Reported geosynch flasher Gorizont 14 now rising for USA
Ed Cannon (ecannon@mail.utexas.edu)
Thu, 09 Apr 1998 03:50:19 -0400
Gorizont 14 (17969, 87-40A) is another geosynch flasher first
reported to SeeSat-L by Tony Beresford I believe:
http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/Mar-1998/0369.html
With a period of about 85 seconds, and maximum mag. of approx.
+3.5 to +3.0 according to Tony, Gorizont 14 is now rising in the
east for the USA. Here's some sample Highfly output (Central
Daylight Time -- with fake magnitudes!) for next week:
30.300 97.750 500. Austin, Texas 2000 4.0 12
*** 1998 Apr 12/13 Sun evening/Mon morning *** Times are CDT
Hrs Min Alt Azi Mag Hgt R A Dec Range
17969 Gorizont 14 87-40A M-6.0 ELDY 9 M2 0
20 10 23 101 2.5 22776 12 21.0 2.9 24912
22 10 22 106 2.5 22761 14 16.5 -1.5 24978
*** 1998 Apr 13/14 Mon evening/Tue morning *** Times are CDT
Hrs Min Alt Azi Mag Hgt R A Dec Range
17969 Gorizont 14 87-40A M-6.0 ELDY 10 M2 0
20 15 32 106 2.3 22777 11 49.6 3.8 24404
22 15 31 111 2.3 22766 13 45.4 -.3 24470
*** 1998 Apr 14/15 Tue evening/Wed morning *** Times are CDT
Hrs Min Alt Azi Mag Hgt R A Dec Range
17969 Gorizont 14 87-40A M-6.0 ELDY 11 M2 0
20 15 41 113 2.2 22777 11 12.4 4.7 23956
22 15 40 117 2.1 22771 13 8.6 1.1 24018
*** 1998 Apr 15/16 Wed evening/Thu morning *** Times are CDT
Hrs Min Alt Azi Mag Hgt R A Dec Range
17969 Gorizont 14 87-40A M-6.0 ELDY 12 M2 0
20 15 50 121 2.2 22775 10 34.3 5.4 23585
22 15 48 126 2.0 22775 12 31.0 2.3 23643
Aside -- I'm really missing the SeeSat-L Hypermail Archive,
which hasn't been updated since April 2:
http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/Apr-1998/index.html
Ed Cannon
ecannon@mail.utexas.edu
Austin, Texas, USA