.65 1.67 1.94 1.89 1.85 1.71 1.80 1.80 1.63 1.60 1.73 1.84 1.60 1.82 sec b40) Timings 2.11 1.95 2.19 1.77 1.92 1.82 1.79 1.96 2.20 1.91 2.00 1.85 2.18 1.97 2.00 1.95 1.86 1.81 1.98 1.98 1.99 1.94 2.02 2.04 1.68 2.14 2.08 2.07 1.96 1.94 1.99 1.89 1.94 2.07 1.85 1.99 2.08 1.80 2.13 2.03 2.03 1.99 3.95 2.10 1.90 1.94 1.74 1.93 2.09 sec. b41) Timings 2.19 2.18 2.10 2.07 2.05 2.05 2.11 2.15 1.96 1.91 2.09 2.18 2.07 2.03 2.00 1.90 2.27 2.20 2.21 1.98 1.91 1.90 2.49 2.08 2.13 1.90 1.95 2.33 2.01 2.07 1.89 2.22 2.03 2.35 2.04 2.02 2.04 2.13 2.06 1.84 sec. Pattern of longer and shorter timings. b42) Timings 2.20 1.96 2.19 2.02 2.24 2.07 2.10 2.25 2.01 2.18 2.07 2.89 2.27 1.85 2.18 2.36 1.99 2.19 1.98 2.13 2.35 1.89 2.11 2.18 1.99 2.36 1.99 2.08 2.09 2.21 2.21 sec. b43) Timings 8.62 4.32 2.34 1.96 2.30 2.07 2.20 2.01 4.46 73.96 2.26 2.08 2.14 2.12 2.26 2.09 2.25 2.14 2.09 2.37 2.08 2.17 2.14 2.08 13.15 4.41 2.12 2.13 2.12 2.21 2.07 2.22 2.07 2.03 2.08 2.31 2.08 2.07 2.50 2.18 2.22 2.12 2.21 sec. In the beginning of the pass some max were very faint and not timed; also some confusion with sm. The longer timings were due to clouds. b44) Timings 2.20 2.23 2.10 2.15 2.29 2.47 2.32 2.20 2.35 2.20 2.07 2.41 2.04 2.28 1.96 2.55 2.31 2.22 2.23 2.17 2.16 2.35 2.46 2.21 2.31 2.12 2.37 2.26 2.37 2.27 8.80 2.22 2.25 2.36 2.35 2.16 2.25 2.37 40.29 2.22 2.27 2.29 2.22 2.27 2.27 2.21 2.22 2.35 2.22 2.21 2.22 2.36 2.21 2.31 2.16 2.30 2.09 2.36 2.17 2.35 2.28 2.21 2.22 2.27 2.23 2.35 2.13 2.36 2.20 2.23 2.25 20.31 2.08 2.34 2.21 2.21 2.28 2.26 2.23 2.27 2.22 2.22 2.27 2.23 2.21 2.35 2.25 2.16 2.26 2.23 2.37 2.23 2.34 2.19 2.19 2.24 2.40 2.22 2.09 2.59 sec. The longer timings were due to cleaning the bino of condens. b45) Timings 2.15 2.45 2.58 2.62 2.16 2.29 2.61 2.29 2.38 2.18 2.79 2.61 2.61 2.41 2.53 2.45 2.37 2.55 2.31 2.48 2.47 2.50 2.41 2.37 2.53 2.47 2.50 2.56 2.32 2.37 2.79 2.50 2.52 2.48 2.41 2.41 2.69 2.35 2.68 2.59 sec. After shadow exit in the southwest it was at first S, mag 3 b46) Timings 2.34 2.69 2.44 2.60 2.47 2.61 2.39 2.29 2.82 2.40 2.46 2.40 2.52 2.54 2.56 2.41 2.45 2.40 2.59 2.44 2.61 2.50 2.56 2.21 2.64 2.34 2.54 2.59 sec. b47) Timings 2.44 2.68 2.61 2.53 2.25 2.49 2.53 2.49 2.31 2.42 2.51 2.50 2.41 2.70 2.46 2.69 2.39 2.53 2.73 2.74 sec. b48) Timings 3.97 3.90 4.01 3.81 4.05 3.98 4.03 3.87 4.14 3.90 4.05 4.05 3.87 3.95 4.00 4.01 4.13 3.90 3.89 4.00 3.92 3.94 sec. b49) Timings 4.32 4.36 4.62 4.60 4.34 4.69 4.42 4.74 4.84 4.78 sec. Synodic effect? b50) At first regarded as unidentified. Path, time and fp match this object. Timings 5.03 4.76 4.83 4.92 4.50 4.98 5.22 4.05 14.33(3) 9.49(2) 4.78 5.08 4.56 13.98(3) 4.64 b51) Timings 4.40 5.03 4.76 4.46 4.47 4.87 4.81 4.46 4.90 4.44 4.81 4.83 4.47 5.26 4.60 4.76 4.79 4.58 4.92 4.78 b52) Timings 4.10 5.12 4.51 4.67 4.92 4.50 4.68 4.79 4.75 5.32 4.41 4.84 4.53 4.97 4.64 5.07 4.57 4.84 4.07 5.02 4.50 4.89 4.97 4.84 4.55 4.70 5.00 4.91 4.17 5.17 4.55 b53) Timings 7.47 7.63 6.72 7.08 7.80 7.21 6.44 5.95 9.51 7.48 7.23 7.98 7.11 7.68 7.56 8.27 6.68 7.75 7.23 8.07 b54) Timings 6.62 8.68 7.75 8.16 7.19 8.21 6.83 7.58 8.84 7.66 7.71 6.67 8.09 8.98 7.01 7.83 7.39 8.25 [8.06] Almost steady in east, flashing in nord-east. b55) Timings 8.22 6.66 8.31 8.27 8.63 6.23 8.41 8.01 8.14 7.89 8.26 7.19 7.57 8.11 8.26 7.19 47.49(6 A) 7.87 8.04 7.69 8.19 b56) Timings 8.25 8.71 8.48 8.43 8.24 8.14 8.63 8.48 8.19 8.38 8.56 8.26 8.29 8.41 8.22 8.47 8.66 8.25 8.39 sec. First timing of 7.58 sec skipped. b57) Timings [5.30 4.64] 9.78 [5.65 4.79] 10.31 [5.22 4.93] 9.46 [5.88 5.46] 9.79 [5.06 4.98] 9.32 [5.72 5.30] 9.92 [5.36 4.92] 9.40 [6.04 4.67] 10.22 [5.19 5.16] 10.45 10.33 10.39 19.80 20.40 10.48 8.39 11.94 9.79 9.88 10.05 10.18 9.41 sec. b58) Timings 11.22 10.44 9.89 9.95 9.40 10.18 10.89 9.84 10.28 10.66 9.89 12.35 sec. b59) Timings 10.59 10.77 11.03 11.11 32.84 11.45 10.40 10.55 10.57 12.33 11.19 10.44 11.29 10.86 10.89 10.79 sec. b60) Timings 11.19 10.55 12.51 11.23 12.21 11.16 10.47 11.31 12.49 12.21 12.59 11.16 10.08 12.66 sec. b61) Timings 10.45 11.24 11.07 10.71 10.99 9.05(early timing) 13.12 10.77 11.12 12.32 sec. b62) Timings 11.45 10.61 11.28 11.23 11.88 10.97 11.17 10.91 10.84 10.89 11.37 9.70 11.77 sec. b63) Timings 19.80 [1160 8.92] 19.05 [12.12 8.94] 19.19 [11.55 9.04] 18.89 [11.81 8.94] 19.54 18.50 20.14 19.89 sec. b64) Timings 22.25 19.95 17.45 [11.37 10.26 15.31](2) 24.09 19.27 19.45 19.10 18.41 18.84 19.32 19.03 sec. b65) Timings 21.34 21.43 20.83 20.37 20.07 25.22 22.69 22.93 20.45 22.04 sec. b66) Timings 23.06 24.31 30.70 sec. Observed at 1X. b67) ssm +4; Timings 27.57 27.44 29.31 26.90 [19.15 11.35] 28.00 [15.15 14.07] 29.32 [13.85 13.93] 29.36 sec. Second pass in the west. More distict flashes. Later in the pass the sm became obvious between aternate maxima. b68) Timings 8.21 6.88 7.49 7.68 6.87 7.57 7.81 6.64 7.45 8.05 8.17 7.12 7.84 7.32 7.73 8.60 6.30 7.39 7.49 7.88 7.31 7.56 7.80 sec. b69) Timings 6.46 5.08 9.44 7.55 7.50 7.36 8.00 7.28 7.19 7.74 7.32 sec. b70) sm +5 Timings 28.18 29.97 29.90 [15.28 13.66] 29.87 30.93 28.57 sec end 2004-021B 2004-025B 28367 Celestis 04/Dnepr rocket [SL-24] b1) Timings 15.11 13.66 14.74 sec. end 2004-025B 2004-028B 28381 Kosmos 2407 rocket [Kosmos] b1) Timings 12.79 49.80 15.13 10.22 11.22 sec b2) Timings 54.43 53.16 sec b3) Timings 53.57 52.11 62.15 119.00 sec b4) Timings 58.11 44.96(early) 66.23 58.09 sec. b5) Timings 72.17 30.79 38.18 sec. b6) Timings 81.41 79.24 78.65 sec. b7) Spacecom tles indicate an anomalous decrease in mean motion from 13.77657 revs/day to 13.77651 revs/day over the period Mar. 17 to Mar. 25 and then an increase in mean motion to 13.77700 from Mar. 25 to Apr. 4. There has been a very small decrease in mean motion since then, so there is a chance that the tumble period may still be decreasing. b8) Timings 11.90 11.63 11.22 11.68 11.16 11.50 12.10 11.89 b9) Timings 10.36 13.19 10.56 12.51 10.65 12.44 12.09 11.09 10.44 12.30 11.49 12.15 11.90 11.34 12.37 11.01 11.41 11.59 10.82 12.37 10.66 12.70 b10) Timings 11.64 11.92 11.59 11.49 11.43 10.63 12.41 10.73 11.21 11.74 sec b11) Timings 11.37 11.90 11.48 11.88 11.21 11.37 10.88 11.96 10.11 11.21 sec. b12) Timings 7.37 7.81 7.44 7.76 6.80 7.88 7.12 7.67 7.92 sec. b13) Timings 9.10 8.76 8.73 9.73 7.56 8.90 8.15 8.61 8.46 8.80 sec. b14) Timings 8.91 9.70 9.71 9.72 9.11 10.13 9.07 9.91 sec. b15) Timings 9.83 10.76 10.84 10.04 9.19 11.30 10.24 10.96 9.84 10.89 sec. b16) sm; +6->4; Timings 10.60 11.53 10.64 11.13 11.27 11.40 11.44 10.31 11.60 10.08 sec. Probably combined period of 22 sec. b17) Only one cycle then lost in trees. b18) Timings 11.12 11.29 11.30 11.17 11.56 11.50 sec. b19) Timings 20.18 21.19 20.34 21.23 20.89 20.29 sec. end 2004-028B 2004-029B 28448 Tau Ce 2 (Double Star 2) rocket [CZ-2C] b1) Also new to me - a hard time timing slow "roll" on next pass, will revisit. b2) dtm; Timings are on minima as indicated by "A," - sharp decline followed by a flatter return to brightness. b3) Very difficult, timings on minimas again but looks like I missed a few. end 2004-029B 2004-030B 28390 Messenger rocket [Delta 2] b1) Brighter than expected by 0.5 mag. end 2004-030B 2004-033A 28402 FSW-3 2 b1) laps: 5.50 1.54 6.65 4.96 1.82 5.61 1.10 5.79 1.01 5.22 1.62 5.31 1.43 5.31 1.52 The average of the long intervals between max is 5.39 sec The average of the short intervals between max is 1.43 sec First max within a period was "round", next max was "flashy", with the short interval between them. b2) Flashing was somewhat Irr. Timings 2.72 2.66 6.43 1.84 5.71 2.61 8.10 5.90 2.40 5.81 2.39 5.97 2.02 5.61 2.51 2.17 3.44 4.00 4.04 4.36 4.33 3.77 4.43 3.85 3.95 sec. There seems to be a period of just above 8 sec, with a combined short and longer interval. end 2004-033A; decayed 2004-11-07 2004-034B 28385 USA 179 rocket [Centaur] b1) period is very rough guess. I timed but did not reset from previous observation, so timings lost. b2) Timings 5s.04 4.71 4.68 4.71 5.68 4.46 5.15 9.70(2A) 4.55 4.83 4.62 4.25 4.59 5.13 5.46 Combined period? b3) Timings 4s 04 5.68 5.05 4.72 4.40 5.21 14.38 18.92 6.21 10.22 4.20 4.89 4.71 5.50 4.16 5.19 4.84 8.88 6.35 4.53 4.85 4.74 4.76 4.88 4.80 4.81 Some maxima skipped. b4) and F +6.5->inv; Timings 9s.70 9.66 9.66 9.64 9.74 9.88 9.65 b5) Last 4 maxima were mag. +4 flashes in stead of round maxima. b6) Nice pass close to its perigee. b7) Doesn't match previous obs or PPAS - low elevation b8) Timings: 4.59 4.85 4.68 4.84 4.81 4.52 10.24(2A) 8.84(2) 4.31 4.98 4.61 5.00 9.60(2) 5.16 4.32 Predicted eclipse 46°/252° at 19:56:38 b9) Fast moving at its 230 km height. Timings: 4.92 4.87 4.62 4.81 4.76 4.50 end 2004-034B 2004-035C 28415 SJ-6 A & SJ-6 B rocket (CZ-4) b1) Timings 16.45 16.27 16.41 15.87 16.41 16.47 15.85 15.92 16.08 15.88 16.18 15.03 sec. Nice flasher. b2) Timings 17.83 18.03 17.65 17.78 17.68 17.40 17.64 17.57 35.32 17.18 18.00 sec b3) Timings 10.60 14.80 12.75 13.52 11.16 15.25 10.32 28.00 24.22 18.85 5.88 16.16 9.89 21.14 22.87 sec Probably different period. b4) Timings 30.11 28.22 29.75 37.20 sec. Last timing is way off; sat was low in NW b5) Timings 55.05 28.97 23.98 52.28 sec. b6) Timings 48.20 51.78 sec. b7) Timings 47.14 53.61 sec. b8) Timings 58.10 54.48 49.31 62.81 sec. b9) Timings 37.72 14.10 9.02 96.66 35.94 15.80 60.86 sec. b10) Timings 53.12 47.50 sec. b11) Timings 60.14 68.78 sec. Had one timing before of 42.22 sec. b12) Timings 28.09 29.01 sec. b13) Timings 70.44 51.54 sec. Difficult to follow due to long P. b14) Just could time 2 flashes. end 2004-035C 2004-037C 28421 Kosmos 2408 & 2409 rocket [Kosmos] b1) Timings 10.79 8.54 [5.35 4.94] 8.63 [5.40 4.57] 9.23 [5.21 4.77] 8.70 10.72 8.83 10.38 9.46 sec. Period is probably combined from short and long interval: 19.26 sec. b2) Timings [11.69 9.24] [11.33 9.89] [10.96 8.45] [9.14 7.82] [8.90 9.90] 16.46 sec. No distinct flashpattern even with PPASext, probably combined period. b3) Timings 110.14 85.18 sec. b4) Timings 57.91 [30.10 27.53] [30.55 28.05] [31.76 27.75] b5) Timings (9.96 10.62) 21.90 (10.26 11.38) 19.10 23.07 20.66 21.67 20.68 (10.78 10.80) b6) Timings 20.25 20.89 19.40 20.95 20.69 20.51 21.22 19.68 21.22 19.62 21.10 20.44 21.26 19.84 20.85 20.54 20.85 19.80 b7) Timings 10.92 10.42 21.80(2A), 10.96 Possible combined period. b8) Timings 8.68 9.26 8.44 9.73 9.60 9.61 8.82 10.17 8.56 10.70 8.03 8.81 b9) Timings 19.17 (9.86 27.29(2)) (9.66 8.92) 19.23 17.45 18.40 18.90 18.33 (8.89 9.89) (9.39 9.14) 19.16 17.98 19.11 b10) Timings 19.33 19.13 17.55 18.09 19.09 17.94 18.62 17.67 19.16 19.13 18.09 18.00 19.72 18.21 18.74 17.65 18.99 18.75 18.73 b11) Timings 18.99 19.44 18.96 18.09 18.83 20.22 19.59 18.06 19.70 18.37 18.86 19.94 18.65 19.12 19.49 18.32 18.94 19.42 19.86 Just in the middle of a round maximum, a flash sometimes appears. b12) Timings 18.71 19.31 18.85 20.24 18.05 20.28 19.08 19.52 19.33 19.49 18.10 20.38 18.34 20.37 Combined period? b13) Timings 80.37(4 A) 19.37 21.11 19.34 20.51 20.02 20.66 20.33 18.91 [20.87] Possible combined period. Data in brackets not considered. b14) Timings 7.72 7.58 14.47 8.49 7.33 15.38 7.82 7.15 8.11 7.37 8.66 6.57 sec. b15) Timings 12.39 10.26 13.08 12.12 11.88 11.14 11.99 11.91 12.05 12.22 12.14 11.85 11.80 12.19 11.86 12.07 11.98 12.15 b16) Timings 19.13 21.56 17.93 18.44 21.63 19.39 19.75 19.85 19.28 b17) Timings 21.06 17.46 20.26 17.40 19.56 18.60 20.74 15.83 21.02 17.08 20.20 17.62 20.26 17.50 19.98 18.95 b18) Timings 12.71 12.93 12.35 14.69 14.21 12.32 12.53 14.43 13.26 13.00 sec. b19) Timings 14.37 [8.10 6.79] [8.82 6.40] [6.74 7.23] [7.95 7.20] sec. b20) Timings 19.69 17.52 18.48 19.80 [8.57 8.90] 18.54 [10.47 8.96] sec. Some secondary maxima timed. b21) Timings 11.93 14.26 12.73 11.05 14.62 12.85 10.87 14.71 12.99 12.76 12.17 12.38 13.38 13.64 12.84 12.23 12.52 13.40 13.00 12.71 12.97 12.03 13.56 12.91 12.43 13.24 12.63 12.97 12.19 13.73 10.53 15.31 11.47 14.34 12.89 11.68 12.33 14.73 14.21 10.95 13.50 13.23 12.54 13.05 b22) Timings 25.89 25.22 25.21 28.19 23.45 26.58 24.00 27.97 25.90 26.20 25.90 27.12 25.04 26.87 26.27 27.25 b23) Timings 21s.27 22.19 14.00 21.75 14.49 7.38 6.44 15.12 b24) Timings 48.19 30.28 25.55 52.67 sec. end 2004-037C 2004-045C 28476 Navstar 56 rocket 2 [PAM-D] b1) uncertain; another result might be 2004-045 C 05-05-25 05:32:13 EC 100.2 5.0 8 12.5; Timings 14.83, 13.54, 12.88, 9.83, 13.29, 10.43, 15.90, 9.49 b2) Timings 8.00, 16.34, 9.03, 7.04, 9.00 end 2004-045C 2004-046B 28480 Tansuo 2 rocket [CZ-2C] b1) Timings 9.40 30.54 30.00 9.05 28.15 20.72 28.11 30.21 36.25 12.69 19.23 11.74 28.88 9.87 33.17 27.00 40.20 35.16 sec. Bright and fainter flashes; short almost 10 sec P and longer 28 to 33 sec P. b2) Timings 38.95 17.05 39.56 45.45 33.53 38.81 sec. Only the first secondary flash timed. b3) Almost regularly varying from mag +6 to +7.5 in about 42 sec. Followed low in the west, elevation 25°, during 101 seconds. b4) Timings 22.72 10.09 sec. b5) Timings 41.00 41.18 37.56 33.77 39.22 41.14 41.51 41.49 30.68 sec. b6) some mag 3 flashes Timings 17.40 14.45 23.11 9.73(F) 41.67 13.03 34.76 39.82 36.10 22.43 73.77 sec. Difficult to get a period. Irratic flash pattern. b7) Timings 38.29 47.14 39.15 41.31 35.70 sec. Before cumulation the sat was almost S, 3 b8) Timings 36.40 47.59 39.05 15.65 49.47 50.62 sec. Original view: Phaseshift?? No period obtained; seems a combined period of 37 and 47 sec Second view: When I regard the first timing as part of a period and only use the other timings with timing 3 and 4 combined, I get P=50.60 b9) Timings 41.39 36.98 45.85 45.38 49.14 45.54 51.74 47.99 53.58 42.17 sec. b10) Timings 38.50 50.18 42.75 54.69 sec. b11) Timings 45.70 [17.66 15.89 13.96] 48.19 sec. The 17 and 15 sec timings were sm. b12) Timings 36.44 58.49 44.48 53.90 sec. Combined period. b13) Timings 47.31 47.56 50.17 sec b14) Timings; [11.13 44.73 ] [17.95 34.54] 52.15 56.82 56.27 SEC. b15) Timings 15.60 11.41 20.62 24.34 11.77 23.93 sec. b16) Timings 45.22 46.59 44.57 46.84 47.82 sec. b17) timings are: (13.78 29.98 8.21 3.03) 55.59 b18) Timings 28.96 25.02 [43.83 11.98] 28.76 25.63 sec. Alternate bright and dimmer max. b19) Timings 51.30 [48.53 12.29] 51.93 56.68 54.68 sec. Also timed 13.15 sec on a sm before above timings. b20) Timings 18.74 9.80 7.39 9.88 sec. end 2004-046B 2004-048A 28472 AMC 16 b1) The last two evenings it has been flaring to +3.5 magnitude near lambda Aquilae (19:06, -4.9, epoch 2000) at about 2:35-40 (9:35-40 PM local time). This is a very long ways (about 75 degrees!) away from the shadow entry position! I just happened to see it by accident on Friday evening while looking at the neat asterism around lambda Aquilae. Last night the satellite was equally bright as the star, and both were visible without binoculars in spite of the moonlight. end 2004-048A 2004-052A 28505 Sich-1 M b1) It did appear very likely that it is tumbling. Although I was not able to make precise timings, it appears it may have a flash period of about 1 second. end 2004-052A 2005-001C 28519 Deep Impact rocket 2 b1) timings 68s.04 118.16 82.38 108.34 combined period ? b2) Timings 14.53 14.76 15.10 15.66 15.77 14.81 14.46 15.37 14.89 15.02 15.27 14.65 15.02 15.69 13.93 16.19 b3) +7.5->inv Timings 12.25 12.67 13.13 12.72 12.00 11.60 12.59 12.45 11.51 13.93 13.62 11,40 11.29 13.37 12.40 11.17 12.64 13.77 11.65 13.72 11.42 11.86 12.10 end 2005-001C 2005-002B 28522 Kosmos 2414 rocket [Kosmos] b1) Timings 2.85 2.80 2.84 2.96 2.81 2.90 3.01 2.74 5.67(2) 14.35(5) 3.00 3.27 2.70 3.07 2.72 b2) Timings 2.96 3.08 3.00 2.99 3.14 3.24 2.95 2.94 3.09 3.04 3.03 3.06 6.11 3.09 3.20 2.94 3.12 3.07 2.93 3.10 3.21 3.02 2.96 3.20 3.14 2.82 3.11 3.19 2.87 sec. b3) No other maxima seen like in previous observations. b4) Timings 3.67 3.62 3.87 3.61 3.91 3.48 3.80 3.56 3.86 3.56 3.83 3.68 3.54 3.66 3.77 3.57 3.71 3.64 3.90 3.66 b5) Timings 3.67 3.81 3.44 3.64 3.69 3.60 3.57 4.06 3.23 b6) Timings 3.33 3.82 3.54 3.78 3.61 3.46 3.40 3.98 3.39 3.77 3.27 4.01 3.52 3.46 3.57 4.07 3.21 3.49 3.73 3.85 3.37 3.84 3.64 3.88 3.48 3.53 b7) Timings. 