Hello List and Cees Bassa, The flash observations you report did me think of a tumbling Iridium. I probably watched them too. But I have to process my voice-recorded observations yet. I saw at least two flashes before that time, even more south. I timed two flash periods, roughly 23 seconds. Without processing my voice-recorded observations I predicted afterwards around time 20:21 and found Iridium 44, reportedly being a flasher, moved across the specified part of the sky at about hat time. Iridium 44; COSPAR 1997-077 B, USSPACECOM nr. 25078. I cannot explain the double falshes, which I observed as well. The brightest flash I estimated to have magnitude -6. Bram Dorreman, COSPAR 4160, 51.2808 N, 5.4929 E (WGS 84, according to my GPS 12) Leader BWGS (Working Group Satellites if the VVS, Belgium). -----Original Message----- From: Cees Bassa <c.g.bassa@phys.uu.nl> To: SeeSat-L@blackadder.lmsal.com <SeeSat-L@blackadder.lmsal.com> Date: zaterdag 18 augustus 2001 0:01 Subject: UNID Flasher? >Hello List, > >This evening I observed three flashes of a satellite I was unable to >identify using SatEvo's latest >elements. > >The flashes occured in and near the triangle made of Alpha, Gamma and >Epsilon Cygni. The first flash occured roughly at 20:21:09 UT, the second >at 20:21:32 and the last at 20:21:51. More flashes were probably visible >but I was rushing back in the house to write down these observations >because I was bound to forget those numbers. > >The first flash was right (in azimuth) of Gamma and Epsilon Cygni, the >second in the triangle and the last just outside the triangle with the >satellite moving roughly parallell along Alpha and Gamma Cygni, heading North. > >The observation site was at 51°51'54" N and 05°10'25" E and -2 meters >elevation. > >The flash pattern was multiple. Per flash there was a bright (-3?) flash >followed with a lesser bright (-1?) one with in a second, seen on the last >two flashes. > >I hope someone can ID this sat. > >Regards and clear skies, > Cees Bassa > >----------------------------------------------------------------- >Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' >in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org >http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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