A clear, but cold morning. Just below zero C with some wind. Started looking for Superbird A early and shortly after 03:30 UT saw a flash just southeast of Procyon. Started to follow it and timing the flashes. Its flash behavior was different from Superbirds seen on previous days. Also the total cycle laste much longer. This made me wonder if it was Superbird A I was observing. Although in the same area I didn't see another sat flashing, that could have been Superbird A. Just at the end I possible saw a flash at the western edge of FOV, but that was much later than the last flashes of Superbird seen previous. If it was Superbird A I saw, then something has happend to it as the period is two and half minutes greater than two days ago. Perhaps I saw another geosat, maybe a Gorizont. But why didn't I see Superbird A? Will try to ID this sat this evening, as I now have to go to work. The URL explaning the numbers : http://www.satobs.org/tumble/flashpm.html#PPASformat 05-836 A 05-12-02 03:51:38.10LB 1204.2 0.2 90 13.380 FF, 5->i, 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. 2005: 851 obs PPAS: 14442 obs Greetings and clear, dark skies Leo Barhorst, Medemblik NL Cospar 4252 52.76350 N 5.09114 E 2 m ASL http://www.satlist.nl/index.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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