Re: 20547 PegSat Rk
Richard_G_Hines (rghines1@mindspring.com)
Sun, 04 Apr 1999 14:53:53 -0400
Thanks for the responses. I'll take this one off my list to try for.
Richard Hines
Lexington, SC
At 09:52 AM 4/4/99 -0600, you wrote:
>Last night I looked with my 8" but missed it. Miss could have been due to
>light cloud cover (target stars faintly visible) or if rotating not
>visible as it passed my narrow field of view.
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>Ron Lee
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>At 04:02 AM 4/4/99 -0400, you wrote:
>>Richard_G_Hines wrote:
>>> For the past two weeks, I have been trying to see Pegsat Rk (id# 20547,
>>> 90028B) without much success. Quicksat typically gives a magitude of 4.5
>>> and a time uncertainty of 0.1 minute. Normally don't have this much
trouble
>>> seeing a sat like this using 10X50 binoculars. Anyone else have any
>>> observations to share?
>>
>>I didn't see it in 8x56 binoculars when I looked a few years ago. Its
>>small size will require a scope to be seen. That mag of 4.5 is not right.
>>
>>Jay Respler
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