Thanks to the information provided by Tony Beresford, Bjoern Gimle, and Mike McCants I was able to acquire and time the flashes of ETS-6 from Tucson, AZ this morning. I was late getting out, and 3rd magnitude flashes were already under way at 11:11:03 UTC. I used 5x25 binoculars to obtain the data in the table below. "P" represents a primary flash, and it appears that the interval between flashes was 9.0 seconds at the beginning of the 8 minute observation, and 9.2 seconds at the end. After several minutes, the primary flashes dimmed to 6th magnitude or less, and they were still visible when I ceased observation. I hope to make a future observation soon, with better magnitude data. -Jim October 24, 2001 11:11:03 P 11:11:11 P 11:11:20 P 11:11:29 P 11:11:37 11:11:39 P 11:11:46 11:11:48 P 11:11:51 11:11:55 11:11:57 11:12:05 P 11:12:09 11:12:15 P 11:12:25 P 11:12:32 11:12:34 P 11:12:43 P 11:12:51 11:12:53 P 11:12:55 11:13:02 P 11:13:08 11:13:11 P 11:13:20 P 11:13:29 P 11:13:38 P 11:13:48 P 11:13:55 11:13:57 P 11:14:06 P 11:14:15 P 11:14:24 P 11:14:33 P 11:14:43 P 11:14:55 P 11:14:59 11:15:02 P 11:15:08 11:15:33 P 11:15:37 11:15:54 P 11:16:03 P 11:16:13 P 11:16:22 P 11:16:26 11:16:31 P 11:16:50 P 11:17:07 P 11:17:17 P 11:17:26 P 11:17:35 P 11:17:44 P 11:17:53 P 11:18:03 P 11:18:12 P 11:18:21 P 11:18:30 P 11:18:40 P 11:18:49 P 11:19:35 P 11:19:40 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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