4.11 3.52 3.49 3.64 3.62 3.50 3.93 3.29 3.59 3.63 3.66 3.59 3.76 3.92 3.19 3.78 3.99 3.33 3.06 4.73 3.53 3.64 3.26 4.00 3.51 3.56 10.18(3) 4.85 3.64 3.51 3.26 3.84 3.86 3.71 3.18 3.86 3.05 4.27 3.14 4.15 7.09(2) 3.91 3.64 b8) Timings 3.67 3.81 3.44 3.64 3.69 3.60 3.57 3.80 [3.49] b9) Timings 3.64 3.90 3.95 3.25 4.12 3.85 4.03 3.97 3.78 3.71 3.88 3.69 3.90 3.69 3.95 3.72 3.71 3.98 3.58 3.84 3.75 3.97 7.72(2) 11.28(3) 3.91 4.00 3.59 3.75 3.79 3.64 3.74 4.05 3.81 3.97 3.50 b10) Timings 3.99 3.66 3.67 4.12 3.89 3.69 3.97 3.66 3.75 4.05 4.07 3.64 3.74 3.82 38.24(10) 38.31(10) b11) Timings 4.03 3.94 4.03 3.87 4.16 3.81 4.13 3.82 4.04 3.90 4.14 3.88 3.87 3.93 4.36 3.81 3.93 4.04 4.03 3.65 4.21 3.88 4.17 3.68 4.46 3.82 3.94 4.00 4.09 3.94 3.97 3.50 4.25 3.84 Possible combined period. b12) Timings 4.27 3.65 3.91 3.98 4.25 3.91 4.20 3.91 4.03 4.06 4.14 4.05 4.16 3.91 4.07 4.09 4.35 3.74 4.10 4.06 4.06 4.01 4.14 3.73 4.19 3.97 4.21 4.24 3.76 4.06 4.29 4.16 3.92 4.27 3.83 4.29 4.02 3.97 4.19 3.82 4.09 4.28 4.02 4.01 4.15 3.97 3.97 3.32 4.94 3.99 3.88 4.19 4.16 3.84 4.13 4.15 4.06 3.97 3.68 3.74 b13) Timings [3.96 5.40] [4.72 4.83] [4.45 5.22] [4.84 5.19] [4.52 5.21] [4.61 5.04] [4.58 5.17] [4.80 4.92] [4.32(early timing) 5.68] [4.65 5.07] [4.69 4.92] sec. b14) Timings 4.65 4.89 5.12 4.21 4.80 5.88 4.36 5.01 [3.29 2.19] 4.38 4.48 5.44 3.53 4.51 4.64 [2.50 2.35] [2.58 2.78] [1.46 2.96 2.11] [2.72 1.98 2.84] [2.03 3.15] sec. b15) Timings 4.41 5.03 4.87 9.34 4.61 5.57 4.98 4.85 4.66 5.16 4.67 5.23 4.83 5.02 4.92 4.94 4.70 5.07 4.92 sec. b16) and A; +7.5->inv; Timings 3s.56 3.75 3.50 3.51 3.58 3.78 3.50 3.34 3.87 3.35 3.60 3.62 3.54 3.74 3.44 3.38 3.75 4.18 3.03 3.19 3.27 4.11 3.50 3.62 3.93 3.64 3.65 b17) Timings 3.50 3.75 3.58 3.72 3.57 3.86 3.89 3.38 3.76 3.75 3.58 3.72 3.62 3.58 3.82 3.62 3.92 3.63 4.12(*) 3.42 3.44 3.71 3.72 3.62 3.69 3.58 3.76 3.56 3.86 3.29 sec. (*) late timing b18) Timings 16.06 15.71 16.13 16.11 sec. b19) Timings 30.20 32.33 sec. b20) Timings 31.48 30.27 30.00 30.11 30.36 15.16 14.00 13.84 14.35 17.69 12.22 28.25 59.12(2A) 29.13 `b21) Timings 35.61 30.97 36.42 40.44 sec. end 2005-002B 2005-004A 28537 NOSS-3 3 (A) aka USA 181 1) Flare location near RA 17h20m dec +57° end 2005-004A 2005-004C 28541 NOSS-3 3 (C) aka USA 181 debris 1) Flare location near RA 17h20m dec +57° end 2005-004C 2005-004B 28538 NOSS-3 3 rocket [Centaur] b1) unexpectedly regular for such an object. b2) Timings 8.25 5.87 8.80 7.65 7.55 8.14 7.43 7.42 7.86 7.85 8.15 7.33 8.24 7.40 8.45 7.62 7.70 7.55 8.34 8.12 7.30 7.89 7.34 7.26 8.93 7.26 8.24 7.36 7.07 7.85 8.53 7.22 8.46 6.61 8.33 8.20 7.81 8.12 6.98 7.65 8.34 7.55 sec. A flashpatern of alternate longer and shorter periods. b3) Timings 5.51 8.01 4.89 6.63 4.97 6.93 5.74 6.20 6.08 6.09 5.99 6.43 6.48 5.86 6.38 6.23 6.04 6.29 6.20 5.91 6.25 6.28 5.93 6.14 5.53 6.76 6.25 5.82 6.09 6.31 sec. b4) Timings 5.00 4.43 5.45 4.05 5.24 4.37 15.80 4.99 4.46 4.55 5.91 4.83 13.92 3.71 sec. b5) Timings 5.09 5.24 4.32 4.73 4.42 10.63(2) 4.81 Combined period. b6) Timings 5.40 4.46 5.09 4.74 9.42(2fls) 47.41(10) 28.89(6) 47.50(10) Combined period. b7) Timings 18.97(4) 4.29 9.04(2) 5.55 4.92 4.93 4.57 4.90 4.06 4.71 5.03 4.81 4.64 5.22 4.78 4.07 28 84(6) Combined period. b8) Timings 4.42 4.78 4.68 4.82 4.47 5.27 4.71 4.82 4.67 4.34 5.27 5.06 4.53 4.68 18.36(4) 29.32(6) 19.20(4) Combined period. b9) Timings 4.96 4.73 4.69 4.53 5.06 4.29 5.42 4.64 47.16(10) 4.74 4.87 5.24 4.95 28.31(6) Combined period. b10) Timings 5.01 4.71 4.77 4.87 4.50 4.84 4.62 4.99 4.97 4.17 14.85(3fls) 18.32(4) 9.70(2) 5.22 23.51(5) 24.25(5) 56.93(12) Combined period. b11) Timings 4s.75 4.75 4.72 4.68 5.08 4.69 4.84 4.89 4.80 4.74 47.83(10fls) 48.05(10) Combined period. b12) Timings 5s.01 4.58 5.13 4.69 4.72 4.46 4.93 4.72 4.78 4.55 5.04 4.83 4.40 4.97 47.79(10fls) Combined period. b13) Timings 19s.32(4fls) 4.84 4.80 5.00 4.60 4.89 4.71 47.99(10) 38.17(8) 19.38(4) 19.21(4) 19.00(4) 18.88(4) 28.61(6) 19.13(4) Combined period. b14) Timings 4.65 4.73 4.78 5.08 4.81 4.54 4.85 4.56 4.51 5.29 4.79 4.24 4.92 5.05 47.45(10) 19.04(4) Combined period. b15) Timings 4.77 4.62 4.99 4.56 4.58 4.97 4.66 5.24 4.44 4.80 5.13 4.29 5.09 4.38 48.84(10) 48.24(10) 28.73(6) Combined period. b16) Timings 4.81 4.82 4.74 5.03 4.66 4.70 4.78 4.60 4.94 4.79 4.68 4.71 4.45 5.10 5.01 4.81 47.88(10fls) 95.78(20) Combined period. b17) Timings 4.73 4.70 5.04 4.79 4.64 4.84 4.85 4.81 4.64 4.85 5.08 5.10 4.93 4.79 4.57 4.64 5.07 4.70 4.84 4.69 4.97 4.85 4.35 5.18 4.64 4.82 5.04 4.59 4.84 4.79 4.96 4.88 5.07 4.66 4.85 4.57 4.64 4.75 4.95 4.94 4.56 4.89 4.70 4.58 4.73 5.40 4.47 4.78 4.84 4.90 A lot of scatter in the timings. Better perhaps is a combined period, so of 9.62 sec. b18) Timings 28.66(6) 19.14(4) 19.03(4) 18.68(4) 19.49(4) 19.02(4) 47.91(10) 4.59 4.45 4.67 4.99 4.70 4.45 5.39 4.77 28.18(6) Combined period. b19) Timings 4.59 4.76 4.66 5.24 4.75 4.70 4.43 4.84 4.84 4.45 5.03 4.56 4.83 4.57 4.89 4.78 4.93 4.79 4.70 5.04 4.37 5.13 4.57 5.19 4.79 4.80 4.80 4.95 4.41 4.52 4.56 4.80 5.21 4.65 4.64 4.66 4.93 5.12 sec. Looks like the rocket is spinning up again, but great scatter in the timings. b20) ssm F, 3 Timings 4.73 4.88 4.57 4.84 4.90 4.66 4.66 4.94 4.61 4.99 4.58 4.89 4.44 5.22 4.88 4.67 4.65 4.64 4.61 5.31 4.57 4.73 5.07 4.42 4.66 4.84 4.76 5.03 4.92 4.05 sec. A lot of scatter in the timings. Bjorn pointed out that my obs of March 30 has a better fit with a period of 4.72 sec, 0.06 lower. I used Synodic on todays obs and 4.70 sec gives the best fit. So it seems that the period is still decreasing. b21) ssm,F,3 Timings 4.64 4.94 4.88 4.66 4.83 4.72 4.82 4.81 4.88 4.82 4.93 4.66 4.60 5.08 [3.48(F) 1.52] 4.84 4.91 4.89 4.70 4.69 sec. Towards the end of the obs ssm with sharp flash. b22) Timings 4.87 4.75 4.71 4.75 4.96 4.63 4.79 4.64 4.75 4.85 4.74 4.84 5.03 4.47 4.94 4.59 4.75 4.82 4.84 5.05 sec. b23) Timings 5.19 5.14 4.85 4.76 4.62 4.86 4.86 4.53 48.06(10) 47.68(10) 47.59(10) b24) Timings 3.94 4.89 4.79 4.89 4.99 4.32 4.88 5.02 4.70 5.09 6.34 7.87 5.54 4.54 4.53 4.82 5.20 4.13 5.26 sec. b25) Timings 4.69 4.48 4.85 4.70 4.88 5.03 5.31 4.66 4.23 4.72 5.22 4.80 5.02 4.52 4.75 5.81 4.18 4.61 4.83 5.35 sec. b26) Timings 3.40 5.79 4.89 5.17 4.69 4.95 4.51 5.29 4.85 4.99 sec. b27) Timings 5.01 4.56 5.05 4.92 5.06 3.93 5.16 19.26(4) 14.41(3) 5.34 4.19 10.08(2) Combined period. b28) Timings 4s.85 5.09 4.62 4.92 5.45 4.30 4.50 4.52 5.08 4.37 4.97 4.71 5.26 4.43 4.97 4.59 5.20 4.60 5.52 4.44 4.84 5.10 4.93 4.95 13.95(3) 5.51 4.76 5.02 Combined period. b29) Timings 4s.61 4.64 13.90(3) 5.54 4.99 4.79 4.20 4.92 15.39 4.58 4.31 2.75 2.63 4.27 2.91 2.84 4.41 2.50 9.52(2) 9.95(2) 2.50 4.50 4.84 1.21 3.58 4.84 Combined period. b30) Timings 4.32 24.65(5) 4.32 5.37 4.73 4.84 4.98 4.97 4.71 4.70 4.83 4.85 4.72 4.48 4.69 5.33 4.87 4.80 3.92 4.86 5.69 4.84 Combined period. b31) Timings 4.41 5.05 4.72 4.93 4.80 4.95 3.80 5.90 4.92 4.89 4.38 5.33 4.70 5.22 4.56 5.19 4.71 4.92 3.62 6.06 3.62 1.55 4.61 3.66 1.21 4.85 3.62 1.27 4.64 3.86 0.96 4.704.08 1.30 4.85 3.60 6.08 3.63 6.13 3.66 1.05 5.01 3.65 9.84 9.69 6.13 3.59 1.38 4.75 3.64 1.17 4.91 3.62 1.04 4.83 [4.10] Combined period F F F F (3.6 1.3 4.8). Several flashes skipped. Data in brackets not nconsidered. b32) Timings 3.73 1.13 4.97 3.73 1.05 4.80 4.88 5.10 3.65 1.03 5.01 3.69 1.18 4.88 3.71 1.00 5.20 3.59 1.15 1.47 3.47 3.72 1.18 4.97 3.57 1.20 5.05 3.50 1.22 4.97 3.68 1.06 4.91 3.91 1.03 4.13 1.31 3.21 0.73 5.18 3.85 0.94 4.90 4.34 15.46 4.36 5.43 4.41 5.34 4.79 5.03 4.81 5.12 3.55 5.64 b33) Timings 4.78 4.93 2.12 1.63 1.47 4.69 1.84 1.61 1.37 4.99 1.82 2.68 2.28 3.20 1.70 3.01 4.88 1.90 2.75 5.04 2.02 2.73 5.13 1.96 1.50 1.65 4.94 1.74 1.35 1.83 4.74 2.06 3.04 4.82 2.17 2.15 5.39 2.68 2.50 4.02 4.75 5.30 5.34 4.69 5.16 4.93 4.69 5.20 4.87 5.03 4.74 4.80 4.92 4.18 4.88 5.78 4.70 5.01 4.59 5.40 4.86 4.64 4.96 4.88 Some flashes skipped. b34) Timings 5.46 5.03 5.29 4.62 5.31 4.81 4.85 5.36 4.87 5.10 5.10 5.36 4.84 4.85 4.74 5.49 4.81 5.44 5.04 4.42 5.62 5.04 4.78 5.40 b35) Timings 4s.55 4.86 4.51 5.07 4.69 4.96 5.00 4.98 4.52 4.79 5.18 4.85 4.68 5.18 4.76 4.82 4.87 4.37 5.07 5.25 4.59 4.47 5.20 4.52 5.03 4.84 5.01 4.75 4.80 4.90 4.39 4.90 4.95 5.00 3.65 5.94 3.96 5.75 4.50 5.18 4.51 5.16 4.65 4.85 4.75 4.90 4.69 4.95 4.71 5.06 3.62 5.94 4.91 4.75 2.52 2.66 4.38 2.59 2.41 4.68 4.92 4.68 4.73 4.77 2.75 2.29 4.92 2.67 2.11 4.70 3.78 1.19 4.65 4.82 14.65(3 fls) 4.63 4.87 4.91 4.80 4.86 4.75 4.93 4.75 3.81 5.77 5.04 4.76 4.80 4.83 4.67 4.93 4.89 4.94 b36) Timings 4s.90 4.96 4.63 5.04 4.55 5.16 4.72 4.97 4.88 4.73 1.89 3.03 4.78 1.70 3.20 4.31 3.67 6.40 4.88 4.86 4.70 4.94 4.71 4.91 4.59 4.75 5.25 4.23 5.40 4.87 3.63 1.05 4.98 4.89 4.77 4.71 5.00 4.76 4.81 4.93 4.84 4.70 4.84 4.96 4.79 4.75 4.93 5.01 4.68 3.79 5.86 3.61 1.34 4.78 3.69 1.05 4.86 3.65 1.03 5.03 3.65 0.90 5.08 4.75 4.98 4.65 5.00 4.71 4.98 4.52 5.18 4.72 4.88 4.81 4.72 2.57 2.43 4.80 2.35 2.33 4.79 2.61 2.27 4.82 4.92 4.73 4.86 4.77 4.94 4.77 4.99 4.43 4.95 4.80 4.97 4.81 4.86 b37) Timings 1.74 3.04 1.70 1.70 1.44 4.78 4.78 4.76 4.85 4.89 4.61 4.89 5.00 4.66 4.88 5.05 4.57 5.03 4.69 5.08 4.70 4.84 1.41 3.34 4.86 3.61 1.35 4.78 3.58 1.26 4.75 4.82 4.89 4.64 5.03 4.72 4.96 4.69 4.92 4.71 5.03 4.06 5.50 4.75 4.97 2.40 2.69 4.60 4.75 4.92 4.60 5.01 4.69 4.97 4.77 b38) Timings 4.73 4.09 5.26 4.14 5.46 5.03 4.41 4.90 5.03 5.00 4.43 5.26 4.58 5.04 4.96 4.49 4.33 4.90 5.17 4.91 4.56 5.24 4.92 4.74 4.70 4.56 5.15 4.61 4.89 4.71 5.10 4.63 4.92 4.79 5.07 4.87 4.38 5.17 4.82 4.91 4.66 3.27 1.61 b39) Timings 5.25 5.30 5.11 5.31 5.52 5.66 5.00 5.23 5.31 5.55 4.75 5.82 5.24 5.34 5.42 5.27 5.25 5.33 5.25 5.42 5.45 5.14 5.25 5.13 5.49 5.47 5.27 5.29 5.32 5.44 5.13 5.45 5.15 5.52 5.25 5.18 5.40 5.08 5.46 5.46 5.40 5.35 5.15 5.27 5.19 5.21 5.42 5.12 5.67 5.81 4.87 5.26 5.26 5.17 5.41 b40) Timings 5.25 5.00 5.35 5.61 5.29 5.22 5.52 5.09 5.35 5.19 5.56 4.64 5.84 5.27 10.93(2) 5.22 5.41 5.10 5.35 5.45 5.21 2.25 22.75 6.91 5.23 5.32 5.38 5.54 b41) +6(6.5)->inv Timings 3.81 1.50 5.18 3.97 6.72 3.91 1.51 5.24 3.89 1.38 5.25 3.98 1.41 5.23 3.96 1.40 5.25 3.97 1.37 5.24 4.19 1.23 5.34 5.23 5.34 5.27 4.36 11.74 5.39 5.39 4.94 5.46 4.91 5.80 4.92 5.19 5.64 5.47 4.02 6.65 5.22 5.46 5.16 5.33 5.26 5.07 5.53 5.47 5.16 5.51 ...lost for a while ...84.64 5.66 5.31 5.18 5.53 5.28 5.36 5.24 5.41 21.28 b42) Timings 4.04 1.66 5.78 5.88 6.09 5.81 5.84 5.81 6.00 5.66 6.08 5.92 6.00 5.88 5.81 5.28 6.72 5.74 6.04 5.77 6.07 5.60 6.31 5.72 6.06 5.66 6.18 b43) Timings 11.81 11.81 11.82 (10.13 1.80) (9.79 1.93) b44) A'ffA'_A' evolving to A'fA'_A'; suggesting that one rotation lasts 12.4 seconds. b45) Followed by naked eye near culmination point. b46) reconstruction from voice recording b47) Timings 6.09 6.02 6.40 6.31 6.31 6.26 6.06 6.50 6.37 5.97 6.41 6.03 6.66 5.84 6.83 6.05 6.28 6.34 6.25 6.28 6.06 6.13 6.44 6.17 6.35 43.51(7F) 6.59 6.38 6.27 b48) Timings 6.09 6.45 6.19 6.25 6.38 18.73(3A) 6.13 6.29 6.10 6.21 (5.48 1.00) 6.12 6.31 (5.78 0.58) (3.58 1.55 1.20) (3.67 2.42) (3.50 1.56 1.32) 6.37 (3.31 2.85) 6.00 (3.59 1.75 1.33) 5.80 6.56 6.50 (3.27 2.35) 6.19 (1.06 2.94 1.81 1.07) 6.34 (3.28 1.00 2.19) 5.91 (3.40 1.91 1.28) 5.72 (3.69 0.75 2.05) 6.57 (3.19 0.40 2.77) 6.17 (3.19 3.12) 6.19 (3.22 0.59 2.44) Culmination 19°/331°. The pattern is: A'afA' (+5 +8 +8.5 +5). b49) Timings 13.16(2A) 6.68 6.54 6.65 6.07 6.90 6.47 6.75 5.97 7.09 6.63 6.60 6.21 6.94 6.37 6.60 6.34 6.72 13.28(2) 6.19 7.09 6.32 6.34 6.75 6.85 5.81 7.28 12.93(2) b50) Timings 6.54 6.76 6.56 6.41 7.08 6.45 7.07 6.47 7.07 6.71 6.79 6.69 6.68 6.50 7.19 6.55 6.92 6.56 7.04 6.65 6.53 6.82 3.80 3.04 6.84 3.66 3.11 6.11 4.33 1.92 1.20 6.21 4.20 1.70 1.47 6.31 4.03 1.66 1.65 5.57 4.75 1.78 7.25 4.37 1.63 1.44 6.99 3.36 1.84 1.25 6.91 3.75 1.63 1.45 3.55 3.22 3.46 1.68 1.73 6.74 3.41 1.68 1.34 6.60 3.78 3.00 7.10 3.46 3.15 7.04 3.27 3.34 7.02 3.22 3.66 6.55 3.26 3.34 6.34 3.86 3.03 6.74 Culmination 18°/128° at 20:07:28. b51) Timings 7.24 8.19 7.45 7.44 7.60 7.66 7.17 7.90 7.65 7.46 7.60 7.39 7.49 7.94 6.79 7.71 7.94 7.68 7.66 7.42 7.58 7.65 [7.61] Culmination 50°/313° at 19:45:56. b52) Observed form Leo Barhorst's location 4353 during meeting with him and Marco Langbroek b53) Seemed more like flashes on this pass. b54) Timings: 8.05 8.00 8.38 7.86 8.36 8.00 8.25 8.40 7.76 16.55 Missed thr 10th flash. b55) Timings: 8.79 8.88 8.63 8.95 8.66 5.90 2.68 6.07 2.57 3.09 5.63 6.23 2.50 8.62 8.74 8.50 8.89 8.73 8.63 8.86 43.76(5A) 8.58 8.83 8.69 9.03 8.47 9.18 8.48 8.70 6.47 2.79 8.07 6.78 2.40 8.70 8.53 8.49 8.79 8.68 6.91 2.26 8.77 6.29 2.74 6.73 1.18 8.71 8.82 8.59 A +5.5 and some flashes +5 Culminaton24°/326° at 20:54:17. b56) Timings: 4.22 4.57 8.06 9.43 8.94 8.42 8.55 4.04 5.24 8.40 3.61 1.59 3.15 8.65 3.97 1.75 3.20 8.96 3.56 1.96 2.05 1.31 8.68 3.44 2.00 2.44 2.68 6.50 8.27 8.30 1.81 8.29 8.89 8.40 9.08 8.51 8.73 8.78 8.60 4.78 4.01 8.89 4.76 4.17 8.92 130.72(15A) 9.05 2.65 3.08 2.50 8.94 3.01 3.11 2.54 8.75 3.16 2.85 2.42 8.63 3.35 3.05 2.66 8.72 General photometric behaviour Aafa. Flashes +4.5 noted at 20:36:42.28, 20:36:59.94, 20:37:16.84, 20:39:35.45, 20:39:52.98, 20:40:10.85, 20:40:27.79, 20:40:45.15 Culminaton 52°/313° at 20:36:28. end 2005-004B 2005-014B 28643 DART rocket [Pegasus] b1) Irregularly varying, timings of major flashes: 29.73 22.55 b2) Irregularly varying, timings of major flashes: 12.37 14.87 b3) Timings 9.52, 7.43, 8.12, 9.38, 16.62, 17.32 b4) Timings 13.26 15.07 end 2005-014B 2005-016A 28646 Lacrosse 5 (USA 182) b1) Bright flash mag +0.5 at 18h56m54.5s (77°/220°) b2) Eight unexpected maxima found for this tricky satellite: 1. 20:18:50.7 mag 1.0 2. 20:18:56.1 mag 0.8 3. 20:19:17.3 4. 20:19:26.5 5. 20:19:35.0 6. 20:19:43.7 mag 1.5 7. 20:19:55.2 mag 1.3 8. 20:20:06.0 mag 1.3 Gerhard Holtkamp reported a similar optical behaviour at abot the same time: Just observed a Lacrosse 5 (2005-016A) pass from my position at 49.8822N, 8.6558E. I picked it up near Psi UMa at 20:17:27 UT (13-AUG-06) at about mag 5. It slowly brightened to a little less than mag 4 by the time it passed Beta UMa at 20:18:21 UT. Between 20:18:33 and 20:18:50 it brightened by about half a mag but I would not call this a proper flare. Then it dimmed again to below mag 4 and showed a distinctly reddish color (before that it was colorless). I then had to reposition my scope due to local obstacles and picked up Lacrosse 5 again when it passed Gamma Cas at 20:21:05 UT by which time is was slightly brighter than Gamma Cas (let's say mag 1.5). This could have been part of a flare but it should have been quite bright in that part of the sky anyway. Some 10 or 15 seconds after that it dimmed again rather quickly to something like mag 4 or less and once again showed a reddish color. It stayed like that for the rest of the pass (I followed it for another minute or so) with very minute fluctuations in brightness. b3) I had never noticed such abrupt change in mag before, almost on/off switch. b4) flare between alp & betCep b5) Disappeared from 1x view from 1730 +31 to 1900 +3, seen in 12x60s end 2005-016A 2005-016B 28647 Lacrosse 5 rocket [Titan IV] b1) Nice regular period, no surprises, well defined minimums on which I timed. I dropped one period because the minimum was no longer invisible and therefore not so well defined. b2) Timings 51.91 51.10 45.98 51.41 sec. Didn't observe long enough to see if the 46 sec is in a pattern of several long P and then a short P. b3) Timings 34.14 35.08 55.80 59.91 58.82 74.85 sec. b4) Timings 70.28 83.76 sec. Difficult due to to long flat maxima b5) Timings 72.02 88.55 92.07 sec. Synodic effect? b6) Timings 34.04 34.22 Naked eye obs, lighting 22 seconds, darkness 12 seconds. end 2005-016B 2005-017B 28650 Hamsat b1) Timings 3.90 3.97 3.96 4.14 3.90 4.10 4.00 4.08 3.95 4.09 4.03 4.06 4.15 3.92 4.12 4.03 4.06 4.06 end 2005-017B 2005-017C 28651 Cartosat 1 rocket [PSLV] b1) Timings [2.33 3.39] [2.60 3.22] [2.32 3.80] 5.43 [3.45 2.66] [2.48 3.25] [2.57 3.15] [2.82 2.87] [2.72 3.38] [2.61 3.20] sec. Combined period; one sm missing in the 4th period b2) Timings 13s.91(6fls) 1.94 7.31(3) 2.16 2.47 2.17 2.52 2.08 2.57 4.73(2) 2.06 40.06(17) 2.13 2.62 1.91 2.84 9.37(4) 4.45(2) 5.08(2) 4.23(2) 2.21 2.69 5.21(2) 4.10(2) 2.13 2.58 4.67(2) 4.69(2) 2.04 2.69 4.88(2) Possible combined period 4.68 seconds. b3) Timings 16s.72 3.35 4.83 26.94 3.03 4.97 4.91 5.20 4.98 6.85 3.03 5.12 5.03 5.04 5.15 5.06 4.94 4.69 5.18 10.35 4.97 b4) Timings 12.00 3.10 1.90 1.74 2.15 2.04 6.89 4.36 36.24 2.15 3.13 2.23 1.47 2.91 1.94 2.26 2.17 2.00 1.85 sec. I wonder if this P is correct. Missed several flashes due to clouds. b5) Timings (3.06 2.68) (3.04 3.24) 6.82 6.91 5.43 6.47 5.98 5.96 6.29 6.57 6.34 6.11 sec. b6) Timings 5.23(2) 5.22(2) 5.46(2) 2.63 2.72 2.36 2.98 2.39 2.92 12.72(5) 5.43(2) 2.82 13.10(5) 2.96 5.28(2) 5.33(2) 5.43(2) 2.53 2.67 2.62 19.02(7) 7.72(3) 5.56(2) 2.44 7.87(3) 2.66 5.35(2) Combined period. b7) Timings 2s.56 2.86 2.77 2.88 2.56 2.84 2.75 1.96 3.51 2.83 2.68 2.76 2.60 3.10 