Observations Thurs Evening: Possible Lacrosse 1 ??????!!!!
Robert Sheaffer (sheaffer@netcom.com)
Thu, 10 Apr 1997 22:16:22 -0700
Observations Thursday April 10 (11 April 1997 UT)
03:46 Predicted culmination of Lacrosse 1 (#19671), Not seen.
HOWEVER, an unidentified bright satellite, magnitude 3, was
seen moving down into Virgo and Corvus approx 03:56.
No satellite in Molczan's element set w/standard
magnitude is this bright in this approximate position.
Checking up afterwards with Skymap, this matches the predicted
path of Lacrosse 1 approx 8 - 10 minutes earlier.
Could Lacrosse 1 not be "de-orbited", but rather moved to
a position several minutes later in the same orbit? Keep
a watch out. This Unidentified satellite (unfortunatley
only seen for 15 secs or so) was pretty bright!!
03:51:56 Final recorded flash of Superbird A (20040)
04:08 NOSS-2 trio (20682 &c) seen moving into Virgo. Definitely visible
to naked eye, magnitudes 4, 4.3, 4.7 approx. Very striking
in binoculars.
04:10 Culmination of Cosmos 2082 rocket (#20625). M = 3.5.
04:16 Culmination of OAO2 rocket (#3598), Mag = 3 (4.3 predicted
from standard magnitude).
04:49:09 Disappearance of Aldebaran!!!
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