5.35(2fls) 2.76 2.82 2.69 2.88 2.72 8.19(3) 2.72 2.68 2.87 2.57 3.05 2.39 3.11 2.67 2.87 2.56 2.97 2.61 2.77 11.19(4) 2.61 2.73 2.59 2.94 2.54 2.78 2.69 5.64(2) 3.35 2.19 3.06 2.43 5.56(2) 5.51(2) 5.55(2) b8) Timings (4.05 3.32 4.24 3.28) (4.00 3.60 3.64 3.30) (4.14 3.59 4.00 3.26) (4.14 3.80 3.44 3.57) (3.95 3.54 3.87 3.71) (4.14 3.03 3.83 3.75) (4.18 3.16 3.89 3.71) sec. Combined period of 4 flashes. Had to scrapp the first 3 timings, as the are only part of a combined period (2.53 4.51 3.56) b9) +7(+6)->+8, +7.5(+6.5)->inv Timings 2.77(f) 4.70(A) 2.56(f) 4.92(A) following are timed flashes only: 7.50 7.82 6.99 7.61 7.28 7.56 7.80 b10) Timings 12.34 3.23 (..lost) 101.04 3.05 4.50 3.57 3.90 2.81 3.35 3.35 4.52 4.20 3.26 3.97 6.85 Lots of flashes. Difficult to get it out. b11) The timings in this pass are split in two; low in the south I timed 4 flashes: 8.53 8.55 8.88 8.26 sec. Then up till almost zenith it was Irr: 6.25 8.87 6.01 5.16 5.11 6.82 sec. In the last part of the pass there were sm: [4.84 3.26] 8.40 [5.51 2.96] [2.49 6.07] [5.36 3.29] [2.62 3.11 2.93] sec. Skipped the last 2.65 sec timing. b12) Timings split in 3 parts. At first in the south distinct flashes at longer intervals; Timings 9.01 9.69 9.58 9.01 9.13 9.34 9.22 sec. Then almost S in zenith; Timings 7.53 42.32 sec. Last part of pass the secondary flashes were visible; Timings 3.04 3.18 2.96 2.90 3.10 3.24 2.79 2.83 3.38 3.12 3.38 2.79 2.97 sec. b13) in clouds; Timings 4.07 4.37 5.62 3.90 3.11 3.43 7.05 5.31 5.60 4.61 4.05 2.48 4.71 sec. b14) +4(5)->inv=>+2(4)->inv Timings [5.56 5.52] [5.57 4.42] [4.33 6.84] [5.29 5.32] [4.69 6.32] [5.03 5.79] [5.41 5.50] [5.02 5.95] sec. Towards the end of the pass the flashes became brighter. b15) Timings 11.46 9.84 12.42 13.69 10.09 10.25 12.55 [5.92 4.35] 12.94 [6.16 4.84] sec. b16) Timings 13.33 13.06 [6.17 5.38] [7.21 5.35] [7.22 5.40] [7.39 4.74] [8.19 5.80] [7.23 7.69] [5.44 5.12] [7.39 4.65] [4.76 7.67] 13.37 sec. b17) +5 S before; Timings 6.80 6.22 7.21 6.57 7.19 13.88 5.03 13.17 sec. b18) S; +5 before culmination. Timings [3.10 10.79] [5.32 7.34] [7.03 6.86] [4.46 8.42] [5.03 8.58] [6.31 7.30] [5.92 7.83] sec. b19) Timings [4.73 4.37 5.83] [4.07 3.25 5.94] [5.09 3.00 5.00] [7.00 6.72] sec. b20) 6(6.5)->7(inv); At first almost S; +6 then flashing indistincly, finally flashing. Timings 6.15 6.35 6.45 5.64 5.11 6.96 4.87 7.37 5.82 6.31 12.16 11.96 12.35 11.96 12.10 12.34 b21) Timings [5.68 8.39] [5.04 9.11] [5.75 8.64] [8.64 5.87] [4.68 11.86] [11.34 4.32] [5.54 4.51 4.27] [4.83 4.36 3.90] [5.91 7.89] [6.47 7.84] [5.38 8.25] [5.74 8.25] [5.63 8.34] [5.75 8.34] sec. b22) Timings 8.33 6.73 7.31 7.67 6.77 14.21 21.04 12.66 9.74 8.74 9.33 14.94 13.60 13.96 14.55 5.02 5.12 9.15 sec. b23) Timings 9.28 14.14 6.05 8.59 13.90 20.87 7.14 5.80 8.45 6.96 8.47 6.37 sec. At first sat was almost S, mag 5. b24) Timings [22.82 4.36] [6.21 3.46 5.09] [9.45 5.46] [8.76 6.29] [9.19 5.86] [8.55 5.91] [8.43 7.05] sec. end 2005-017C 2005-020B 28687 Foton-M 2 rocket [Soyuz] b1) clicks: (3.68 2.61 5.50) (3.52 8.23) (3.08 2.90 5.23) (3.38 2.473.44 2.97) (3.02 7.90) s b2) Timings 3.06 2.53 3.10 2.78 3.24 2.57 3.19 2.93 3.14 2.43 3.03 3.11 3.19 2.59 2.97 2.84 sec. Seems a combined period. end 2005-020B 2005-025A 28773 Astro-E b1) low transit, el= 19° az= 161° end 2005-025A 2005-025B 28774 Astro-E rk [M-5] b1) low transit, el= 17° az= 193° b2) was tumbling with a fp maybe in the 10-15 second range. end 2005-025B 2005-027A 28776 FSW-3 4 Service Module b1) Timings [2.77 3.03] [2.91 2.87] [2.95 2.92] [2.99 2.89] [2.89 2.95] [2.94 2.93] [3.01 2.87] [3.03 2.88] [3.05 2.92] [2.97 3.01] sec. b2) sm; +5 Timings 3.16 3.14 3.16 3.24 3.10 3.20 3.42 2.81 6.33 6.33 sec. Sat was about 3 min early w.r.t. 3 day old TLE. b3) Timings [1.47 1.62] 3.25 3.19 3.41 3.19 3.18 3.23 3.27 3.33 2.60 3.63 3.28 3.37 3.15 3.21 3.17 3.44 3.17 3.28 3.20 3.16 3.26 3.25 3.19 3.32 3.19 3.25 3.27 3.25 3.19 3.25 3.30 3.33 3.25 sec. First timing also sm, but later not so distinct. b4) sm +6 Timings 3.24 3.24 3.29 3.11 3.25 3.32 3.29 3.10 3.34 3.20 3.25 3.25 3.16 6.70 3.06 3.31 3.28 sec. b5) with 0.6-second secondaries; end 2005-027 A 2005-027B 28777 FSW-3 4 rocket [CZ-2C] b1) Timings 22s.95 11.85 11.79 11.21 end 2005-027B 2005-031D 28812 Kirari (OICETS) rocket [SL-24] debris b1) N? Timings 5.22 3.85 5.05 4.69 4.88 9.59 5.91 6.50 4.55 8.31 6.17 9.00 sec. Irregular flashing. end 2005-031D 2005-032B 28823 Monitor-E rocket [SL-19] b1) Timings 15.00 11.76 19.59 21.44 21.78 sec. b2) later A; +4->inv Timings 22.38 15.30 sec. Minima not distinct. end 2005-032B 2005-038C 28876 Navstar 57 (USA 183) rocket 2 1) Some untimed +6 mag flashes. end 2005-038C 2005-040B 28880 Shenzhou 6 rocket [CZ-??] b1) Its maxima were brighter at the beginning and end of the pass than in the middle of it. Timings [12.89, 9.86], 18.09, 18.81, 15.45, 20.49, 18.07, 18.60, 10.28, 8.78, [19.19 -- ones in brackets not counted in the PPAS report] b2) 2.5(1) 4 2.5(1)->inv. Timings (12.27 5.84) end 2005-040B 2005-040E 28883 SZ 6 module 1) slight Flare +1 from +2 steady end 2005-040E 2005-042A 28888 USA 186 b1) from 4541 mg variable from +6.5 to +7. Flash +1 at 21h24m19s.1 b2) from 4541: flash mg +4 at21h07m12s.5 and flash mg+2 at 21h09m01s.3 b3) from 4541: flash mg +2 at 19h06m47s flash mg 0 at 19h06m56s.1 flash mg +2 at 19h09m09s.8 flash mg 0 at 19h09m14s.2 b4) from 4541: flash mg -1 at 193614.8, +2 at 193707.7 flash mg +3 at 193832.6 and +3 at 193842.7 b5) flash at 20h27m40s.1 b6) flash at 21h15m48s.1 b7) flash at 21h18m52s.1 and at 21h20m12s.2 b8) flash mg +4 at20h02m59s.0 and mg 0 at 20h04m47s.9 b9) Two sharp, bright flashes observed at about 212520 and 212555. The first was brightest and probably of negative magnitude but mags difficult to determine due to cloud and bright sky b10) flashes at 21h12m16s.6, 21h12m23s.2, 21h12m33s.9 b11) flare -0.5 from 20h21m04s till 20h21m16s, flash at 20h24m59s b12) Two flashes were followed by three round maxima: Timings 28.08 4.98 26.42 and 15.49 b13) A lot of flashes mg +4 at 18:52:03.1, 18:52:09.6, 18:52:16.5 18:52:30.6, mg +2 at 18:53:58.8 from Bari (4641) b14) other flashes mg +4 at 19:15:48.7, 19:15:54.3, 19:16:01.7 from Bari (4641) b15) another flash mg +3 at 19h58m28s.7; from Bari (4641) b16) Time between the two mag -1 flares: 9.7 b17) mag +4 flare at 3:04:44.23 mag +1 flare starting at 3:05:23.51, mag +4 flare at 3:05:32.53 b18) Bright silvery white and +4 until this flare, then +6->7 and orangish b19) flare from 19:08:06 to 19:08:10 b20) 19:25:18, flare +2 at 19:30:35 -> 19:30:36 b21) 2nd flare at 20:20:08 +1.5 b22) set of 5 flashes as follows: 19:44:13.4 mag +4.5 19:45:47.9 mag +4.5 19:46:03.6 mag +3.5 19:46:10.5 mag +3.5 19:46:19.4 mag +3.0 b23) set of 3 flashes: 19:14:37.5 mag +4.5 19:15:10.1 mag +4.5 19:16:50.5 mag +4.0 b24) 19:36:36.0 flash +4.5 19:37:17.3 flash +4.5 19:38:18.9 flash +4.5 19:40:21.4 flash +3.5 19:41:31.7 flash +5.5 b25) flashes at 19:06:06.0 19:06:19.2 19:06:36.8 19:06:54.9 culminating 12°/060° b26) flashes at 19:28:08.1 19:28:14.4 19:29:31.0 19:29:45.5 19:30:08.8 b27) Three maxima seen, 1st immediately after leaving earth shadow. It was very sharp. Second was less sharp and third was rather round. b28) RA 06:02 dec +55.5 Az 304 alt 50 b29) flare -1.0 started 20:27:17 and lasted 11 s b30) In a blue twilight sky, I just saw (and photographed!) USA 186 (05-042A) flaring to at least mag. -5 while crossing from CVn into UMa! Very spectacular view! Colour was distinctly yellow (perhaps aided by the blue twilight background). b31) 1 short flare only in a bright background time reconstructed from voice recording, might be inaccurate b32) flare inaccurate +/-10 s 0908+09 b33) phase angle 22.5 deg. HeavenSat prediction mirrors (for flares.dat) 41.3 deg 42.4 deg b34) phase angle 34.4 deg. HeavenSat prediction mirrors (for flares.dat) 44.0 deg 48.3 deg b35) phase angle 83.8 deg. HeavenSat prediction mirrors (for flares.dat) 49.5 deg 76.4 deg b36) phase angle 29.8 deg. HeavenSat prediction mirrors (for flares.dat) 38.9 deg 48.9 deg b37) brightness was gradually increased up to 0 mag, phase angle 75.9 deg, naked eye. b38) phase angle 36.0 deg, naked eye HeavenSat prediction mirrors (for flares.dat) 43.1 deg 35.9 deg b39) phase angle 106.2 deg, binoculars. HeavenSat prediction mirrors (for flares.dat) 53.5 deg 81.2 deg, end 2005-042A 2005-043A 28890 Beijing 1 b1) Very nice flashes of which several reached mag +1, during this transit starting at star Nekkar (beta Boo). Don't know what it was before because I was not looking yet. b2) Timings 8.19 [4.75 3.24] 8.69 [1.92 6.84] end 2005-043A 2005-043E 28894 SSETI-Express 1) Only seen just before shadow entry in 12x60's end 2005-043E 2005-043G 28898 Mozhayets 5 rocket [Kosmos] b1) Timings 9.19 6.45 9.17 6.08 4.91(F) 4.88 6.62 8.65 6.84 8.40 6.99 sec. b2) Showed two mag +2 flashes on top of its maxima b3) Timings 9.61 9.49 [8.51 2.32] 9.33 [8.04 3.08] 9.30 11.00 9.87 b4) A; +4->6 Timings 27.09 28.22 26.76 28.55 sec. b5) Timings 29.67 59.62 31.82 24.07 sec. b6) Timings 38.20 34.19 40.64 sec. end 2005-043G 2005-048C 28910 Gonets D1M1/Kosmos 2416 rocket [Kosmos] b1) Timings 2.82 5.54 3.10 2.60 2.83 2.64 3.02 2.96 2.87 2.84 2.96 2.72 3.18 2.63 2.83 2.97 2.97 2.77 3.01 2.82 2.68 2.90 3.01 2.80 2.72 3.00 2.82 2.91 3.01 2.31 3.30 2.86 3.06 2.74 3.16 2.59 2.81 2.95 3.21 2.40 2.93 2.97 2.73 2.81 2.90 3.06 2.65 2.93 2.77 2.80 3.02 2.91 2.86 2.74 2.97 2.70 2.97 2.73 2.96 2.84 2.96 2.82 2.82 2.92 2.90 2.87 2.87 2.75 3.06 2.81 3.04 2.72 2.98 2.87 2.81 2.80 2.86 2.85 2.99 sec. Saw it first low in the north, it was very dim and a bit irr. Later in the pass the flashes became brighter and more distinct. From the >100 timings I used the last 80. b2) Timings 1.38 1.34 1.43 1.34 1.40 1.15 2.88 1.25 1.20 2.30 1.81 1.51 2.29 1.57 1.43 2.46 1.52 1.27 2.32 1.75 1.43 2.39 1.57 1.38 2.61 1.44 1.47 2.40 1.46 1.38 2.59 1.42 1.37 2.63 1.57 1.38 2.30 1.56 1.61 2.26 1.56 1.53 2.25 1.61 1.39 2.30 1.65 1.54 2.41 1.47 1.47 2.30 1.57 1.52 2.25 1.66 1.38 2.46 1.79 3.38 2.92 2.70 2.64 2.58 2.49 2.59 2.55 3.15 2.60 2.82 2.59 2.73 2.37 3.09 2.82 2.28 2.70 2.77 2.60 2.60 2.83 2.73 2.78 2.68 2.68 2.46 2.87 2.60 2.73 2.59 2.63 2.61 2.83 2.58 2.85 2.48 2.56 2.89 2.81 2.67 sec. Became more regular after culmination. Period is most likely 5.368 sec; a combined period. See the 2 graphs on my webpage. b3) Timings 2.11 1.96 2.25 1.73 2.10 1.96 4.04 2.28 2.00 2.23 1.65 2.04 1.95 2.31 2.00 1.71 2.27 2.00 1.84 2.13 2.17 1.89 4.23 1.85 2.05 2.03 2.08 2.08 2.18 1.78 2.12 2.19 1.85 2.00 1.83 2.13 2.02 2.12 2.00 2.04 2.30 2.18 1.74 1.90 1.94 1.98 2.37 1.89 2.36 1.51 2.12 1.93 2.00 2.08 2.25 2.03 1.90 2.10 2.13 sec. Two max were too faint to time. b4) Timings 2.01 1.90 2.13 1.91 1.99 2.25 1.95 2.05 2.04 1.89 2.13 1.99 2.20 1.99 2.04 2.08 1.89 2.03 2.03 2.13 1.84 2.18 2.04 2.09 1.94 2.03 2.05 2.02 2.05 2.10 2.15 2.03 2.04 2.03 2.08 1.98 2.04 2.08 1.99 1.94 2.26 2.03 2.03 1.95 1.95 1.98 4.09 2.25 1.90 1.94 2.12 2.04 2.23 1.94 1.80 1.88 2.27 2.11 1.98 2.36 1.88 1.94 2.07 1.99 2.03 1.98 2.07 1.99 2.04 2.14 1.85 2.20 1.94 1.92 2.30 2.04 1.86 1.90 2.08 2.08 2.11 2.23 1.99 2.04 sec. b5) Timings 2.24 1.86 8.10 2.18 4.28 1.96 2.01 1.71 2.05 2.09 4.47 3.95 1.99 2.31 1.93 2.12 2.02 4.14 2.04 2.02 2.19 2.03 2.08 1.99 2.05 2.11 2.07 1.99 1.99 2.13 2.07 1.89 2.44 2.11 1.94 2.22 1.98 4.00 2.60 1.80 1.78 1.98 2.22 2.13 1.93 2.10 2.07 1.89 1.98 2.22 2.18 2.09 2.16 1.96 1.57 2.32 2.31 1.98 2.07 1.93 4.32 1.93 1.93 2.11 2.45 1.51 2.40 1.85 2.07 2.13 2.44 2.18 1.75 1.93 2.27 1.74 2.06 2.22 2.03 2.22 1.97 2.31 1.75 1.89 2.08 2.07 2.26 1.99 2.07 2.18 2.10 2.08 1.94 1.98 1.99 2.14 2.01 2.26 2.24 2.10 sec. Several very faint maxima not timed. b6) Timings 1.86 1.95 2.11 2.05 2.06 2.10 2.10 2.10 2.05 2.25 1.85 2.18 2.18 1.98 2.08 2.18 2.05 2.08 2.12 2.10 1.99 2.30 2.23 2.13 2.15 2.04 2.04 1.93 2.14 2.18 1.98 2.12 2.07 2.17 2.23 1.89 2.16 2.26 2.23 1.98 sec. b7) Timings 1.79 2.30 2.02 2.18 2.05 1.96 2.20 2.14 3.33 2.82 2.41 1.77 2.36 2.06 3.96 4.32 2.18 2.08 4.10 1.29 2.93 1.14 2.97 1.42 2.99 1.20 3.16 1.05 2.96 1.38 2.64 1.24 2.95 1.19 1.32 1.57 1.41 1.25 1.48 1.32 1.29 1.46 sec. Second timing of same pass, now in the northern part of the pass. At first about the same as earlier, then it got more difficult to time the flashes; some were not not seen or missed. At the end the maxima got double, and later they even got more regulary spaced. Possibly a combination of tumble and spinning. b8) Timings 2.28 2.11 2.04 1.92 2.24 2.04 1.95 2.05 2.33 2.10 2.22 2.04 1.98 2.09 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.31 1.92 2.15 2.16 2.08 2.25 2.23 2.08 2.13 2.04 2.12 2.14 2.03 2.17 2.27 1.99 1.93 2.17 2.23 1.84 2.36 2.17 2.23 1.99 2.08 2.07 2.36 2.03 2.22 2.11 2.36 2.16 2.03 sec. b9) Maxima on 2009-08-14 include all secondary ones. Maxima on 2009-08-15 were with secondaries only at the middle of the observation arc. b10) Timings: 33.91 33.85 sec. No accurate stoptime due to the new stopwatch. b11) Timings: 32.76 34.12 Culmination 50°/285° at 21:32:50. b12) Timings: 33.3 Culmination 81°/093° at 20:30:10. b13) Timings: 35.53 32.32 33.12 31.65 33.99 Culmination 84°/094° at 20:20:51. b14) Timings: 29.37 27.29 28.06 26.35 28.93 26.63 29.15 28.03 28.57 29.69 28.45 28.79 28.43 28.02 28.58 27.77 28.01 28.76 26.79 28.18 27.97 Culmination 34°/290°. end 2005-048C 2005-050E 28919 Kosmos 2417-2419 aux. motor 1) Superfast low pass and tumbling - what a sight! end 2005-050E 2005-558C 90050 Unknown 050227, a DSP satellite 1) It's 90050, and was flashing every 17 seconds, at Jun 23 6:05 UTC ( Jun 23 ) It's also called 96045, in a different tle file, as found on Mike Mccants site Seems to flash along time. It's much shorter then that. I was using the time between bright flashes. I noticed fainter flashes, when I played back the video. end 2005-0558C 2006-002B 28932 ALOS rocket [H-2A] b1) Saw 1 flash to mag 3 when sat moved to the north. end 2006-002B 2006-004B 28938 MT-sat 2 rocket [H-2A] 1) Only saw one flash, about 30s before ShI so I would guess period is > 30s 2) "Middle" of apparition had a +4 flash ~3.5 sec after max for AAF pattern. 3) Seen as UNID - first 2 were flashes then morphed into A end 2006-004B 2006-005D 28942 Akari rocket [M-5] b1) Timings 35s.37 37.65 37.73 end 2006-005D 2006-006B 28944 Arabsat 4 rocket [Briz] tank 1) On minima. This is an APT, but I saw variation! 2) Difficult to count the maxima, tried by 10. 3) Seem to have missed several cycles - much more dtm at this phase angle. 4) On minima - much easier on this pass compared to others. 5) Timings 5.92(6A) 3.07(3) 9.07(9) 0.94 0.87 0.97 1.06 0.86 1.24 0.90 2.00(2) 3.27(3) Eclipse time 37°/260° at 20:15:40. end 2006-006B 2006-011G 29053 Formosat 3 rocket [Pegasus] b1) Timings 7.52 6.18 7.88 7.02 6.92 3.86 3.51 3.94 5.74 sec. At the end of the pass the in between flashes became brighter. b2) Timings 3.51 3.52 7.38(2F) 3.51 3.90 b3) triple max within this period mag 6, 6.5, 6.5->inv at following Timings 2:04:53.40 56.09 58.36 2:05:03.28 06.19 08.51 2:05:13.34 15.98 18.36 2:05:23.26 25.96 27.90 2:05:33.01 36.09 38.51 2:05:43.09 45.96 47.96 b4) Timings 5.03 5.35 5.14 5.07 5.47 5.18 5.49 4.90 5.22 5.28 sec. b5) Timings 3.33 2.10 2.76 2.39 2.72 5.20 3.05 3.19 4.40 2.81 2.66 4.95 3.06 3.06 4.53 3.01 2.36 5.14 2.92 2.51 sec. b6) Timings 6.52 6.64 6.67 7.39 5.54 7.86 6.07 6.54 sec. b7) Timings 4.35 4.00 4.10 4.42 5.07 4.35 4.03 13.55(3A) 4.07 13.48(3) b8) Timings 9.96(2A) 5.46 17.54(3) 5.18 Culmination 33°/105° at 20:13:38. end 2006-011G 2006-014B 29079 EROS B rocket [SL-18] 1) Timings 6.90 15.19 7.34 6.33 9.96 7.99 6.97 11.32 6.76 6.02 11.90 sec. A rather irregular flash pattern. end 2006-014B 2006-015A 29092 Yaogan 1 1) The Yaogan 1 satellite was flashing quite brigthly (brighter than +1mag) with a period of 6.7s above my site. N. of flashes: 14 (some clouds prevented the sight) Date: Feb 14 2012 Time: 04:48:43.4 till 04:50:37.8 End 2006-015A 2006-015G 36363 Yaogan 1 debris 1) On 04 Feb 2010 Chinese satellite Yaogan 1 (29092) made a small orbit trim and inexpectedly spawned three newly catalogued debris, 36363 through 36365 with pretty high velocities of separation. A propulsion failure may be suspected. It is interesting to compare 29092 with 32289 (Yaogan 3) which should be of the same type. 2) I by luck, had 36363 pass through the feild of view, last night. It was bright, easily mag 7 range are brighter, and is flashing. end 2006-015G 2006-019A 29157 Kompass 2 b1) More of a maximum, increased slowly from +3, maxed at +1 then quickly back to +3 end 2006-019A 2006-019C 29159 Kompass 2 rocket [SL-21] b1) This is 7X listed period - small amplitude fooled me - will revisit. end 2006-019C 2006-025B 29246 Progress-M 27 rk [Soyuz] b1) Timings 1.65 1.85 2.29 1.72 1.81 2.33 2.08 2.09 2.00 1.59 1.70 2.27 1.89 2.09 1.93 sec. end 2006-025B 2006-026A 29247 Kosmos 2421 1) Satellite exploded; main part still visible. 2) Observed as unid. Flash period determined from voice recording my seconds counting (by heart). Afterwards identified. 3) displayed one -4m flare. 4) very nice object, dtm by low orbit and long period. Large synodic effect, I suppose. 5) over a long arc S magnitude did not change regardless of the phase angle. end 2006-026A 2006-029A 29252 Genesis 1 b1) one mag +3 flash. Easy naked eye object. It brightend to mag 3 in the SE for about 2 sec. b2) 06029A flashed twice reddish: at 19:21:36.01 magn. +2 at 19:21:55.21 magn. +2 b3) max at 14.48 18.76 6.57 22.03 10.67 7.43 13.08 8.74 end 2006-029A 2006-031B 29269 Kompsat 2 r [SL-19] 1) Timings 19.85 32.45 19.81 14.88 15.94 20.56 sec. 2) 1 flash +3 Timings [17.37 8.40 10.86] 38.28 40.89 [16.93 22.09] sec. end 2006-031B 2006-037B 29394 IGS 2A rocket [H-2A] b1) TLE unreliable, might be other object 2100+11 end 2006-037B 2006-041B 29480 Hinode (Solar B)rocket b1) Timings [17.36 8.10 9.61] [17.24 7.76 10.34] [17.68 7.76 10.18] sec. This M5 rocket showed a complex flash pattern with a combined period. b2) Timings 69.44 70.13 sec. b3) some F; +2; Difficult to get a correct period. Timings 24.57 12.02 20.33 18.46 19.19 10.89 7.74 9.86 7.76 7.68 8.66 10.73 7.69 8.02 9.68 9.85 7.08 sec b4) Timings 16.87 12.85 42.35 12.81 6.05 7.40 10.66 25.66 10.29 18.16 17.74 20.63 sec. Difficult to get a correct period. b5) some F, +3 Timings 8.86 7.99 11.19 14.84 11.46 10.10 9.71 8.23 12.23 7.76 18.08 13.41 sec. Still difficult to get a good period. end 2006-041B 2006-041D 29482 Hinode fairing part b1) Timings 1.82 1.81 1.88 1.87 1.91 1.92 1.92 1.81 1.96 1.92 1.84 1.94 1.80 1.96 1.88 1.94 1.84 1.90 1.97 1.99 1.77 1.84 1.89 1.89 1.88 1.94 1.98 1.80 1.89 1.89 1.89 1.90 1.92 1.93 1.86 1.88 1.90 1.90 1.92 1.89 1.85 1.94 1.84 1.92 1.91 1.89 sec. end 2006-041D 2006-044A 29499 Metop-A 1) MetOp-A flared, just as predicted by Gerhard Holtkamp 2) var 5->6; Timed 11.08 sec between a max and and a sharp max; then it became slowly var. 3) phase angle 75.2 deg, HeavenSat prediction mirrors (for flares.dat) 46.2 deg 44.7 deg naked eye. end 2006-044A 2006-046C 29507 SJ 6C rocket [CZ-4] b1) Object was predicted as 2006-046B. Epoch 06297.43 b2) Timings every 10th flash: 7.05 7.67 7.68 7.33 7.49 7.48 7.64 7.41 7.79 7.52 7.41 7.66 7.95 7.92 sec. Possible first timing over 9 flashes; P => 0.762 Nice flasher. b3) Timings every 10th flash: 7.41 7.63 7.59 7.67 7.78 7.56 7.81 7.60 7.68 7.78 sec. b4) Timings every 10th flash: 7.86 7.94 7.92 7.97 7.93 7.92 7.97 7.91 7.82 8.00 7.88 7.92 7.97 7.90 7.39 7.56 7.22 7.72 7.94 sec. b5) Timings every 10th flash: 8.30 9.20 8.90 9.66 9.14 9.19 9.11 18.64 9.41 9.41 sec. b6) Timings timed every 10 flashes 9.56 9.23 9.45 9.31 9.52 9.36 9.58 b7) Timings 15.38 15.51 15.30 15.62 15.47 15.52 15.51 15.41 15.65 b8) Timings 1.47 6.83 3.53 4.17 5.17 4.14 1.90 2.01 2.71 2.30 2.27 2.35 2.23 2.18 2.12 2.35 2.55 2.34 2.31 2.26 sec. b9) Timings 2.52 3.18 3.47 2.34 2.85 2.95 2.62 2.05 10.48 2.38 1.42 2.03 1.29 1.23 1.52 1.43 1.57 1.08 1.32 1.10 1.38 1.21 1.13 1.08 1.26 1.04 1.15 1.10 1.24 1.12 1.42 1.06 1.39 sec. At first difficult to get timings; at the end sharp flashes at half period. b10) Timings 2.62 2.85 2.68 2.75 2.75 2.78 2.76 2.65 2.95 2.72 2.69 2.77 2.79 2.74 2.66 2.88 2.77 2.70 2.78 2.73 2.70 2.84 2.73 2.82 2.82 2.73 2.74 2.69 2.87 2.75 sec. b11) Timings 2.86 2.67 sec. b12) Timings 2.68 2.87 2.81 2.81 2.82 2.85 2.83 2.89 2.83 2.77 2.83 2.97 2.74 2.82 2.79 2.88 2.82 2.79 2.88 2.83 2.82 2.83 2.78 2.68 2.96 2.88 2.78 2.87 2.87 2.79 2.78 2.78 2.87 2.88 2.74 2.88 2.83 2.82 2.81 sec. b13) Timings 3.44 3.57 3.60 3.50 3.62 3.61 3.58 3.50 3.60 3.52 3.64 3.52 3.64 3.50 3.59 3.48 3.46 3.68 3.63 3.49 sec. b14) Timings 3.54 3.77 3.62 3.72 3.56 3.67 3.67 3.71 3.61 3.73 3.58 3.72 3.61 3.65 3.58 3.73 3.58 3.61 3.72 3.63 sec. b15) Timings 1.92 1.88 1.97 1.80 2.04 1.89 1.71 1.88 1.90 1.95 1.92 1.85 1.93 1.92 1.79 1.87 1.89 1.82 1.87 2.00 1.79 1.98 1.83 b16) Timings 2.23 6.52(3F) 4.32(2F) 2.33 1.92 4.45(2F) 8.87(4F) 2.34 4.31(2F) 2.12 17.64(8F) 2.15 2.34 2.21 1.97 4.38(2F) 4.54(2F) 2.28 1.89 2.54 6.63(3F) 11.00(5F) 8.94(4F) Several "F" skipped. b17) Timings 3.31 3.19 1.69 1.49 3.21 1.64 4.75 1.50 1.66 1.65 1.59 1.44 1.54 1.78 1.57 1.49 1.44 1.80 1.54 1.60 1.72 1.64 1.58 1.62 1.50 1.71 1.53 1.56 1.62 1.56 1.64 1.50 8.04 3.18 3.22 3.18 3.07 3.28 3.22 3.25 3.12 3.19 3.16 3.15 3.22 3.16 3.18 3.18 3.17 3.12 3.09 3.20 3.31 3.13 3.37 3.00 3.06 3.29 3.14 3.20 3.12 3.13 3.09 3.25 3.22 3.22 3.11 3.26 3.10 3.31 2.96 3.30 3.18 3.18 3.23 3.11 3.23 b18) Timings 3.33 3.35 3.30 3.32 3.21 3.22 2.69 3.96 3.52 3.16 3.36 3.40 3.36 3.26 3.30 3.47 3.31 3.29 3.15 3.45 3.43 3.27 3.50 3.23 1.30 1.84 3.33 1.48 2.18 3.23 1.29 2.11 3.26 3.39 3.36 3.31 3.33 3.25 1.10 2.38 1.23 2.35 3.12 3.23 3.37 3.35 3.37 3.30 3.41 3.34 3.36 1.13 2.38 1.67 1.66 3.21 1.71 1.77 1.24 1.94 2.16 1.42 3.26 3.30 3.32 3.40 3.32 3.35 3.37 3.45 3.37 3.34 3.37 3.30 3.29 b19) Followed before an after culmination 43° west for about 3 minutes: steady +4.5. b20) Timings 7.19 6.82 6.88 6.91 6.84 6.97 6.81 6.84 6.92 6.86 6.90 3.54 3.41 3.42 3.35 7.01 3.37 3.39 7.01 b21) Timings 6.71 7.27 6.97 7.16 7.23 7.02 7.12 6.82 7.29 6.86 7.21 14.01(2F) 6.91 6.96 7.17 7.05 6.96 6.95 7.27 13.98(2F) b22) Timings 7.61 7.43 7.66 7.41 7.52 7.54 7.48 7.43 7.49 7.39 7.51 7.43 7.45 7.46 7.38 7.38 7.54 7.36 7.45 sec. b23) Timings 8.44 9.21 8.19 8.70 8.52 8.64 8.46 8.69 8.31 8.63 8.37 8.63 8.28 8.66 8.23 8.60 8.41 8.49 8.48 8.44 8.45 8.47 8.46 8.47 8.53 8.40 8.53 b24) Timings 8.69 9.38 8.80 9.16 8.80 8.77 8.74 8.88 8.88 8.93 8.57 8.89 8.75 8.85 8.70 8.78 8.76 8.83 8.81 8.78 end 2006-046C 2006-048B 29517 Sinosat 2 rocket [CZ-3] b1) every third timing was a sharp flash, then two smoother maximas b2) I can see slight flashes but cannot discern period. Looked to still be about 2s. b3) Didn't act "right" - has been much faster at other sightings, with more variability. b4) Back to normal - Mar 22 2008 report must've been an analomy. end 2006-048B 2006-056B 29649 Measat 3 Briz tank 1) RA 13:24 dec -32 range 10400 kms end 2006-056B 2006-058A 29653 TacSat 2 b1) Went steady to mag 5 after five cycles end 2006-058A 2006-058B 29654 TacSat 2 rocket [Minotaur] b1) Last max was a +3 glint b2) Two flashes at +3 b3) Very odd - must revisit as I've gotten a different period every observation! b4) Back to period I first saw it at but amplitude is getting very small and dtm. end 2006-058B 2006-059B 26957 ETS 8 rocket [H-2A] 1) Pairs of flashes separated by about 6s. 2) Tried to time only major flash, as secondaries tend to be too variable end 2006-059B 2006-060B 29659 SAR-Lupe 1 rocket [Kosmos] b1) Timings 10.33 11.07 10.87 11.25 11.03 10.99 11.14 10.86 10.39 10.19 b2) Timings 11.91 35.45(3A) 12.48 12.41 11.28 11.75 12.40 b3) Timings 11.94 11.10 11.10 11.78 11.62 10.91 11.94 12.35 10.35 10.24 12.00 32.51(3A) 11.45 22.68(2A) 11.67 11.77 11.25 11.51 b4) Timings 12.24 11.19 12.03 12.42 11.70 12.97 12.94 12.82 14.23 11.94 b5) Timings 11.44 12.30 22.31(2A) 10.72 11.08 12.51 11.75 13.20 12.04 12.80 b6) Almost steady mg +5 from 20°/210° to 26°/300°, culminating 33°/262° b7) Followed before and after culmination 27° west for about 3 minutes: steady +5. b8) Timings 76.23 92.09 sec. Very flat maxium, difficult to time. b9) 2006-060B: difficult to determine the time of max brightness end 2006-060B 2006-062H 29682 Kosmos 2424-2426 aux motor 1) Very faint, but seemed to have ~ 3-5s period end 2006-062H 2005-512A b1) Mike Waterman: I may have discovered a new near-GSO secret satellite, I cant match it with any known satellite. The story: I was looking for the near-GSO 82020A on 050112 and spotted a bright sat flashing initially +5 each 58.5s. I timed 5 flashes, and made one position fix before the flashes were too faint to see. Later that evening I found that it was not 82020A, and not a near-GSO object. The motion suggested near-GSO, but high GTO was possible. I am not sure which 050112 flash was the position, so there are 2 ALTERNATIVE positions below on 050112. The first one is more likely. My observations are below, in OTWG and IOD formats. 9900000211505011220260828 100 13024553 -0021 004 5 +50 05850F 9900000211505011220270666 100 13024553 -0021 004 5 b2) Mike Waterman: I successfully located it on 050113, and recorded 13 flashes, 3 with positions; the flash period was 28.84s initially, later only alternate flashes were visible (ie 57.68s), similar to the period on 050112. It may have been flashing before 2037 UT. I hope that someone can check whether it really is a new object, and if so give it a provisional name and number. The following orbit uses 4 obs (ignoring the second 050112 alternative), it will be poor because the positions are close together in the sky. 1 90000U 99000 05013.75705000 .00000000 00000-0 00000+0 0 02 2 90000 10.5350 5.8600 0054500 70.1800 290.4067 .98971000 06 The orbit period suggests it is no longer operational, and the inclination suggests it was abandoned at least 10 years ago. My observations are below, in OTWG and IOD formats. 9900000211505011320381129 050 13024101 -0056 004 5 +50INV02884F 9900000211505011320403578 050 13024325 -0043 005 5 9900000211505011320423119 050 13024524 -0027 003 5 It is visible from Europe, Africa, and western parts of Asia. Positional observations, especially from observers not near me, would help determine the orbit. Tonight (050114) it will be visible near 84 Cetus (RA=02h 41m Dec=-0.7deg) from 2055(maybe earlier) to 2100, and about 15 mins later each day. Observers x degrees South of me should look about x/10 more North in the sky, and those x to the east of me should look about x/10 degrees West. b3) Mike Waterman: 8 observations made tonight, details below. It was flashing in the same part of the sky as on previous days (a bit further North), similar brightness, similar period (27.72 +-0.01s). Confidently predicted to be between Delta Cetus and 84 Cetus (RA=02h40m, Dec=0) at 2145 UT on 050117 and 17.3 minutes later per day. Visible to the West at least 5 minutes earlier, and to the East for about 5 minutes after. It is drifting westwards in Longitude, and should be visible from America in about 2 weeks. 06-640A 90060 Unidentified b1) Occassional flashes seen. Could see it "realtime" on the monitor. b2) first of sets of 2 or 3 flashes as period - typically flashes in sets were about 0.6s apart (timings on request) end 06-640A 06-725GR 99906 Unidentified, observed by Greg Roberts b1) #99906 - interesting flashes.For most of the pass observed it showed minor variations in magnitude but for about two minutes, when the phase angle was 11-12 degrees, it flashed quite brightly about 2-3 magnitudes brighter. I tried to determine a period and the following are times of all flashes seen: 16:58:01.3, 16:58:15.0, 16:58:33.4, 16:58:40.6, 16:58:41.0 16:58:47.4, 16:58:54.8, 16:58:55.3, 16:58:56.1, 16:59:02.8 16:59:03.3, 16:59:09.2, 16:59:09.7, 16:59:17.6, 16:59:34.6 16:59:35.0, 16:59:35.5, 16:59:49.0, 16:59:49.4, 16:59:50.0 generally there would be a gap of quite a few seconds then two or three bright flashes in succession spaced approximately 0.4 to 0.5 seconds. Not all flashes were of equal brightness. From launchyear 2007 notes have normally numbers, no longer b-numbers. 2007-005E 30590 IGS 4 fairing (E) 1) A with F at very maximum 2) From voice recording because they were crossing not far from 2007-005F; Nice sight. Bright flash at top of undulation for both objects. 3) Typical brightness variation for a fairingpart: round maxima but with a short flash when at brightest. 4) started with +1.5 flash, later round maxima yielded about same magnitude. Object passed west of me. 5) 2009-08-05: probably my last observation until next summer end 2007-005E 2007-005F 30591 IGS 4 fairing (F) 1) A with F at very maximum 2) From voice recording because they were crossing not far from 2007-005E; Nice sight. Bright flash at top of undulation for both objects. 3) started also with even brighter flash (magn. +1.2) and later round maxima yielded about the same magnitude. Larger amplitude than 07-005E. Object passed west of me. end 2007-005F 2007-006A 30772 OE (Astro) 1) Also intermittent behavior, several reddish flashes before a long mag 4 flare (white) 2) Timings and grouping with bright flash on 1st of each group: (7.11 5.41 2.34) (6.43 4.84 3.63) (6.47 4.54 3.70) end 2007-006A 2007-006G 30778 Orbital Express rocket [Centaur] 1) Caught a brief pre-shadow-entry pass of the Orbital Express Centaur, and it looked like a Centaur. It had a period of roughly seven seconds, with a secondary maximum, and the primary maximum was bright. 2) Timings 7.98 7.66 7.68 7.13 7.26 8.15 7.65 7.81 7.69 7.27 3) Timings 8.62 14.83(2A) 6.89 8.12 7.08 8.38 14.58(2A) 7.61 7.60 7.22 7.57 7.91 7.10 7.30 7.80 7.91 4) Timings 7.76 7.44 7.28 7.54 7.65 7.30 7.88 7.19 8.07 7.27 6.94 8.55 7.34 6.93 7.23 7.33 7.46 7.81 7.54 7.97 7.30 7.18 5) Pairs of flashes at Timings 2:43:59.13, 2:44:01.63, 2:44:09.15, 2:44:11.48 so perhaps 10s overall period 6) Timings 8.38 7.94 7.59 8.02 7.52 8.50 7.78 8.43 7) Timings 8.32 8.12 23.76(3A) 34.19(4) 7.67 8) Timings 8.97 8.13 7.27 49.67(6A) 6.87 8.59 8.19 9) Timings 8.97 7.84 8.31 7.97 8.47 7.91 8.37 7.97 8.39 7.83 8.53 8.16 8.25 7.81 8.19 8.15 8.08 8.89 8.50 7.25 9.22 7.97 16.24(2A) 10) Timings [4.09] 4.64 3.75 4.22 3.94 4.45 4.00 4.21 4.15 4.50 3.44 4.81 3.69 4.53 3.80 4.54 3.72 4.68 4.23 4.72 3.40 8.79 7.96 4.51 4.65 7.59 8.91 8.44 8.53 8.31 8.81 7.63 8.56 8.41 8.61 8.29 8.56 6.66 9.53 7.96 8.04 First part of obs, just at the beginning, AFAF, +6(4.5)6(4.5)->inv. Then AfAf, 5(5.5)5(5.5)->inv. Second part AA, 4.5->inv only. Flashes at 17:16:17.69 (+ 8.73 7.97 8.39 8.21 8.65 8.25 8.22 8.34 8.40 8.95 24.66(3 flashes)) 108.77 divided by 13 p=8.37 sec. 11) Extracted 2 "off-cycle" flashes (+2/+3) and got a smooth period. 12) Again not counting 4 flashes as bright as +1. 13) 1X. 3@ +1 mag; flashes "off cycle" at 1:15:04.93, 25.00, 41.93. 14) Timings 8.63 8.18 7.00 2.38 7.06 2.08 7.45 7.41 9.06 2.10 6.18 8.44 8.56 8.38 Pattern A with some flashes. Flashes at 18:10:30.00, 18:10:39.14, 18:11:05.16 In this case fp= 8.8 seconds. 15) Timings 7.58 10.03 7.22 7.87 8.33 8.42 9.38 9.59 8.28 7.69 8.50 9.78 8.22 8.78 9.19 Saw two flashes, +3.5 at 18:02:39.64 and +4 at 18:03:47.61. 16) Several flashes off-cycle as bright as -1 17) Timings 7.93 6.41 8.06 7.23 7.07 7.38 8.41 7.46 7.82 6.90 8.07 7.44 7.77 7.68 6.77 6.87 8.66 7.81 7.78 8.63 5.37 9.28 18) Timings 8.11 7.47 6.87 7.75 7.75 7.16 7.75 7.22 7.31 8.09 7.74 19) Seen 1X - no longer flashing after culmination, not seen before that in west. 20) Timings 10.10 10.24 10.58 7.29 9.81 9.47 9.84 9.41 10.15 8.66 Culmination 29°/168° at 17:37:12. 21) Timings 4.53 5.09 9.32 4.49 4.72 9.47 4.75 4.26 5.20 3.75 5.85 3.97 9.03 5.91 4.32 4.03 7.40 3.62 5.02 8.58 10.03 10.32 9.85 7.69 10.59 9.43 7.37 10.89 6.98 13.19 5.75 11.87 10.39 10.02 Culmination 31°/170° at 17:20:47. 22) Timings 8.78 10.16 8.81 9.31 9.37 9.72 9.25 9.74 10.43 9.18 9.41 9.57 9.24 9.78 8.79 9.90 9.53 9.71 9.63 9.26 [9.09] Culmination 23°/197° at 17:22:16. 23) 3@ +1 flashes "off cycle" 24) Timings 16.40 9.03 8.26 9.25 7.30 Eclipse 23°/224° at 20:57:00. 25) Timings 8.79 8.64 16.38(2A) 8.59 8.88 8.85 10.15 Eclipse time 19:31:24 15°/170°. 26) Timings [8.12] 8.75 8.74 8.97 7.59 10.97 8.06 8.57 8.76 8.36 8.48 8.75 9.74 7.87 8.94 9.65 8.85 Culmination 38°/179° at 19:51:06. 27) Timings: (10.47) 9.10 9.85 9.21 8.64 9.84 8.91 9.86 8.52 18.72(2A) 38.64(4) Eclipse at 19:22:22 36°/191°. 28) Timings: 9.66 1.93 7.48 2.04 7.17 2.88 5.27 2.33 1.96 7.28 2.87 7.20 2.48 4.32 2.50 3.06 6.38 Culmination 29°/193° at 18:16:10. 29) 2 "off-cycle" bright flashes to +2. 30) Timings: 10.07 9.90 11.75 10.41 09.45 11.50 11.84 11.30 Eclipse 38°/193° at 19:11:05. 31) Timings: 10.64 10.18 10.06 10.67 10.99 10.69 12.06 10.11 10.51 09.39 11.59 11.59 [11.62] Culm. 39°/180° at 18:37:15. 32) Timings: 10.83 11.41 10.09 21.50(2A) 11.58 10.49 11.40 20.28(2A) Culmination 39°/182° at 18:20:06. 33) Timings: 11.46 11.11 11.84 10.75 13.47 10.61 12.01 11.81 12.45 12.15 9.59 12.78 Culmination 34°/181° at 04:42:35. end 2007-006G 2007-010A 31113 Hai Yang 1B 1) Faded at almost zenit, and stayed then S again end 2007-010A 2007-010B 31114 Hai Yang 1B rocket [CZ-2C] 1) Timings 17.89 12.71 13.04 12.98 16.52 14.19 12.95 13.24 15.18 27.52 10.98 16.30 11.32 11.75 sec. Rather irregular. 2) Timings 13.61 15.32 13.77 14.94 14.05 14.98 10.89 15.82 12.73 16.68 11.53 16.50 sec. Possible combined period of 28.5 sec. Nice naked eye flasher. 3) Timings 13.68 16.95 14.95 12.51 12.50 15.20 14.89 13.85 14.58 15.45 sec 4) 07-10B and 07-12G appeared close together. At the begin of the pass in the same FOV, very nice sight. 07-10B slowly moved ahead as it is in a lower orbit. First timed 10 periods of 07-10B, waited 54 sec and then 10 of 07-12G. 5) Nice flasher, followed naked eyed. Timings 18.98 28.65 28.74 14.45 16.74 13.64 12.64 13.65 15.45 15.42 14.32 12.87 16.25 12.02 sec. Timings suggest a combined period of around 29 sec. 6) Timings 12.37 14.56 16.81 18.33 16.24 16.39 16.79 16.96 15.61 17.25 16.54 16.33 16.99 16.48 16.61 17.24 16.31 17.07 16.18 sec. All timings made with the naked eye. 7) Timings 16.83 20.40 12.12 18.80 15.05 54.71 13.48 19.61 [14.08 4.22] 16.26 [13.99 3.19] 17.06 [4.36 9.41 3.29] [9.70 7.23 4.60] [8.83 3.46] 17.11 [4.34 9.17 3.75] 16.99 [4.13 9.07 3.88] 17.04 [13.52 3.36] 17.46 sec. A lot of secondary maxima visible; Now using binos in the lower pass in the west. 8) In a still bright sky the sat was clearly visible. Timings [14.38 21.80] [15.24 21.46] sec. 9) sm, 5 Timings 16.02 20.06 18.67 16.54 19.61 18.17 16.79 18.00 19.04 16.85 15.63 20.83 15.81 21.06 [13.51 5.13] 17.69 [4.91 13.32] 18.88 sec. Combined period of 36.3 sec? 10) Timings 11.86 14.03 12.94 12.00 10.37 13.81 14.25 11.83 11.77 12.72 11.68 11.85 12.11 12.67 14.78 10.13 13.68 12.32 11) Timings 25.52 25.63 sec. 12) Timings 43.68 28.69 42.47 35.01 sec. Possible combined period. 13) Timings 62.59 71.18 50.83 sec. Difficult to time due to flat bright max. 14) timings 50.44 (35.99 7.94) 42.89 15) Timings 13.67 14.28 14.21 14.25 13.75 14.32 14.22 14.41 14.65 13.50 14.47 13.75 14.47 13.28 15.34 13.59 14.79 13.97 14.72 13.31 16) Timings (10.68 3.63) 13.63 (11.53 2.96) 13.99 (11.30 3.03) 14.59 17) Timings 15.03 (3.94 4.55 3.95 3.40) (7.69 6.81) (12.44 3.71) (8.00 6.73) 8.75 4.16 11.49 6.91 (4.50 11.12) 15.79 15.46 18) Timings 69.54(5A) 10.03 42.23(3A) 11.09 13.72 12.37 11.41 14.97 14.62 11.75 13.40 11.94 14.85 13.53 12.44 12.62 13.81 13.57 19) Timings 12.70 14.03 11.96 15.25 38.60(3A) 15.18 10.86 15.93 [13.47] 20) Timings (6.83 6.89) 13.43 (7.57 6.11) 13.02 21) Timings 13.12 14.98 12.96 41.60(3A) 28.34 (2A) 27.34(2A) 27.93(2A) 27.67(2A) 28.60(2A) 22) Timings [16.21] 32.66(2F) 16.09 16.48 16.55 16.23 23) Timings 49.84(3A) 50.06(3A) 15.55 16.73 24) Timings 16.75 16.07 16.45 16.61 16.39 16.58 25) Timings [16.90] 16.85 16.97 15.60 18.84 16.45 17.22 16.88 34.11(2F) 17.54 26) Timings 17.32 18.26 16.37 18.34 16.20 18.74 27) Timings 14.69 16.38 3.15 17.94 (4.09 13.72) 16.84 (4.81 9.88 3.44) 17.77 (13.68 3.64) 17.97 (4.36 9.39 3.50) 28) F'(f'f'f')F', +5 (+6,+6,+6)->inv Timings [4.98 6.59] 35.63 (25.75 8.84) (28.06 7.60) (9.90 15.75 8.85) 35.62 (15.03 9.47 11.44). (final timings considered are 35.63 34.59 35.66 34.50 35.62 35.94). 29) F'(f'f'f') F', +5(+6,+6,+6)->inv Timings [8.20 20.89 6.98] 36.91 (7.97 21.56 7.94) (19.50 17.06) (8.31 20.57 7.84) Timings in square brackets not considered. 30) F'(f'f'f') F', +5(+6,+6,+6)->inv Timings [39.09] (11.25 19.38 10.03) 40.59 (10.10 21.00 9.65) 41.12 (9.20 21.93 8.75) (31.12 10.16) 31) S until past culmination, then slowly fades. end 2007-010B 2007-011B 31116 Beidou M1 rocket [CZ-3A] 1) I possibly missed one maximum at the April 20th-observation end 2007-011B 2007-012B 31118 Saudisat 3 1) 5(7)(7)(7)->inv Timings 5.06 5.61 6.49 6.41 5.79 6.59 6.37 6.48 [5.40 6.88] Timings in square brackets not considered. end 2007-12B 2007-012G 31123 Saudisat 3 rocket [SL-24] 1) Timings 9.29 8.79 11.46 7.36 10.72 sec. 2) Timings 8.10 10.43 10.67 8.77 11.18 7.80 11.54 9.51 9.56 9.93 9.46 9.43 8.92 7.65 9.22 10.46 9.45 9.15 11.37 9.24 9.98 10.96 sec. Irregular flash pattern. 3) Timings 23.91 16.17 13.37 7.07 10.08 11.79 9.58 9.73 10.55 sec. 4) 07-10B and 07-12G appeared close together. At the begin of the pass in the same FOV, very nice sight. 07-10B slowly moved ahead as it is in a lower orbit. First timed 10 periods of 07-10B, waited 54 sec and then 10 of 07-12G. 5) Timings [13.18 8.33] [8.57 13.11] [10.27 10.83] [14.06 9.43] [6.79 9.72] [12.09 9.95] sec. At first sat was almost S; +5. 6) Timings 11.94 11.74 10.47 9.76 10.83 10.44 10.41 11.12 10.78 11.95 11.43 10.47 7) Timings 61.55(5A) 22.89(2) 14.58 21.58(2) 14.87 36.13(3) 22.74(2) 13.58 Culmination 39°/264° at 18:24:16. end 2007-012G 2007-012M 31128 Libertad 1 1) I am not sure about the correct identification. Did not find this object on following evenings. Maxtypes and timings: (f 5.65 f 7.18 f 11.56) (m 5.40 f 4.83 f 7.78 a 6.76 f) with f = flashy max, m = flat max and a = “round” max end 2007-012M 2007-021B 31578 Sinosat 3 rocket [CZ-3A] 1) About 60s early on latest elset! end 2007-021B 2007-023A 31598 COSMO-Skymed 1 1) Cosmo-Skymed (07-23A) was a nice surprise, and my wife saw it too, naked eye, long flare. 2) 2nd BRIGHT flare from this bird when 45-60 deg up in the west! 3) Another great naked eye flare when high in west. 4) max at 0:53:31, over by 0:54:15. Very smooth. end 2007-023A 2007-025B 31602 Ofeq 7 rocket [Shavit] 1) Timing based on middle of 3 quick flashes - then later it started flashing very irr and to mag 4 2) timed on f' 3) Tried to count all the flashes - I think this was an error. 4) Counted on minima - error?? 5) On minima again. Last fFf pattern was 0:55:17.71,18.42,19.07 6) Timings 3.03 2.57 3.12 2.75 2.77 5.84(2A) 8.83(3) 5.78(2) 2.94 2.93 7) Timings 3.06 2.83 2.86 2.94 3.31 2.47 2.81 2.88 3.03 8) +4(7)->inv; Timings 3.86 3.21 5.93(2F) 3.39 3.16 The complete timings string is as follows: 1.28(0.5F) 1.85(0.5) 3.37 3.29 3.32 18.00(5.5) 3.86 3.21 5.93(2) 3.39 3.16 Total 50.66 seconds, 15.5 periods, p= 3.27 seconds. Noted 3 or 4 minor flashes mag +7 in between major Flashes. 9) Superfast, last time seen before decay 2008-07-10 10) Timings 11.82(3A) 4.05 15.41(4) 3.83 3.98 3.91 4.37 3.39 First part of trajectory was a quarter of a cycle out of the second part, reported above. Timings 4.12 15.48(4A) 3.80 4.02 4.04 3.89 4.03 7.42(2) End time of obs: 19:29:49.3. Total time: 46.8 sec. Number of periods: 12 . Flash period: 03.90. Culmination 28°/169° at 19:30:41.30 . 11) Timings 1.06 3.29 1.15 3.18 1.26 3.22 1.12 3.42 1.24 3.01 1.13 3.53 1.09 1.53 2.05 5.19 4.84 4.28 4.60 4.26 4.65 At the end pattern chaged from F; +7->inv to A; +7->inv. Culmination 26°/186° at 19:56:53. end 2007-025B 2007-026A 31698 Terra SAR-X 1) Flare mg. +1 lasting 26 seconds, from 16:57:40. 2) flare mg. +2.5 lasting 19 seconds from 16:40:50 3) Forms a wonderful pair with 10030A, 36605, TandemX with a separation just large enough to see two objects. They showed a fast rise and fall in brightness rivalling alpha Lyrae with a golden glare. Maximum brightness at RA 1704 dec +40 Az 266 alt 58 For Sun: Az 262 alt -9 4) both orange-gold and just resolved naked eye 5) Just observed the close formation duo Terrasar X and Tandem X flaring in the zenith, to about mag +1 at about 17:01:15 UTC, give or take a second or 10. I captured the decsending part of the flare on photograph (starting just a few seconds after the flare peak), two very nice parallel trails close together, the leading one slightly brighter. Will post picture URL later. http://sattrackcam.blogspot.com/2010/11/terra-sar-x-and-tandem-x-flying-in.html end 2007-026A 2007-026B 31699 Terra SAR-X rocket [Rokot] 1) 225912 1007+40 end 2007-026B 2007-027A 31701 NOSS-3 4 aka USA 194 1) Start 224323 max 224405 1329-05 2) brigthened to mag. +2.8 near pi Her There was brightening of 07027C. 3) phase angle 34.7 deg, HeavenSat prediction mirrors (for flares.dat) 35.3 deg 38.0 deg naked eye. end 2007-027A 2007-027B 31702 NOSS 3-4 rocket [Centaur] 1) Timings 73.15 111.07 sec. The first timing was a sharp flash to mag 3. 2) Timings 30.94 33.48 63.83 62.15 3) At last a long arc with almost zenithal culmination. The maxima were easy this times, as there was a short flash on top of the wave. May be this flash was not exactly on the maximum brightness within a period. Is it amazing that the intervals increased with times? Timings are: 46.58 50.61 52.69 54.78 55.33 56.46 4) Timings 53.83 51.46 49.50 49.79 51.56 50.69 52.72 54.90 Flash +4 at 17:28:23.75 5) Timings 42.47 41.94 43.68 42.51 Eclipse exit at 20:28:47 23°/079°. 6) Maxima evolved from A to A with a small flash on top of it, making it easier to time. 7) Timings: 28.74 5.55 37.59 36.52 35.76 34.18 36.20 36.31 28.53 6.42 104.82(3A) 36.82 Flash +3 at 18:01:52.6 Culmination 51°/118° at 18:05:18. 8) Timings: 38.70 39.14 37.79 38.68 38.90 37.45 Culmination 34?/317? at 19:32:17. 9) Timings: 36.05 39.31 37.52 Eclipse 23°/353° at 20:53:48. 10) Timings: 76.47(2) 36.96 38.93 11) Timings: 38.30 39.40 38.62 38.01 38.87 37.76 38.85 36.40 Culmination 53°/241° at 19:05:58. 12) Timings: 37.27 38.33 37.00 37.67 37.05 36.43 36.44 Culmination 47°/242° at 18:59:11 13) Reconstructed from voice recording; pressed wrong stopwatch button. 14) 07027B flashed twice at 20:06:30:58 magn. +4 at 20:22:46.53 magn. +3 end 2007-027B 2007-027C 31708 NOSS 3-4 (C) 1) Timed when sat passed over a mag 6 star just south of Alpha Peg. 2) Start 224323, max 224354 1325-07 3) While 07027A brightened, this object did not. 4) phase angle 34.4 deg, HeavenSat prediction mirrors (for flares.dat) 35.2 deg 38.0 deg, naked eye. end 2007-027C 2007-029A 31792 Kosmos 2428 1) in same FOV while following 1985-094G; kind of flaring? near psi Uma end 2007-029A 2007-029B 31793 Kosmos 2428 rocket [Zenit] 1) Timings every 10th flash: 7.39 7.22 7.59 7.38 7.48 7.40 7.53 7.25 7.49 7.49 7.38 7.64 7.29 7.37 7.49 7.67 14.47 7.50 7.62 7.58 7.41 7.60 7.73 sec 3) the more than expected period increase lets me presume that I miscounted the flashes. 4) neo = naked eye observation in maxima; nice flasher; counted in 11 groups of 10 maxima. 5) Timings every 10th flash: 8.54 8.62 8.47 8.73 8.47 8.57 8.68 8.59 8.59 8.61 8.59 8.49 8.63 8.63 8.60 8.49 8.58 8.57 8.68 8.43 8.68 8.56 8.58 8.48 8.88 8.54 sec. 6) Timings every 10th flash: 8.93 9.09 9.00 8.97 8.97 9.01 8.94 9.02 8.96 9.04 9.07 sec. 7) Timings 1.54 1.55 1.45 1.19 1.36 1.27 1.46 1.54 1.40 1.33 1.36 1.35 1.42 1.42 1.42 1.42 1.41 1.27 1.41 1.35 1.65 1.19 1.22 1.34 1.50 1.27 1.61 5.43(4A) 1.41 1.62 1.57 2.49(2) 2.85(2) 1.41 1.38 1.44 1.52 1.10 1.44 1.50 13.90(10) 1.40 1.54 1.41 1.31 1.38 1.36 1.45 1.46 1.38 1.41 1.27 1.38 4.22(3) 9.84(7) 6.94(5) 1.56 1.44 1.31 1.48 1.43 1.40 1.26 1.41 8.42(6) 1.42 1.49 1.32 5.56(4) 1.47 1.32 1.46 1.35 1.40 1.44 1.64 15.36(11) 6.81(5) 1.41 1.42 11.21(8) 1.40 1.39 1.48 1.41 1.28 11.25(8) 15.47(11) 1.41 4.25(3) 1.37 1.41 1.34 8.50(6) 1.41 16.78(12) 1.41 9.84(7) 1.31 8) Timings 1.97 1.93 1.86 2.06 1.91 1.84 2.01 1.93 1.78 1.96 1.88 2.25 1.69 2.28 1.78 1.97 1.81 2.02 1.89 2.11 1.80 2.03 1.72 2.00 2.00 1.97 2.03 1.93 2.04 1.59 1.93 2.00 9.54(5) 1.94 2.19 5.93(3F) 1.94 3.65(2) 2.13 1.64 2.00 2.11 1.89 1.83 2.19 1.71 2.16 1.91 1.93 3.82(2) 1.56 2.09 2.19 3.68(2) 2.10 9) Timings 2.26 2.10 2.03 1.87 1.75 2.10 1.90 1.97 2.09 1.91 1.82 2.12 1.69 2.21 2.07 1.93 1.79 1.87 2.03 1.97 1.84 4.22(2) 3.53(2) 2.47 1.91 1.85 1.79 1.99 1.65 2.36 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.17 1.72 1.84 1.94 2.25 1.69 4.03(2) 1.97 1.97 5.78(3) 7.94(4) 1.70 2.23 2.07 1.87 1.96 2.04 1.81 1.91 2.22 1.53 2.25 1.94 1.81 10) Timings 2.11 1.98 1.96 1.97 2.09 2.07 1.97 1.80 2.07 2.13 2.00 2.10 1.84 1.93 2.07 1.96 2.04 2.31 1.71 2.00 2.04 13.63(7A) 11.87(6) 2.19 2.21 2.06 15.76(8) 2.09 2.09 1.97 13.85(7) 2.18 2.10 1.94 2.02 1.98 2.09 1.84 2.03 2.16 18.00(9) 12.13(6) 17.56(9) 10.21(5) 9.98(5) 2.25 25.64(13) 2.07 2.04 1.96 1.97 1.96 2.00 11) 4.5(5)(4.5)->i Timings 2.69 2.34 1.59 1.13 2.06 1.62 1.13 2.38 1.58 1.07 2.41 1.66 0.93 2.41 1.81 1.00 2.22 1.85 0.93 2.32 1.68 1.32 2.24 1.60 1.22 1.91 1.74 1.19 2.33 1.77 1.24 2.09 1.85 0.94 2.11 1.74 1.33 2.32 1.96 2.95 2.05 1.07 1.84 2.13 0.94 2.02 1.95 1.05 2.20 1.87 1.00 2.22 2.13 1.06 1.81 2.06 0.94 2.16 12) Timings 2.51 3.10 2.59 2.69 2.72 2.69 2.71 3.06 2.50 2.91 2.61 2.83 2.69 3.03 2.45 2.80 2.56 2.91 2.75 2.87 2.53 2.81 2.77 2.80 2.81 2.91 2.65 2.63 2.50 3.31 2.22 3.06 2.66 2.84 2.84 2.81 2.57 2.75 2.85 0.31 2.46 2.60 2.78 2.56 2.79 2.36 2.95 3.00 2.87 2.82 2.68 2.72 2.66 2.90 2.66 0.31 2.49 2.85 2.44 2.94 0.28 1.59 0.90 2.39 1.93 1.00 2.57 2.09 0.75 2.59 1.72 1.31 2.65 5.54(2A) 1.33 1.39 2.97 1.41 1.23 2.42 1.94 1.09 2.47 2.69 2.75 1.64 1.30 2.62 1.88 1.03 2.59 2.16 0.81 2.61 1.67 1.19 2.41 1.59 1.16 2.81 Flash pattern description as follows: in the first part of obs A; +5.5->inv in the second part A'aaA'; +5.5'(6)(6)5.5'. 13) After several sightings, I would say this is the period, the intermediate flashes are irregular. 14) Secondary maxima appeared from 17th primary maximum. 15) After culmination this object showed secondary maxima as flashes every other interval. 16) Timings 12.08 12.90 12.19 12.95 13.18 2.60 [12.29] Ecipse time 18:56:21 36°/353°. 17) Timings 13.92 12.89 13.06 14.94 13.72 13.48 Culmination 54°/062° at 17:07:18. 18) Timings 14.57 14.07 14.63 13.79 13.10 12.57 14.38 15.07 13.75 13.67 14.62 13.76 14.70 14.03 14.91 13.12 14.63 13.09 15.00 14.42 Culmination: 24°/259° at 18:23:12. 19) Timings 14.13 15.09 12.94 14.56 14.25 14.94 14.06 14.03 14.87 14.72 15.55 14.09 14.64 14.33 15.05 14.53 13.88 15.40 14.00 14.08 14.21 15.23 13.90 14.12 14.55 13.95 13.52 15.44 Culmination 27°/258° at17:27:38. 20) Timings 20.21 21.19 21.85 22.38 21.88 Culmination 83°/108° at 17:43:41. 21) Timings 3.94 3.96 3.67 3.80 3.75 3.80 3.78 3.53 3.77 4.22 3.29 3.90 4.06 3.56 3.69 4.16 7.03(2A) 4.15 3.53 3.88 3.59 3.80 3.66 3.73 3.75 3.77 4.04 3.55 3.69 3.76 3.92 3.52 3.87 3.77 3.98 3.44 4.28 3.33 3.67 3.06 3.66 4.66 3.87 4.06 29.69(8) 44.38(12) 4.42 10.83(3) 4.31 3.41 4.21 3.40 3.65 3.86 3.94 3.75 3.78 3.48 3.46 4.26 3.78 3.28 3.98 Culmination 87°/104° at 20:57:41. 22) Timings 3.94 3.90 4.10 3.78 3.91 3.99 3.92 3.90 3.97 3.97 3.92 3.92 4.00 3.78 3.87 4.10 3.94 3.93 3.87 3.93 3.98 3.80 3.89 3.90 4.01 3.84 4.05 3.86 3.91 3.97 3.93 3.93 3.95 3.88 3.86 4.01 3.97 4.03 3.81 3.92 4.05 3.76 4.14 3.91 4.03 3.70 2.18 1.94 3.70 Culmination 20°/311° at 21:05:04. 23) Timings 4.15 3.95 3.99 4.20 3.98 4.01 4.18 4.02 4.06 28.30(7A) 3.95 3.87 4.28 4.03 4.15 3.83 4.08 4.09 4.04 3.99 4.06 4.03 3.99 4.17 3.94 4.03 4.12 4.00 4.03 3.92 4.16 3.94 4.08 4.06 4.13 3.89 4.11 4.00 4.06 4.00 4.13 3.90 4.03 4.07 3.98 4.02 4.10 4.11 1.81 2.22 3.97 2.12 1.98 3.96 2.10 2.13 3.84 2.03 2.13 3.87 2.03 2.14 3.93 2.16 1.78 4.05 2.44 1.64 4.00 2.14 1.72 4.17 2.19 1.80 4.06 2.24 1.71 4.11 2.48 1.49 4.07 4.02 3.99 4.14 3.94 3.94 4.12 3.89 4.21 3.75 4.21 Just after culmination pattern was A'afA. Culmination 22°/309° at 20:09:42. 24) Timings 5.00 5.16 5.04 5.11 4.99 5.32 5.27 5.94 24.48(5A) 5.07 5.27 3.65 1.65 4.61 5.94 4.98 4.77 4.31 1.11 4.61 5.40 4.98 4.99 5.62 5.29 1.63 3.54 5.40 5.29 4.73 5.10 4.72 5.23 4.93 5.60 4.45 3.30 2.65 3.88 5.46 1.73 3.59 3.41 1.86 4.75 3.44 1.72 4.62 3.72 1.83 4.50 4.12 1.82 4.78 3.96 1.91 [4.77] Culmination 20°051° at 20:46:29. 25) Timings 5.38 5.20 5.38 5.18 5.54 10.48(2A) 5.36 5.28 5.18 5.43 5.48 5.23 5.67 4.77 5.82 5.30 5.24 10.65(2) 5.49 5.29 10.78(2) 5.39 5.18 5.36 5.48 5.25 5.07 5.26 5.70 5.06 5.45 21.47(4) 5.26 5.18 5.33 4.95 5.33 5.21 5.48 5.45 5.07 5.40 5.14 5.36 5.42 4.91 5.54 5.30 5.03 5.28 Last 18 timings observed naked eye. Culmination 77°/247° at 21:38:42. 26) Timings 5.70 4.88 5.39 5.76 4.94 5.17 5.53 5.33 5.48 11.19(2A) 4.57 6.29 5.20 5.25 5.40 5.15 5.01 5.56 6.28 4.85 4.86 5.94 21.35(4) 6.05 37.52(7) 5.67 Culmination 81°/244° at 21:10:54 27) Timings 5.18 5.84 5.07 5.75 5.57 11.34(2A) 4.84 6.50 5.65 [5.13] Culmination 89°/097 at 20:15:18. 28) Timings 5.65 5.66 5.59 5.82 5.82 3.07 2.76 5.57 5.70 5.94 3.01 2.69 5.66 3.22 2.44 5.74 3.19 2.48 5.85 3.16 2.54 5.88 3.03 2.65 5.66 3.22 2.51 5.70 3.13 2.41 5.90 3.21 2.58 17.00(3A) 3.34 2.53 5.69 3.75 1.91 5.75 3.39 2.22 5.73 5.83 12.29(2) 5.41 6.00 5.32 6.02 5.48 5.74 5.48 5.81 5.75 5.52 5.60 5.87 5.69 5.07 5.91 6.40 4.95 5.93 5.90 5.38 5.76 23.19(4) 5.33 4.98 6.44 33.92(6) 5.89 5.64 5.07 24.11(4) 29.16(5) 6.08 4.74 Culmination 84°/071° at 19:47:29. 29) Timings 5.68 6.06 5.86 5.76 6.05 5.70 6.03 6.00 6.32 5.43 5.92 6.31 5.87 6.39 5.36 6.22 5.59 6.13 6.48 5.45 5.97 6.24 5.69 5.44 5.79 6.19 5.74 6.38 5.72 6.34 5.75 5.40 5.91 5.60 6.15 5.92 6.07 5.83 [6.25 11.71(2A)]. Culmination 21°/260° at 20:34:51. 30) Timings: 28.86 29.25 Culmination 82°/246 at 18:24:23. 31) timings: 20.18 (15.69 5.60) (11.89 8.89) (10.82 9.89) (10.79 10.21) Notice the decreasing long interval time and the increasing short interval time. end 2007-029B 2007-030B 31798 SAR Lupe 2 rocket [Kosmos] 1) Timings (37.0 14.0) 41.8 end 2007-030B 2007-032B 31863 DirecTV 10 Briz tank 1) At 0906UTC on 10 Sep I observed a few flashes corresponding in time and direction to Direct TV 10 Briz-M ring tank. Flashes were untimed but had no apparent pattern. Tumbling maybe? I hope this is of interest. end 2007-032B 2007-037A 32050 InSat 4CR 1) 2:28:28 bright 2:34:18 fainter 2:36:14 bright 2:40:07- fainter 2:45:56- bright end 2007-037A 2007-038B 32052 Kosmos 2429 rocket [Kosmos] 1) Timings 15.71(10F) 15.52(10) 15.57(10) 7.58(5) 8.01(5) 8.89(6) 9.59(6) 15.51(10) 7.82(5) 21.77(14) 7.67(5) 7.83(5) 7.83(5) 7.82(5) 9.32(6) 1.53 Skipped a lot of flashes intentionally because I had at hand two stopwatches with only 10 memories each. 2) lost my timings by pressing wrong stopwatch button. reconstruction from voice recording (with stopwatch beeps) 3) Timings 14.05(9F) 120.97(78) 1.48 3.28(2) 1.50 1.50 3.18(2) 1.57 1.47 1.71 1.38 20.19(13) 1.53 1.56 1.50 1.63 1.46 1.60 1.53 1.62 1.54 1.53 1.50 1.59 1.53 12.56(8) 1.50 1.50 1.57 1.47 1.53 1.56 1.66 1.50 1.59 24.81(16) 1.50 1.60 1.50 10.90(7) 1.66 1.56 1.41 12.31(8) 1.75 1.53 1.63 1.62 15.53(10) 1.47 1.47 1.56 7.85(5) 1.45 4.76(3) Sat culminating 49°/269° and observation disturbed by clouds. From NNW to W the sat was flashing very fast mg +7 with some major flashes +6. From W on flashing every 1.553 seconds mg +4.5 . 4) Timings 2.09 2.11 2.02 2.17 2.12 2.26 2.12 2.00 2.20 2.11 2.37 2.13 2.28 2.11 2.04 2.23 2.03 2.15 2.03 2.07 2.43 2.22 2.07 2.31 2.10 2.18 2.16 1.97 2.24 2.22 2.19 2.16 2.09 2.11 2.17 2.10 2.31 2.06 2.25 17.22((A) 12.81(6) 10.76(5) 19.39(9) 17.23(8) 8.70(4) 15.02((7) 2.25 2.25 5) Timings 2.13 2.19 2.16 2.16 2.25 2.17 2.16 2.10 2.38 2.10 2.18 2.18 2.16 2.22 2.26 2.12 2.28 2.19 2.15 2.07 2.31 2.17 2.20 2.22 2.16 2.25 2.17 2.30 2.02 2.29 2.07 2.29 2.30 2.21 2.00 2.29 2.20 2.03 2.13 2.14 2.03 2.28 2.31 2.31 2.19 2.25 2.22 2.21 2.16 2.13 2.19 2.16 2.21 2.08 2.42 2.06 2.20 21.62(10) 8.68(4) 11.02(5) 10.86(5) 13.11(6) 2.35 2.04 2.25 15.31(7) 2.28 2.12 2.23 12.81(6) 2.44 2.20 2.23 2.19 21.94(10) 2.25 2.10 2.27 2.09 2.38 6) Timings 7.64 7.13 7.89 7.79 7.87 7.57 7.46 7.81 7.85 7.16 7.97 7.68 7.60 7.31 7.73 7.93 7.79 7.01 8.11 7.89 7.55 7.56 7.63 7.43 7.82 7.45 7.94 7.91 8.14 7.20 7.48 7.36 Culmination 34°/287° at 18:39:11 7) Timings 8.14 7.31 7.94 7.91 8.44 8.23 7.99 8.00 7.96 8.45 7.71 8.21 7.66 8.41 8.38 7.90 8.06 7.91 7.71 8.54 7.91 8.28 Culmination 22°/292° at 18:39:00. 8) Timings 16.62(2A) 16.74(2) 8.26 8.40 8.09 8.63 8.62 8.08 8.57 8.19 8.58 8.03 8.68 8.28 8.43 8.46 8.33 Culmination 24°/291° at 18:12:11. 9) Timings 3.16 3.42 2.97 2.86 3.26 3.07 3.36 3.08 3.11 3.13 3.42 3.13 3.18 3.31 2.92 3.00 3.49 3.09 3.23 3.19 2.90 3.56 3.05 3.18 3.11 3.18 3.30 3.18 3.09 12.69(4A) 3.29 3.31 2.83 3.51 3.37 3.10 3.06 3.17 2.92 3.48 3.30 3.17 3.13 3.09 2.96 3.34 3.06 3.45 3.38 3.22 2.89 9.81(3) 3.16 3.22 3.19 3.29 2.93 2.99 3.36 3.24 3.09 3.25 3.13 9.62(3) 3.32 3.15 3.35 3.21 3.07 3.37 2.85 3.43 2.94 3.46 3.12 3.33 2.87 144.20(45) 3.20 2.13 1.38 2.85 12.40(4) 3.92 2.80 2.06 1.40 2.91 3.36 1.64 1.39 6.59(2) 1.71 7.61(2.5) 2.05 1.56 6.03(2) 3.06 3.69 1.58 1.77 12.37(4) 5.10(1.5) 4.88(1.5) 1.49 1.55 3.29 3.32 3.04 1.52 1.33 3.18 3.34 4.93(1.5) 6.52(2) 4.38(1.5) 3.44 2.99 12.73(4) Pattern after culmination southwards A'fA'. Culmination 90°/175 at 19:44:48. 10) Timings 9.82(3A) 10.25(3) 3.21 3.26 3.35 3.40 3.26 3.45 3.27 3.46 3.40 3.40 3.35 3.34 3.38 3.35 3.37 3.45 3.31 3.34 3.44 3.38 3.43 3.33 3.41 3.35 3.43 3.45 3.33 3.45 3.32 3.35 10.40(3) 3.29 3.32 3.28 3.44 1.87 1.53 1.75 1.76 1.65 1.59 1.73 1.72 1.66 1.59 1.80 1.76 1.71 1.50 1.76 1.62 3.51 3.44 3.30 1.91 1.36 3.48 6.75(2) 3.57 3.08 3.58 3.41 3.24 3.32 3.76 3.10 3.47 3.43 Culmination 49°/269° at 19:41:55. 11) Timings 20.50 21.74 20.29 20.28 [21.41] Culmination 29°/274° at 17:05:13. 12) Timings: 29.82 28.97 29.67 30.03 27.28 Culmination 78°/093° at 19:57:14. 13) Timings: 30.45 29.75 32.94 31.53 32.38 32.34 34.44 33.89 33.27 31.55 32.32 Culmination 17°/294° at 19:29:56. end 2007-038B 2007-042A 32062 CBERS 2B 1) Individula maxima, estimated values, no stopwatch available: (11 26 17) (11 31 15) (11 31 17) 2) Individual maxima after: (10.02 28.01 17.15) (9.43 26.65 18.28) (10.46 28.14 17.98) (10.78 26.87 17.87) End 2007-042A 2007-043C 32251 Dawn rocket [Delta 2] 1) near Rigel (beta Ori) end 2007-043C 2007-046A 32258 WGS F1 (USA 195) 1) BY from temp. site indicated by 8888 (by himself) located at 31.2773 S, 149.2790 E end 2007-046A 2007-053B 32284 SAR Lupe 3 rocket [Kosmos] 1) Timings 1.83 1.93 1.69 1.64 1.86 1.75 1.59 1.80 1.86 1.59 1.62 1.64 2.15 1.78 1.75 1.72 1.63 1.78 1.84 1.81 1.75 1.72 1.81 1.72 1.72 1.85 1.78 1.68 1.72 1.79 1.78 1.83 1.68 1.67 1.75 1.75 1.72 1.82 1.81 1.80 1.68 1.77 1.78 1.77 1.65 1.95 1.66 1.59 1.69 1.88 12.33(7) 12.38(7) 12.19(7) 17.59(10) 12.44(7) 14.16(8) 1.72 1.77 1.75 1.79 1.63 1.87 3.53(2) 1.82 1.71 5.22(3) 11.56(6.5) 7.00(4) 0.93(0.5) 0.87(0.5) 1.00(0.5) 2.58(1.5) 5.28(3) 0.88(0.5) At the end of trajectory I noticed some half period flashes. 2) A=>F means photometric appearance evolved from wavy to rather flashy. 3) Timings 1.82 1.88 1.75 1.84 1.87 1.79 1.82 1.84 1.75 1.96 1.74 1.86 1.69 2.00 1.68 1.93 1.76 1.94 1.69 2.03 1.72 1.80 1.73 5.75(3) 1.62 1.80 1.83 1.78 1.90 1.75 1.81 1.76 1.84 2.00 3.53(2) 0.83 0.89 2.82(1.5F) 0.90 0.91 1.03 0.81 0.94 2.77(1.5F) 1.38(0.75?) 2.16 1.39 2.42 6.31(3.5) 1.75 16.38(10) 1.91 14.65(8) 3.50(2) 5.53(3) Culmination 25°/290°. Due to clouds in the north, observation started mid trajecyory. Nearly at the end, the magnitude dropped to +7.5 with half period flashes ( I noticed some quarter of a period flashes too, not measured). 4) Timings 19.19(10F) 13.41(7) 15.48(8) 19.00(10) 13.80(7) 15.52(8) 17.33(9) 21.35(11) Skipped a lot of flashes due to shortage of my stopwatch memory. Sat culmination 19°/293°. In the first part of trajectory, it was F'F' +4.5->i , in the second part it was very dim +8->inv with some interperiod flashes. 5) Slowly evolved from one pattern to the other. 6) Timings 3.25 3.14 2.43 2.63 2.37 2.62 2.42 1.94 3.03 8.25 3.82 2.32 1.47 1.40 2.32 1.88 1.81 1.38 1.58 2.12 1.48 1.36 1.16 2.64 1.24 2.63 2.26 1.49 2.54 1.48 2.65 3.57 1.44 1.32 1.18 1.24 1.32 1.15 1.18 1.32 2.63 1.42 1.29 1.30 1.23 1.52 1.42 3.40 2.54 1.36 1.50 sec. Several maxima not timed. Period based on the mean of the rapid flashes. 7) Timings 2.01 1.75 2.25 8.08(4F) 1.83 4.28(2) 1.93 1.93 2.14 1.93 2.03 2.04 2.16 1.87 1.90 1.98 10.21(5) 1.69 2.25 2.10 2.00 17.73(9) 2.48 2.00 2.04 1.93 1.97 2.03 20.00(10) 2.28 2.00 2.07 1.93 2.13 9.97(10) 4.17(2)... [27.27(13.5F) 2.03 2.22 1.84 2.06 2.00 2.03 2.00 14.13(7) 42.44(21) 8.15(4) 22.15(11) 2.10 8.00(4)] Culmination 46°/287°. Timings in square brackets are out of phase of half a period. 8) Timings 2.34 2.03 1.87 2.32 2.25 1.91 2.12 2.19 2.44 10.53(5A) 13.17(6) 6.23(3) 8.77(4) 10.80(5) 12.65(6) 8.85(4) 12.90(6) 8.69(4) 9) Timings 2.07 1.12 2.13 1.68 1.70 1.09 2.19 2.31 6.65 23.45 6.59(3F) 6.62(3) 2.19 4.31(2) 15.69(7) 1.97 2.38 2.25 6.75(3) 15.54(7) 6.74(3) 10) Timings 1.44(0.5) 2.44 8.65(3.5) 1.19(0.5) 1.28(0.5) 6.17(2.5) 31.00(12.5) 2.30 2.56 2.46 2.51 2.28 2.62 2.40 2.58 2.56 2.46 4.91(2) 2.56 2.44 2.53 2.47 11) Timings 2.48 2.69 3.10 1.75 2.09 2.75 2.69 2.56 2.50 2.39 2.36 2.66 2.43 12.35(5A) 10.22(4) 12.43(5) 12.52(5) 12.51(5) 12.41(5) 23.94(9.5) 5.09(2) 4.88(2) 1.41(0.5) 1.18(0.5) 21.34(8.5) 2.63 14.97(6) 12) Timings 2.20 3.25 2.09 2.28 2.98 2.93 2.22 5.41 5.37 5.19 5.24 2.64 2.36 5.16 3.29 4.93 2.26 2.90 2.52 2.79 2.66 2.55 2.17 3.03 2.59 2.56 2.54 13) Timings 6.11(2) 3.53 2.90 6.38(2) 6.50(2) 3.94 2.90 3.90 2.54 3.39 2.98 3.60 3.09 3.10 3.15 3.53 3.07 6.59(2) 3.50 3.12 3.50 3.00 12.69(4) 4.19 2.72 3.40 2.97 3.44 3.16 3.78 2.94 3.31 3.34 [3.51] 14) Timings 6.75(2) 2.90 7.06(2) 4.04 2.93 3.47 3.35 2.83 3.94 3.73 3.37 3.65 3.09 3.76 31.10(9) 3.49 3.41 [5.24(2) 3.39 6.09(2) 7.65(2) 3.51 2.68 11.25(3)] Timings in square brackets not considered, they are half a period out of phase. 15) Pattern of maxima(A) and flashes. Several maxima and flashes skipped. Timings for A starting 17:41:05.00: 13.84(4) 6.97(2) 14.09(4) 20.97(6) 3.63 3.40 6.88(2) 3.68 3.38 Total 76.84 for 22 periods giving fp = 3.49 seconds. Timings for F starting 17:40:56.21: 3.77 21.11(6) 7.22(2) 3.67 27.07(8) 7.13(2) 6.97(2) Total 76.94 for 22 periods giving fp = 3.50 sec. 16) Timings 3.32 3.28 3.50 4.15 3.75 3.29 3.34 3.46 24.68(7) 4.02 3.18 3.72 3.69 3.52 2.87 7.20(2) 7.28(2) 10.79(3) 3.50 3.55 3.54 3.59 3.16 3.81 3.26 3.49 3.66 3.85 3.32 3.55 3.56 3.44 3.62 3.83 3.27 3.77 3.41 3.47 3.50 3.58 3.58 3.53 3.50 3.62 3.35 3.72 17) Looks very different - slower and smooth maxima 18) Timings 3.89 3.84 4.13 3.68 4.57 3.69 4.00 3.96 3.78 4.10 4.16 3.71 4.06 4.10 4.00 3.72 4.41 3.68 4.25 3.84 4.00 4.25 4.13 3.75 4.16 3.65 4.06 3.91 4.03 3.81 4.44 3.69 4.41 3.84 4.06 4.10 3.84 3.84 4.41 4.00 19) Timings 4.86 5.06 4.82 5.34 5.15 5.51 5.12 5.09 5.14 5.04 5.35 5.16 5.34 5.18 5.38 4.87 5.51 5.03 5.25 5.03 5.00 5.38 5.03 5.12 5.19 5.06 5.15 5.10 5.10 20) Timings 6.20 6.77 6.53 6.52 6.50 6.57 6.48 6.70 6.52 6.66 6.52 6.50 21) Timings 7.49 6.94 7.03 6.93 7.58 21.45(3A) 7.79 6.64 7.21 7.11 7.31 8.23 6.18 7.67 6.82 7.21 [7.29] 22) Interesting behavior with long A flares and sharp flashes, on a low eastern pass. end 2007-053B 2007-055B 32290 Yaogan 3 rocket [CZ-4C] 1) Timings 19.50 115.52(6A) 18.80 18.41 19.43 17.59 18.74 18.20 Culminating 68°/261°, observation disturbed by clouds. 2) Timings 28.31 30.25 sec. 3) Timings 32.35 32.79 [17.00 16.71] 35.01 35.57 36.32 sec. The synodic effect is clearly visible. Sat followed from north to south through zenit. 4) Timings 22.53 (8.16 13.59) 22.31 21.72 21.88 21.30 (10.20 11.18) 21.00 20.44 21.41 Culmination 25°/266°. Smooth primary maxima with a flash in the maximum. 5) Timings 29.45 30.77 32.00 29.71 6) Timings [39.75] 32.03 30.66 31.77 30.67. timing in square brackets not considered. 7) Timings 31.27 32.56 31.21 31.85 31.63 31.59 8) Timings 43.47 38.69 36.49 38.16 44.38 43.44. Maxima lasting about 7 seconds. end 2007-055B 2007-059A 32376 COSMO-Skymed 2 1) No sign of flaring yet like SKYMED1 (07-23A) 2) Glad to see SKYMED 2 flares like its brother SKYMED 1! end 2007-059A 2007-059B 32377 COSMO-Skymed 2 rocket [Delta 2] 1) Just saw one slow brightning to mag 4, then fading to inv. end 2007-059B 2007-569A xxxxx Unknown 1) irr 36X; Only 4 flashes seen then lost to shadow. Seems to be in pairs, 4-6s apart. 2) 37x; Irregular or I missed a bunch of faint flashes. end 2007-569A 2008-006B 32488 Thor 2 Briz tank 1) Timings 21.18 20.13 19.05 21.76 23.07 20.74 17.59 24.31 21.21 20.13 21.69 20.84 Culmination 33°/066° at 20:04:36. end 2008-006B 2008-007B 32500 Kizuna (Winds) rocket [H-2A] 1) Enigmatic object, seemed to be sets of 3 or 4 quick flashes about 3s apart. 2) Counted most consistent regularity, which is on first flash. end 2008-007B 2008-014B 32751 SAR Lupe 4 rocket [Kosmos] 1) Timings 1.55 3.17 3.33 3.38 3.59 3.60 1.34 1.81 1.69 3.31 1.57 1.73 6.74(2A) 1.50 1.73 3.39 1.73 1.61 26.82(8) 8.37((2) 3.06 10.44(3) 3.09 3.38 3.13 3.78 6.54(2) 3.68 3.50 2.90 6.81(2). Flash +4 at 20:01:41.9. 2) Timings 4.45 3.56 4.08 3.42 3.97 3.78 3.90 3.48 4.00 3.52 4.04 3.89 3.86 3.16 4.28 11.28(3A) 3.90 3.65 3) Timings 2.05 2.00 2.02 1.93 2.11 1.58 2.23 2.43 1.75 2.07 1.93 2.00 2.23 1.58 2.19 2.04 2.27 2.00 1.82 2.00 2.38 1.68 2.06 1.80 4.01 4.00 3.53 4.36 4.05 3.93 4.02 4.06 3.93 4.22 3.79 4.21 3.66 4.25 4.09 3.94 3.85 4.18 3.90 4.34 3.72 3.94 3.97 4.22 3.84 3.86 4.08 4.13 4.00 3.97 3.96 4.11 3.96 4.03 3.97 4.00 4.00 4.10 3.94 4.14 [3.88] Flashes at 20:25:21.18 and 20:26:41.54. Culmination 43°/261° at 20:24:42 . 4) Timings 4.06 12.16(3A) 4.29 7.52(2) 4.38 12.55(3) 36.87(9) Culmination 25°/069° at 19:21:27. 5) Timings 4.24 4.04 4.21 3.93 4.26 3.91 4.42 4.04 4.28 4.06 4.13 3.94 4.37 4.03 4.38 3.90 4.17 4.02 4.13 4.18 4.20 4.14 4.02 6.42(1.5A) 6.50(1.5) 41.60(10) Culmination 19°/265° at 20:55:00. 6) Timings 3.37 4.33 4.33 5.03 3.58 4.47 4.39 2.25 1.97 Culmination 68°/259 at 20:12:35. Lost because of clouds. 7) After 21:06:08.4: start of secondary maxima. These are sharper. After 21:06:51.3: sec.max brighter than prim. max. +4.0 After that they were fainter and disappeared probably (after I recorded last prim. max) 8) Perhaps some missed? See next two reports below 9) Intermediate flares the first 10-12 cycles, to +4 at best. 10) Timings 14.77 12.29 13.03 14.73 sec. Possibly 2nd and 3rd flash are secondary and period is 40.09 sec. 11) Timings 15.09 15.18 14.81 15.22 13.82 14.63 sec. 12) Timings 4.56 1.66 2.70 2.12 2.49 1.53 2.35 2.49 2.08 2.44 2.02 3.81 2.43 2.25 4.35 4.44 1.98 2.42 1.90 2.27 4.49 4.29 4.35 4.90 3.84 4.60 3.82 25.65(6A) 4.85 4.23 4.30 4.14 4.56 4.37 4.16 4.32 4.34 4.14 4.39 4.34 4.67 4.12 4.28 4.16 4.44 4.21 4.37 4.22 4.32 4.28 4.58 Culmination 53°/260° at 20:21:37 13) timings 5.80 5.97 5.50 6.73 6.05 5.92 6.00 6.09 6.27 5.83 5.69 6.07 6.21 5.96 6.32 5.98 5.83 6.22 5.81 5.97 6.03 5.93 6.35 5.88 6.01 5.99 5.97 6.22 6.03 5.81 Culmination 33°/262° at 20:39:36 14) Timings 4.47 2.59 1.99 4.29 2.62 2.24 2.16 2.32 2.15 2.44 2.00 2.50 2.00 1.85 2.63 1.77 2.87 1.83 4.14 4.86 4.60 4.35 4.53 4.41 4.35 4.49 4.53 4.38 4.47 4.42 4.49 4.57 4.43 4.41 4.48 4.39 4.50 4.46 8.95(2A) Culmination22°/265° at 20:51:51. 15) Timings 6.81 6.34 5.89 6.66 6.00 6.31 5.92 6.33 5.99 6.31 6.58 6.36 5.86 6.45 6.44 6.31 5.86 6.35 6.22 6.32 6.05 6.43 6.00 6.41 6.16 6.38 6.12 6.45 6.20 6.25 6.11 6.30 Culmination 27°/263° at 20:48:09. 16) Timings 4.05 4.12 3.81 4.16 4.16 3.93 4.15 3.79 4.15 4.33 4.03 3.53 4.65 3.68 4.44 3.66 4.03 4.38 4.24 3.78 3.89 8.37(2A) 3.62 4.47 4.44 3.60 4.13 3.94 3.95 4.34 4.23 8.10(2) 3.96 4.13 3.83 4.13 4.34 4.05 4.03 4.10 3.68 4.61 3.94 4.20 4.49 3.59 4.39 3.64 4.48 4.07 4.05 4.20 4.50 3.80 4.07 3.97 4.65 3.96 3.91 4.22 4.46 3.85 4.09 4.11 4.19 3.84 [4.56] Culmination 43°/261 at 20:35:26. 17) Timings 3.70 3.62 3.66 3.68 3.69 3.61 3.48 3.75 3.55 3.92 Culmination 40°/071 at 19:31:12. 18) Timings 4.05 3.44 3.79 3.80 3.54 3.54 3.95 3.54 3.75 3.47 3.75 3.75 3.81 3.41 3.68 3.54 3.59 3.74 3.79 3.50 3.75 3.71 3.60 3.56 3.83 3.55 3.78 3.52 3.77 3.66 3.59 3.67 3.67 3.59 3.86 3.76 3.48 3.72 3.72 3.56 3.62 3.47 3.88 3.62 3.68 3.73 3.70 3.67 3.66 3.66 3.68 3.56 3.72 3.72 3.69 3.75 3.68 3.80 3.47 3.64 3.75 3.53 3.99 3.37 [3.67] Culmination 22°/265° at 20:43:31. 19) Timings 2.76 2.40 2.50 2.67 2.62 2.73 2.41 2.88 2.72 2.67 2.55 2.54 2.63 2.68 2.78 2.52 2.63 2.79 2.61 2.52 2.59 2.80 2.62 2.63 2.29 2.94 2.74 2.56 2.72 2.59 2.67 2.68 2.50 2.75 2.46 2.86 2.68 2.54 2.83 2.61 2.39 2.73 2.52 2.74 2.71 2.63 2.69 2.56 2.65 2.74 Culmination 24°/264° at 21:00:51. 20) Timings 2 .81 2.61 2.58 2.49 2.87 2.77 2.52 2.87 2.70 2.73 5.64(2A) 2.72 2.76 5.23(2) 2.69 2.66 2.97 2.03 2.79 57.35(21) 2.71 2.53 3.15 2.45 1.73 3.40 2.74 2.90 2.17 5.55(2) 8.19(3) 2.49 2.35 2.57 2.74 Culmination 73°/260° at 20:26:44. 21) Timings 2.60 2.30 3.32 2.64 2.77 2.67 2.79 2.77 3.14 3.06 2.64 2.55 2.97 11.75(4A) 4.78(2) 2.38 3.32 2.68 2.93 2.74 2.73 2.85 2.84 2.83 Culmination 69°/259° at 20:13:31. 22) Timings 2.89 2.69 5.59(2A) 2.56 3.07 2.52 2.57 2.86 2.71 Culmination 59°/260° at 20:35:12. 23) Timings 3.00 3.12 2.86 2.79 2.72 2.90 2.77 2.98 2.58 3.39 2.92 2.80 2.88 2.59 3.23 2.85 2.51 2.96 2.78 3.06 2.42 3.14 2.74 2.84 3.02 2.94 2.83 3.01 2.61 2.90 2.86 2.93 5.92(2A) 2.76 2.80 2.68 3.02 2.78 2.92 3.13 2.67 2.85 2.94 2.76 2.48 3.50 2.72 2.69 3.06 2.88 2.65 3.06 2.53 3.07 2.91 3.02 2.54 3.03 2.61 17.64(6) 2.88 2.69 2.74 2.94 2.95 2.92 2.86 2.80 2.85 3.09 2.68 2.95 2.81 2.97 2.76 3.03 2.86 2.87 3.01 2.80 2.92 2.84 2.84 2.91 2.95 2.76 2.82 2.91 2.87 2.94 2.94 2.84 3.66 2.12 5.68(2) 5.92(2) Culmination 39°/071° at 19:39:32. 24) Timings 5.67(2A) 3.00 2.92 2.84 2.83 2.89 3.12 2.72 2.91 2.79 2.98 2.89 2.81 3.00 2.79 2.80 2.98 2.92 2.91 2.95 2.77 2.85 2.98 2.86 2.76 2.92 2.97 3.00 2.75 5.87(2) 2.81 2.92 2.72 2.96 3.00 2.81 14.23(5) 3.09 2.82 2.96 2.81 2.97 Culmination 14°/268° at 21:13:16. 25) Timings 3.12 2.61 2.98 2.88 2.97 3.03 3.34 2.91 3.09 2.75 3.26 2.72 3.05 3.24 2.80 3.10 2.67 2.98 3.48 2.92 2.92 2.89 3.22 2.92 3.03 3.00 2.93 2.94 2.93 3.13 2.73 3.33 2.97 2.94 3.12 2.78 3.13 2.90 3.04 3.19 2.69 2.96 3.23 2.61 3.25 2.83 3.14 3.14 2.89 2.81 3.34 2.67 3.00 2.97 2.93 2.73 3.28 2.94 3.05 2.86 2.86 6.03(2A) 3.11 2.87 3.08 2.97 2.85 2.75 2.99 2.91 2.98 2.93 2.91 3.03 3.12 2.82 2.84 3.00 2.84 2.88 2.86 3.08 3.03 2.24 3.46 [3.11] Culmination 37°/262° at 20:38:55. 26) Timings 2.88 3.07 2.99 3.08 2.96 6.56(2A) 5.89(2) 5.95(2) 3.14 3.29 2.66 6.22(2) 2.94 3.17 2.86 2.79 3.37 3.03 2.86 2.93 2.57 3.48 2.97 3.36 2.78 3.17 2.41 3.66 3.22 2.90 3.09 3.00 2.87 3.16 2.43 3.65 2.97 3.08 3.03 3.13 2.66 3.17 3.11 2.96 3.00 3.19 [2.81] Culmination 27°/264° at 21:09:05. 27) Timings 3.36 3.20 2.96 3.28 2.90 3.33 3.36 24.74(8A) 3.32 3.16 3.43 3.04 2.72 76.09(24) 3.22 2.98 3.21 3.09 3.22 3.33 3.05 3.09 3.15 3.14 3.30 3.00 9.35(3) 3.11 3.20 3.01 3.24 3.39 3.23 2.88 3.00 3.30 3.16 3.13 3.16 3.18 3.14 3.22 3.28 3.08 3.06 3.23 3.26 3.17 3.28 3.23 2.98 3.33 6.06(2) 3.43 3.07 6.29(2) 6.28(2) 6.47(2) Culmination 79°/261° at 20:34:50. 28) Timings 3.57 2.91 3.44 3.33 3.43 3.39 3.60 2.96 3.50 3.29 3.45 3.26 3.26 3.38 2.74 4.08 3.45 2.97 13.35(4A) 3.63 3.15 3.37 3.38 3.32 3.11 3.54 3.24 3.19 3.35 3.42 3.30 3.44 2.90 3.73 3.21 3.42 3.33 3.36 3.24 3.46 3.32 3.19 3.33 3.44 3.16 3.40 3.39 3.30 3.38 3.34 3.43 3.35 3.25 3.43 3.38 3.32 3.43 3.25 3.49 Culmination 51°/260° at 20:51:35. 29) Timings 3.84 3.55 3.42 3.44 3.50 3.84 3.00 3.69 3.25 3.61 3.07 3.70 Culmination 42°/261° at 20:59:56. 30) Timings 2.11 1.58 2.00 2.16 1.73 1.76 1.91 1.97 2.16 1.37 1.91 2.09 1.94 1.53 2.03 2.10 3.50 4.06 1.69 13.31(3.5A) 3.50 4.37 3.70 3.66 3.74 3.78 7.39 8.06 3.40 3.83 3.46 4.20 7.45 7.86 7.35 7.77 Culmination 65°/073° at 20:12:11. end 2008-014B 2008-021A 32783 Cartosat 2A 1) Timings 3.88 15.72(4A) Culmination 80°/262° at 20:17:21. Sat observed going down from 38°/339° to 32°/341° Noted two short maxima +7.5 followed by one flash +5 end 2008-021A 2008-021K 32792 Rubin 8/PSLV 1) +5 S from Shadow Exit till 3:19:01 then faded by a magnitude and started period shown 2) After last maximum, 2 quick flashes to +2/+3 mag and then lost 3) Timings and groups counting to one period within parentheses (2.54 3.57 2.61) (2.81 3.39 3.04) 25.40 (3P) (4.23 3.41) (5.17 3.51) 8.55 (5.25 3.34) (1.52 3.95 3.07) (1.42 4.33 1.98) 4) Pressed wrong stopwatch button; Reconstruction from voicerecording 5) Timings 6.49 13.95(2A) 7.82 6.84 6.76 Culmination 37°/070° at 19:34:15 6) Timings 14.07(2A) 7.25 5.83 8.34 7.10 6.68 7.79 Culmination 23°/266° at 21:08:52 7) Timings 7.25 8.20 8.00 8.75 Culmination 67°/261° at 20:19:08. 8) Timings 8.24 8.74 7.36 7.89 8.40 8.31 8.16 9.47 8.48 Culmination 70°/260° at 20:20.36. 9) Timings 8.62 8.51 8.49 9.30 6.94 8.91 7.47 8.47 11.22 7.48 8.39 8.47 8.52 8.65 [8.21] Culmination 24°/266° at 21:03:54. 10) Timings 3.35 5.41 4.37 4.41 4.56 4.37 2.99 6.34 2.52 4.96 3.26 6.18 2.66 6.03 1.63 7.06 9.96 8.68 6.73 9.35 7.88 8.22 Culmination 89°/331° at 20:10:18. 11) Timings: 16.95 18.39 17.85 16.66 Eclipse at 19:41:56 31°/014°. 12) Timings: 15.45 17.82 15.36 17.29 15.04 14.36 (13.81) Eclipse at 20:00:14 52°/356. end 2008-021K 2008-025E 32957 Yubileiny + Kosmos 2437-2439 rocket [Rokot = SL 19] 1) Pressed wrong stopwatch button; Reconstruction from voicerecording, hence less accurate. end 2008-025E 2008-026B 32959 FengYun 3A rocket [CZ-4B] 1) Difficult to find a pattern, timings are: 6.18 8.97 27.70 9.12 10.89 9.68 13.61 20.68 28.17 18.84 27.59 2) Timings 9.32 10.19 7.64 10.50 9.58 10.10 8.40 11.25 9.77 9.45 9.38 10.27 8.54 10.97 8.16 10.26 8.53 11.02 9.22 9.86 9.11 9.67 9.53 9.81 9.47 9.65 9.50 9.55 9.66 9.58 9.45 9.58 Culmination 39°/262° at 21:20:44. 3) Timings 11.30 9.33 11.15 9.18 9.69 9.75 9.44 10.62 9.84 9.84 9.30 10.62 8.90 10.73 8.89 10.60 9.78 10.05 10.13 9.74 9.90 Culmination 83°/068° at 20:41:12. 4) Timings 11.35 10.36 10.94 10.76 12.99 9.40 Culmination 82°/072° at 20:41:26. 5) Timings 144.18(13A) 11.03 11.59 10.36 10.65 11.66 11.57 10.48 11.42 10.96 10.94 11.17 Culmination 34°/067° at 20:02:09. 6) Timings [12.22] 12.04 24.88(2A) 11.89 24.73(2) Culmination 47°/070° at 20:01:51. 7) Timings 12.22 11.91 12.15 12.88 12.62 12.29 12.19 12.77 12.04 12.78 Culmination 21°/063° at 19:22:44. 8) Timings 13.32 24.78(2A) 12.50 12.15 13.29 11.53 26.38(2) 13.12 11.61 12.30 12.34 12.19 12.94 12.40 12.69 12.21 12.73 14.88 11.12 11.33 Culmnation 45°/262° at 21:01:09. 9) Timings 10.71 11.97 3.44 7.67 11.77 10.25 11.42 3.32 7.51 4.39 7.41 2.48 19.28 3.41 8.63 10.96 [2.60 7.96] Culmination 26°/265° at 21:40:57. 10) Timings 40.36(3A) 13.79 47.09(3.5) 33.38(2.5) 27.06(2) 14.35 12.68 26.71(2) 12.65 14.29 27.05(2) Culmination 21°/063° at 19:23:02. 11) Timings 26.75(2A) 40.81(3) 26.90(2) 13.80 26.94(2) 26.87(2) 13.34 14.20 13.00 14.05 13.0113.77 13.59 13.34 54.20(4) Culmination 46°/261° at 21:01:25. 12) Timings [14.41] 13.93 14.50 12.77 16.00 28.67(2A) 14.13 11.47 17.53 14.31 Culmination 47°/069° at 20:02:26. 13) Timings 22.32 15.96 15.84 16.37 7.46 8.29 6.71 15.54 17.01 10.31 5.47 47.56(3A) 15.98 15.18 16.08 15.82 Culmination 50°/069° at 20:23:02. 14) Timings 18.41 18.75 19.00 20.61 17.42 18.79 18.67 19.79 18.49 19.11 [18.59] Culmination 75°/072° at 20:43:29. 15) Timings 47.41(2A) 35.56(1.5)[flash+3] 62.69(2.5) 22.29 23.21 24.29 22.74 25.13 22.74 23.71 23.99 Culmination 30°/066° at 19:44:59. 16) Timings 26.81 27.42 26.08 26.85 25.78 29.29 23.18 25.35 29.73 23.03 Culmination 83°/262° at 20:44:23. end 2008-026B 2008-031G 33066 Orbcomm rocket [Kosmos] 1) Timings 13.82 13.70 13.54 13.54 12.92 14.80 Eclipse entrance 52°/265° at 19:18:01 2) Timings 18.07 55.14(3A) 18.48 19.23 19.57 18.45 Culmination 47/015° at 17:28:47. 3) Timings 9.27 10.09 9.29 9.31 9.95 9.63 9.99 9.33 10.25 29.63(3A) 17.68(2) 9.76 9.04 9.96 8.83 10.26 8.88 8.29 9.42 10.19 8.63 22.22(2) Culmination 63°/026° at 20:06:46. 4) Timings 9.78 9.59 8.92 9.62 Culmination 23°/225° at 19:59:16. 5) Timings: 32.70 31.80 31.62 31.61 30.20 30.97 30.40 Culmination 39°/353° at 20:18:55. end 2008-031G 2008-036B 33245 SAR Lupe 5 rocket [Kosmos] 1) Primary flash declined from +4 to +6, secondary flash from +5 to +7 over apparition 2) Flashes ~30-40 "merged" a bit into a flare but I could just make out the max's 3) Timings 5.50(10 F) 5.70(10) 5.48(10) 6.18(10) 6.00(10) Culmination 25°/097° at 17:59:32. 4) Timings: 1.79 1.84 1.73 1.77 1.80 1.75 1.75 1.82 1.81 1.85 1.69 1.76 1.85 1.73 1.77 1.75 1.90 1.75 1.76 1.78 1.87 1.73 1.51 1.86 1.65 1.94 1.95 1.83 1.81 1.73 1.74 1.66 10.76(6F) 10.84(6) 1.74 1.80 1.84 1.84 1.74 1.77 Eclipse at 20:27:00 26°/293°. end 2008-036B 2008-038B 33275 AMC 21 1) Timings 2.80 2.56 2.91 2.94 2.59 2.79 2.81 2.81 2.66 2.91 2.72 2.71 2.93 2.93 2.71 2.86 2.58 2.94 2.73 2.87 2.64 2.96 2.51 2.90 14.41(5) 2.57 2.87 2.74 2.74 3.03 2.67 2.73 2.80 2.89 2.41 2.79 3.54 2.59 2.51 3.27 2.60 2.97 2.47 3.23 2.74 2.34 2.85 2.93 3.01 2.93 14.16(5) 2.06 Culmination 43°/076° at 21:35:39. End 2008-038B 2008-040H 33319 Rapideye 1-5 rocket [SL-24] 1) Timings 5.65 5.10 6.71 7.37 7.79 6.64 8.28 sec. Nice flashing in the SE, but became var, 5->6 in zenit and later in the NW is was var, +7->inv end 2008-040H 2008-047H 33394 SZ-7 module 1) Maxima used were more consistent and sharper, other set mag 6. 2) Timings 11.90 11.73 12.02 11.77 24.45(2A) 59.72(5) Culmination 87°/032° at 16:47:02. 3) Timings 5.52 11.14(2A) 6.05 6.13 5.94 5.36 11.16(2) 11.91(2) 12.31(2) 11.88(2) 6.31 Culmination 36°/156°at 17:17:16. end 2008-047H 2008-056C 33435 SY 3 related object 1) Mostly 1X, last period with binocs end 2008-056C 2008-062C 33449 Kosmos 2446 rocket [Molniya] 1) Very low - need to revisit, new to me 2) Timings 2.97 5.40(2A) 1.81 2.69 3.86 2.53 2.80 3.76 2.43 2.81 5.15(2) Eclipse time 17:46:40 29°/290° 3) Timings 4.55 5.08 4.86 5.46 5.01 4.34 Culmination 16°/240° at 18:02:17 4) Timings 18.66(4A) 5.88 5.08 4.82 4.83 5.26 4.77 4.81 4.80 5.47 4.99 4.07 Culmination 31°/236° at 17:05:50. 5) Timings: 15.81 14.92 15.49 Eclipse at 19:04:46 21°/299°. end 2008-062C 2008-628A 90081 ? 1) near gamma UMa lasting more than 10 seconds; identified by guide 8 end 2008-628A 2008-651BY 97001 ? 1) BY called it 99-599A with note: Cannot ID this satellite - fake number assigned BY are observer's initials. end 2008-651Y 2009-001B 33491 USA 202 rocket [Delta 4] 1) Very gradual buildup to 10m then sudden drop to 12 2) It gave mag 7 flashes at the following times UTC ( Aug 31 ) 9:11:15 9:14:16 9:17:17 9:20:18 9:23:19 9:26:20 end 2009-001B 2009-002C 33494 Sprite-Sat 1) two flashes at gamDra end 2009-002C 2009-004A 33506 Omid !Decayed 2009-04-25 1) Timings 1.90 2.03 2.21 1.99 3.39(2A) 2.40 dtm, Culmination 41°/322° at 04:09:43. 2) Timings: 3.06 3.54 2.65 2.72 3.38 2.97 2.73 6.41(2A) 3.45 3.21 3.05 3.14 2.94 3.33 6.02(2) 3.31 3.00 3.09 3.16 6.26(2) 6.08(2) 2.72 3.29 2.93 3.09 6.65(2) 3.10 3.13 2.93 6.10(2) 3.28 3.17 3.08 2.98 3.19 2.87 Culmination 73°/33!° at 20:38:05. end 2009-004A 2009-004B 33507 Omid rocket [Safir 2] !Decayed 2009-05-31 1) Timings 17.07 16.03 10.56 6.42 16.40 11.64 5.45 First sharp flash +3.5 low on the horizon (12°/318°) followed by other flashes, then maxima +4.5 to +7. Visible to naked eye before entering eclipse (61°/012°). 2) Timings 17.92 18.31 34.89(2A) 18.46 16.20 16.77 17.51 16.92 17.55 At culmination naked eye A +4->inv followed by bino up to 9° over the horizon. Culmination 78°/323 at 03:55:33. 3) Timings: 16.38 15.72 15.44 15.97 Culmination 32°/327° at 19:06:53. 4) Timings: 79.11(5A) 16.28 14.54 First sight A mag+4.5, then mag +6->inv. Culmination 18°/334° at 19:20:13. 5) Timings: 16.66 34.38 17.46 16.76 Observed from 40°/072° to 11°/053° At the beginning several maxima +7 timings: 7.30 7.24 2.72 . 6) Timings: (7.55) 10.10 8.63 9.64 8.02 17.52 17.85. Observed from 02:18:39.61 22°/347° to 02:19:51.37 12°/021°. First part of obs characterized by several maxima 6.5->7.5 with sometime flash +6 in the middle, difficult to catch. Second part of obs easy behavior F +5->inv. 7) Timings: 27.24 . Naked eye, two short (about 0.3 sec) maxima +2.5 and +1.5, the latter 4° west of Polaris. Culmination 51°/323° at 20:05:08. 8) Timings: 24.65 23.13 Naked eye, three short (about 0.3 sec) maxima +3, +2 and +3. Culmination 02:18:07 32°/039°. 9) Timings: 28.4; Naked eye, two short maxima, +2.5 and +1. Culmination 34°/324 at 19:51:29. 10) Timings: 23.42 21.45 19.99 Naked eye, four short maxima, +2, +1. +2, +2.5. Culmination 45°/043° at 02:04:11. 11) Timings: 28.64 Naked eye, short (about 0.3 sec) maxima +1.5 and +1 . Culmination 26°/324° at 19:36:08. 12) Timings: 68.23(4A) 33.59(2A) 6.03 10.69 At first, I found Safir 2 rb at 19:08:28.46 in 26°/291° with a very short maximum +5.5. I followed it +6.5, and I had a longer maxima +5 at 19:09:36.69 in 49°/245°. Afterwards, a long maximum at 19:10:10.28 in 48°/203° and a short maximum at 19:10:16.31 followed by a long maximum +4.5 in 42°/184° at 19:10:27.00. Lost, due to eclipse, in 32°/170° at 19:10:53.4. Culmination 51°/224° at 19:09:54. end 2009-004B 2009-009B 34112 Telstar 11N rocket [SL-23 = Zenit-3SLB 3rd stage] 1) Timings: 10.37 12.00 12.30 13.84 9.04 11.88 11.69 15.17 7.79 11.55 9.85 12.95 10.17 13.76 (12.33) Long smooth maxima of about 10.5 seconds divided by sharply defined invisible minima. Culmination 36°/133° at 18:46:25. end 2009-009B 2009-013A 34602 GOCE 1) Flares occur consistently when the angle observer-sun- sat flight direction is 93 degrees (which is within a few seconds of local culmination). Mis distance to the central flare path doesn't seem much of a factor: they are always of order +2 to +3 magnitude. They are nice to watch: as GOCE is very fast due to its low orbit, they almost look like meteors. 2) On the 10th of January I have observed a bright flare from the GOCE (09-013A) satellite. The flare was very short, red like Aldebaran, and at its maximum, I am quite sure, even brighter than the star. I would estimate the magnitude to about 0.5 or even 0. The flare occurred at 16:52:31 ± 0.5 s (UTC) on 10/01/2010. By using a Vertical-Along Track coordinate system, the flaring surface orientation should be defined by: Angle: 93.4° +- 0.3° Tilt: 22.6° These angles are consistent with those already obtained by Marco Langbroek. If these results are correct, they may indicate that the satellite is actually stabilized about 3.5 degrees off the orbit plane and toward the sun direction. I have created a workspace for predicting future GOCE flares. The file along with a few more details can be found at the following link: http://digilander.libero.it/SATrack/goce.html 3) az(sat)=268.6 az(Sun)=266.1 4) az(sat)=269.8 az(Sun)=265.4 end 2009-013A 2009-021B 34840 Yaogan 6 rocket [CZ-2C] 1) Timings: 12.02 11.43 11.60 11.55 3.94 3.72 3.59 11.77 4.16 4.16 3.48 11.22 4.11 7.81 11.36 4.25 7.85 11.27 5.00 6.91 11.51 More specifically pattern was long maxima mag +6.5 lasting about 19 seconds divided by invisible minima (mg>8.5) lasting about 4 seconds. Each maxima showed two major flashes mag +4.5 and two minor flashes mag +6. The first major flash appeared some 4 seconds after the beginnig of each maxima and the second major flash some 2.5 before the end of each maxima. Minor flashes in between the two major flashes in the maxima. Beginning of obs at 21:04:27.8 (34°/317°) 30 seconds after the exit of eclipse and ending at 21:07:10.5 (09°/338°). 2) timings: 10.25 14.07 18.03 10.79 10.63 10.56 3) Timings: 13.92 15.47 13.69 11.78 13.24 4) Evolution in brightnessvariation: M=>A=>F; max mag. in SW. 5) Flashing period is with including secondary maxima which are almost like the primary maxima but not as "flat" as these. 6) dtm due to bright sky and flat maxima end 2009-021B 2009-027C 34943 Protostar 2 Briz tank 1) Range 1920 km phase 36 degrees: mag. +5.1 end 2009-027C 2009-034C 35495 Sirius 5 Briz tank 1) Range 4400 km phase 34 degrees: mag. +6.1 2) Range 3230 km phase 62 degrees: mag. +6.7 2009-034C 2009-036D 35501 Kosmos 2451-2463 rocket [SL-19 = Rockot] 1) Difficult to find a repeating pattern of maxima. 2) Forgot to reset stopwatch before new observation. Data obtained from voice recording. 3) Actually in sets of 3 @ A'A'A' as shown by 2nd observation in 12" scope. Revisit to get overall period. 4) S confirmation needed at different phases. end 2009-036D 2009-039B 35636 Sterkh 1 1) Timings: 13.10 11.56 13.58 12.33 12.56 Culm. 50°/268° at 18:22:53. 2) Timings: 12.35 11.57 13.56 10.87 Culm. 68°/082° at 17:14:16. end 2009-039B 2009-039C Kosmos 2454 1) Steady at 6m and then gone suddenly at poor phase angle - not seen again. end 2009-039C 2009-041G 35687 SL-24 debris 1) magnitude slowly increases and decreases fast. 2) pattern looks like a'aAaa but I am not sure. end 2009-041G 2009-041H 35688 Deimos 1 rocket [SL-24 = Dnepr] 1) no note yet. end 2009-041H 2009-042C 35698 Asiasat 5 Briz tank 1) Range 4600 km phase 63 degrees: mag. +7.5 end 2009-042C 2009-048B 35818 HTV 1 rocket [H2-B] 1) Flash period 26 s? 2) object decayed 2009-09-14 end 2009-048B 2009-049A 35865 1) at height 815 km adjusted to 1000 km In case the letters/catalog numbers change, in each group I list in order of appearance. (090925) end 2009-049A 2009-049B 35866 1) at height 815 km adjusted to 1000 km In case the letters/catalog numbers change, in each group I list in order of appearance. (090925) end 2009-049B 2009-049C 35867 1) at height 500 km adjusted to 1000 km In case the letters/catalog numbers change, in each group I list in order of appearance (090925) end 2009-049C 2009-049D 35868 1) at height 815 km adjusted to 1000 km In case the letters/catalog numbers change, in each group I list in order of appearance. (090925) end 2009-049D 2009-049E 35869 1) at height 815 km adjusted to 1000 km In case the letters/catalog numbers change, in each group I list in order of appearance. (090925) end 2009-049E 2009-049F 35870 end 2009-049F 2009-051D 25934 UWE 2 1) one flash at 1428+40 end 2009-051D 2009-059A 36036 SMOS 1) no flare while Az(sat) = Az(Sun) + 180° end 2009-059A 2009-059D 36039 SMOS rocket [SL-19: Dnepr] 1) Difficulf flasher: Possible pattern F'f with sometimes more flashes in between. Timings: (6.51 4.60 5.93 3.61) (12.46 9.00) (12.28 9.42) (11.79 9.84) 2) Timings: (5.40 4.04 3.89 3.48 4.00) (6.13 5.36 5.60 5.55) (5.83 5.65 4.86 5.74) (5.44 5.18 6.09 5.07) 3) Difficult object. Timings: 10.73 7.21 23.39 (missed a max?) 12.49 10.42 12.26 4) Still dtm. Timings: (5.89 7.43) (5.90 8.43) (7.06 6.79) (5.05 8.40) While following this object near culmination point 1983-004A was in same FOV. While following this object it passed close to the first quarter moon making it difficult to determine the maxima. 5) Difficult to find a returning flash pattern. This observation is less accurate than the one the day before. end 2009-059D 2009-066A 36104 IGS 5A 1) RA 03:01 dec +51.7 Az 326 alt 23 Az(sun) 329 2) flaring max 0.8 lasting 30s 3) max mag. north of bet Leo end 2009-066A 2009-066B 36105 IGS 5A rocket [H-2A] 1) slowly varying Saw what I believe is IGS 5 r/b. It was 3-4 minutes late on Mike McCants classified TLE from yesterday. The trajectory matches well with the predicted one for 09-66 B. Otherwise it could have been one of the not yet catalogued fragments. 2) Timed this sat while is passed just between W and 45 Bootis at 1/10 from W. Rough position: RA 15:05 dec +25. Right on time wrt TLE 10095 Same track as 03 09 B. Didn't see 09 66 A. 3) one dip in brightness observed. Observed arc short due to clouds 4) 1st max +3.2 at del Gem, 2nd max was +0.8 flare 5) max 213725 1211+00 end 2009-066B 2009-069A 36110 Yaogan 7 1) 012811 2053+45 fp short if V end 2009-069A 2009-071A 36119 WISE 1) WISE = 09071A = 36119 was seen this morning (jan 7) mag 8 steady at 560 km with favourable phase. I have failed to see it several times at worse phase angles. end 2009-071A 2009-072C 36123 Yaogan 8 rocket [CZ-4C] 1) No timings; fp determined from voice recording 2) Very subtle end 2009-072C 2009-075C 36133 DirecTV 12 Briz tank 1) Moving rather fast as it was not far after the perigee Range 860 km phase 52°. end 2009-075C 2009-790A 90085 ? rocket [Centaur] 1) I was able to find this Centaur last night from BCRC: Lat 30.3158 N Long 97.8667 W - Bee Caves Research Center 2009 Oct 19 Times are UT Mag Hrs Min Alt Azi Hgt Range R A Dec 10.0 3 15 17.8 91.1 14751 17119 3 27.2 7.7 9.9 3 20 17.8 90.7 14414 16774 3 33.0 8.1 9.9 3 25 17.7 90.1 14061 16415 3 39.1 8.5 9.8 3 30 17.6 89.6 13692 16045 3 45.6 8.9 9.8 3 35 17.4 89.0 13305 15661 3 52.4 9.3 It varied from about magnitude 9.5 to magnitude 11.5 with a period of about 330 seconds. Range about 16000 miles. (26000 km) end 2009-0790A 2010-009A 36413 Yaogan 9A 1) Magnitude estimate some degrees below Polaris 2) 2010-009A and -009C can be just within FOV of my 7 x 50 binoculars 3) distance between objects A and B about the same as on 2010-04-01 5) 23:56:04 when Az = Az(sun), no flaring occurred end 2010-009A 2010-009B 36414 Yaogan 9B 1) Magnitude estimate some degrees below Polaris 3) distance between objects A and B about the same as on 2010-04-01 4) distance between objects C and B is decreasing w.r.t. 2010-04-01 5) 23:56:09 when Az = Az(sun), no flaring occurred end 2010-009B 2010-009C 36415 Yaogan 9C 1) Magnitude estimate some degrees below Polaris 2) 2010-009A and -009C can be just within FOV of my 7 x 50 binoculars 3) distance between objects C and B is decreasing w.r.t. 2010-04-01 5) 23:56:14 when Az = Az(sun), no flaring occurred end 2010-009C 2010-009D 36416 Yaogan 9 rocket [CZ-4C] 1) Brightness varied from flashes in the beginning to round maxima with secondary round maxima. (F=>A'a') at end. 2) Sharper to rounder maxima over time, lost the secondary cycle 3) track was behind trees, therefore rather inaccurate period. 4) Progressed from almost flashing to smooth A with secondary only on last 2 cycles in N 5) Timings: 31.50 28.75 31.55 30.73 30.22 31.01 29.74 30.41 31.15 Culmination 27°/321° at 20:15:37. end 2010-009D 2010-010C 36501 Echostar 14 Briz tank 1) RA 10:17 dec +43.2 range 3176 km 2) RA 09:34 dec +34.5 Az 216.4 alt 70.4 range 2158 km end 2010-010C 2010-012A 36507 STS 1312 1) about 2 s after emersion end 2010-012A 2010-013B 36509 Cryosat 2 rocket [Dnepr] 1) Steady until high in the east end 2010-013B 2010-015A 36514 OTV 1 (aka USA 212) 1) Observed a significant flare to about -2.5 at 08:26:32 UTC, this was the maximum brightness predicted by Orbitron using the elements below but it only occurred very briefly, the rest of the time it was steady at mag 1 or so similar to the earlier reported pass two nights ago (I was unable to observe last night owing to another commitment.) The flare was very similar to an Iridium flare. The object passed below Jupiter at 08:36:49 UTC. 2) It landed 2010-12-03 end 2010-015A 2010-017A 36519 Kosmos 2463 1) Needs confirmation, seems to be sets of 3 A maxima. end 2010-017A 2010-017B 36520 Kosmos 2463 rocket [Kosmos, SL-8] 1) Timings: 9.64 10.09 10.66 9.75 8.30 11.28 11.35 7.90 10.18 9.59 10.36 9.47 9.40 Culmination 26°/071° at 18:16:48. 2) Timings: 9.85 9.41 9.72 9.29 9.89 9.34 9.72 10.00 9.73 9.89 9.38 9.88 9.83 9.86 9.62 10.03 9.70 9.74 9.82 9.79 10.18 9.55. Eclipse predicted 50°/272° at 20:02:42. end 2010-017B 2010-026A 36595 Dragon/Falcon 9 rocket 1) Maxima not as bright as Jupiter (-2.5), though brighter than Beta Ceti (2.04); Limiting mag., naked eye, I could barely see Iota Ceti (3.54); Two minima noted, with minimum 1, at inv, longer than the other, also at inv. Detailed timings are: 1 53.9 M longer minima 1 56.9 m 1 59.34 M 2.44" 2 01.65 m 2 03.71 M 2.06" 2 06.14 m 2 08.52 M 2.38" 2) Alternate minima were +2, inv. Maxima consistent in brightness. 3) Object decayed 2010-06-27 end 2010-026A 2010-027B SJ 12 rocket [CZ-2D] 1) Timings: 10.30 10.39 11.27 2.76 6.50 10.25 1.65 8.80 10.04 1.55 9.03 10.07 2.49 7.57 10.26 1.99 18.53 3.86 6.50 9.80 3.91 6.50 [8.72 10.13 8.35 9.83] Timings in square brackets not considered. Culm. 30°/265° at 19:09:25 2) Timings: 10.34 20.94 10.25 3.03 17.79 2.56 7.89 10.39 1.28 9.07 10.48 1.36 9.10 10.18 10.91 9.79 10.93 9.85 10.61 9.64 [10.55 8.72 9.84 7.86 10.05 8.85 10.76 9.39 10.72 30.47 10.43] Timings in square brackets not considered. They do not fit well in the middle of the trajectory. Culmination 21°/267° at 19:25:26. 3) Timings: 12.55 12.90 3.05 9.22 12.77 3.66 8.66 12.50 2.72 10.16 12.06 3.79 7.21 2.97 11.35 3.02 8.40 1.63 12.26 2.58 10.28 12.90 12.77 12.70 Exit from eclipse 25°/284° at 18:50:43. end 2010-027B 2010-030A 36605 Tandem X 1) see note 3) for sat 2007-026A 2) see note 4) for sat 2007-026A end 2010-030A 2010-031B 36609 Ofeq 9 rocket [Shavit] 1) Gave up trying to count the multiple flashes with each pattern seems to be 4 or 5 glints. end 2010-031B 2010-034B 36793 EchoStar 15 rocket [Briz] 1) Appeared to dim over five minutes from 8.5 to 9.5, phase went from 36 to 31° during observation. End 2010-034B 2010-038B 36835 Yaogan 10 rocket [CZ-4C] 1) Timings: 30.37 33.45 31.47 35.76 Culm. 19°/267° at 17:54:12. End 2010-038B 2010-039A 36868 AEHF 1 (aka USA 214) 1) Kevin wrote: "I was able to follow AEHF 1, and watch it enter shadow. It was oh so easy to see, as it got ready to enter the shadow. "It seemed to reach mag 8 range, as it got ready to enter shadow." Mike was watching it and commenting that it was getting brighter and brighter. So I looked with my 8x42 binoculars and soon found it. And it kept getting even brighter. Our consensus was that it reached +1.5 (one magnitude brighter than nearby alpha Ceti) for a minute or maybe two. That was around 3:11 UTC when it was in the vicinity of RA 2:45, Dec. -7.5. It soon got too faint for my binoculars before it entered the shadow, but Mike followed it with his scope. This flare was quite a surprise! Presumably it is just like a flaring geosat flare. We had much more favorable geometry here than Kevin did. end 2010-039A 2010-046A 37162 FIA Radar 1 (aka USA 215) 1) Awoke to a clear twilight sky, in which I managed a few obs of FIA Radar 1. At about 11:33:02 UTC, it produced a flash of about mag 1 or 0, which lasted no more than 1 s. There were no other variations during the period of observation, which ended about 1 min after the flare. 2) with a second smaller flare peak just preceeding the +0.5 one at 17:54:35.7 UTC. end 2010-046A 2010-055B 37197 Progress-M 08M rocket [Soyuz] 1) Phenomenal low fast flashing pass 2) Object decayed 2010-10-29 end 2010-055B 2010-062L 37361 Nanosail-D 1) phase angle 74.7 deg. HeavenSat prediction mirrors (for flares.dat) 38.3 deg; 345.4 deg, naked eye. 2) phase angle 89.1 deg. HeavenSat prediction mirrors (for flares.dat) 49.5 deg 344.9, deg, naked eye. 3) Average of flashes - enigmatic objects at the right phase angle. 4) The flash period on this image is irregular, but two flash intervals pop up repeatedly: ~0.52s and ~1.0s Image 31052011_4 31 May 2011 22:22:17.30 - 22:22:27.35 UTC flash times (UTC): 22:22:17.40 22:22:18.35 22:22:18.87 22:22:19.39 22:22:19.88 22:22:20.85 22:22:21.56 22:22:22.57 22:22:23.08 22:22:24.00 22:22:25.09 22:22:25.68 22:22:26.40 22:22:27.17 5) 2 June 2011, 22:30:47.30 - 22:30:57.35 UTC Flash times (UTC): 22:30:47.76 22:30:48.42 22:30:49.71 22:30:51.00 22:30:53.30 22:30:53.89 22:30:55.32 22:30:56.70 22:57:57.15 The pattern is irregular, but flash periods near ~1.3 to ~1.4s pop up a few times in this series (e.g. between 2nd and 3rd; 3rd and 4rd; 6th and 7th; 7th and 8th flash), in agreement with Mike Waterman. 6) 3 June 2011, 20:57:02.30 - 20:57:12.35 UTC flash times (UTC): 20:57:03.36 20:57:04.69 20:57:06.09 20:57:07.33 20:57:08.84 20:57:10.01 20:57:11.43 7) Image 03062011_5 3 June 2011, 20:57:22.30 - 20:57:32.35 UTC flash times (UTC): 20:57:23.46 20:57:24.95 20:57:26.31 20:57:27.75 20:57:28.93 20:57:30.38 20:57:31.60 8) image s14082011_9 14 Aug 2011, 20:51:17.30 - 20:51:27.35 UTC flash times (UTC): 20:51:17.39 20:51:17.89 20:51:18.15 20:51:18.42 20:51:18.90 20:51:19.17 20:51:19.63 20:51:20.40 20:51:20.83 20:51:21.14 20:51:21.40 20:51:21.88 20:51:22.13 20:51:22.62 20:51:22.86 20:51:23.32 20:51:23.79 20:51:24.06 20:51:24.35 20:51:24.81 20:51:25.49 20:51:25.72 20:51:26.22 20:51:26.63 20:51:26.91 20:51:27.17 The other images were too saturated (trail too bright). Flash interval is wildly variable, between 0.23-0.77 seconds, with an average 0.39 +- 0.14 seconds. Looking at it closely, and trying some fits, it looks like that in my 14 Aug image #9 brightness diagram, all peaks (main and secondary/tertiary) fit an approximate ~0.24s to ~0.25s periodicity. 8) Last night I took a series of 6 consecutive photos in a field in Aquila. All photos were of 4 sec duration. In all the photos, a same flashpattern seems rather obvious : 1 bright maximum followed by 2 secondary maxima. At times both secondary maxima merge together. The brightest flash is very sharp and also variable in magnitude. It can be at times definitely fainter. I derived a photometric period of 0.73 sec, respectively: 0.727 0.729 0.728 0.723 for the 4 photos with a complete 4-sec track. 9) With only two exceptions (where secondary peaks are missing/not pronounced), if I take each third peak in the sequence, I get a period of 0.73 +- 0.03 seconds, exactly what you found. The two exceptions (marked * in below table), themselves are intervals close to this: 0.77 and 0.68 seconds. This suggest two submaxima are missing inbetween two major peaks in these cases. table: peak nr; seconds after 20:51:00 UTC; interval between these peaks (s). 3 18.15 0.76 5 18.9 0.75 7 19.63 0.73 8 20.4 0.77 * 10 21.14 0.74 12 21.88 0.74 14 22.62 0.74 16 23.32 0.70 18 24.06 0.74 20 24.81 0.75 21 25.49 0.68 * 23 26.22 0.73 25 26.91 0.69 secondary maxima tend to have intervals of about 0.27s and 0.46s, in that stereotype order: so a "main" peak in the 0.73 cycle, followed by a 0.27s separated peak, followed by a 0.46s separated peak (the both together creating the 0.73s cycle). 10) Comment form GR: At first I thought how could it have a triple pattern? If it is rotating every .73 seconds you would see 4 spikes not 3 because nanosail has 4 sails like a pie sliced into 4 equal pieces. Then I thought - well if one sail was missing it would have 3 spikes but still there would be a "hole" in the pattern when the dark sale came by yet the pattern is equally spaced 3 spikes per grouping. Then I realized the answer. The sail is rotating 4 times slower - .73*4 or 2.92 seconds per rotation. Looking at your data again and looking at the waveform as though it should repeat every 4 red triangles the pattern repeats much more consistently! The curves and angles of the 4 sails are similar but different and distinct. You can see when the same sail comes by 4 red triangles later. Especially obvious when you include the yellow triangles in the pattern. Also your faint gray lines seem to have more useful information than the averaged darker line but using either line the pattern clearly repeats once every 4 red triangles. end 2010-062L 2011-001C 37346 Elektro-L rocket [SL-23] 1) Approximately AA+A over total period of ~ 22 sec need more timings. 2) Very erratic, this is just an average of the maximums. 3) Nice low bright pass along north horizon. end 2011-001C 2011-002A 37348 USA 224 1) phase angle 42.1 deg. HeavenSat prediction mirrors (for flares.dat) 41.9 deg 2.7 deg, binoculars. 2) phase angle 47.2 deg, HeavenSat prediction mirrors (for flares.dat) 43.9 deg 3.8 deg binoculars. 3) phase angle 110.7 deg, HeavenSat prediction mirrors (for flares.dat) 70.8 deg 5.1 deg, binoculars. 4) phase angle 112.4 deg, HeavenSat prediction mirrors (for flares.dat) 71.5 deg binoculars. 5) phase angle 17.6 deg, HeavenSat prediction mirrors (for flares.dat) 35.9 deg 341.4 deg, binoculars. 6) phase angle 112.1 deg, HeavenSat prediction mirrors (for flares.dat) 53.5 deg 298.8 deg, binoculars. end 2011-002A 2011-005A 37362 Geo-IK 2 1) Cleaner flash pattern when pass is in east. 2) Normal period. +1 mag F @ 2:09:05 and a -5 flare @ 2:09:43 resembling an Iridium flare! 3) 2 short A, 2 F, 1 long A but very short arc low in west. end 2011-005A 2011-015C 37389 XSat 1) near 50 Dra. phase angle 96.9 deg, binoculars. end 2011-105C 2011-015D 37390 Resourcesat 2 rocket [PSLV] 1) near Gamma UMi, phase angle 84.9 deg, bino, near 19 UMi, phase angle 90.1 deg. end 2011-015D 2011-030B 37731 SJ-11-03 rocket [CZ-2C] Compress 1) Timings: 22.58 11.37 10.54 22.49 22.33 10.90 11.22 11.13 10.82 11.19 4.61 6.47 11.16 4.37 3.04 4.10 10.93 4.13 3.02 4.36 10.71 11.13 4651 culmination 45°/071° at 20h39m27s. end 2011-030B 2011-065A 37872 Phobos-Grunt 1) Other maxima of A; 2->inv at: 0:05:46 0:05:56 0:06:31 A behavior not consistent, +/- 3s on timings, F was very sharp, Iridium like in color and lasted about 1 second. 2) Flared to -0 23:56:13 to 23:56:24 end 2011-065A 2011-674A 1) period and visual behavior changes throughout pass and different passes. end 2011-674A 2012-005B Navid rocket [Safir 2] 1) from f'ff_ in N to f'_f_ in NE 2) By timing every 4th flash I was able to find the flashing period. Regarding flash patterns of previous days I expect there are four maxima per rotation. 3) Timings: 0.45 0.46 0.47 0.47 0.57 0.46 0.53 0.50 0.54 0.57 0.50 0.50 0.48 0.54 0.49 0.53 0.54 0.53 0.55 0.51 0.56 0.57 0.52 0.59 0.54 0.53 0.62 0.52 0.58 0.63 0.56 0.56 0.66 0.57 0.58 0.63 0.53 0.57 0.57 4641 culmination 45°/226°. Visual, binoculars 15X70. 4) Timings: 1.12 0.80 0.58 0.62 0.57 0.69 1.24 1.02 1.27 1.70 0.58 0.55 2.45 1.79 0.65 End 2012-005B 1956-001A Unid-gso by EC 1) On 29 October I saw a bright flashing geosynch with a flash period of about 78.5 seconds. I could not find a good match, although at one point it was very close to GStar 2. Here are two rough points: 03:40:17, RA 21:56, Dec either -17.7 or -18.1 03:46:49, RA 22:02, Dec -17.2 One problem for me with positions is that I'm using handheld 8x42 binoculars; another is that I tend to rapidly forget on which side of stars I saw something. Beyond that, for the above, I'm also going back more than a week to what I scribbled on the paper in the dark. See further 2) 2) ANYway, tonight it seems that I again saw what may have been the same object. I first saw it due to a 1x flash of at least mag. +2.0. Its flash period was about 77.5 seconds, and before it disappeared they alternated bright-faint, so about 155 seconds. (By the way, GStar 2 was long gone tonight.) So here are two rough positions for 8 Nov 2010 UTC: 2:22:31, RA 22:31, -10.4 2:41:53, RA 22:50, -10.5 This time LES 9 (08747) and BSat 1-B (25312) are fairly close matches, but neither of them was there on 29 Oct. The BCRC site's coordinates are 30.315N, 97.866W. end Unid-gso Corrections to be made (2012-03-03): Original record: 07- 46 A 11-03-31 11:49:42 BY 94.2 0.3 60 1.57 F; 11->inv Corrected record: 85- 28 C 11-03-31 11:49:42 BY 94.2 0.3 60 1.57 F; 11->inv Original record: 95- 3 A 11-04-04 12:18:50 BY 15.6 0.5 4 3.9 F; 12->14 Corrected record: 03- 12 B 11-04-04 12:18:50 BY 15.6 0.5 4 3.9 F; 12->14