Obs night August 8-9
Leo Barhorst (leobarhorst@pi.net)
Sat, 09 Aug 1997 13:14:51 +0200
Another splendid, warm and clear summernight. Towards the morning some
high thin clouds.
MIR and Progress-M 35 (86- 17 A and 97- 33 A)
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Made two timings of MIR and Progress as they passed over or very close to
a star.
MIR 20:49:43.07 W Bootis 20:51:04.52 39 Cygnus
Progress 20:50:29.50 W Bootis 20:51:51.01 39 Cygnus
Time diff 46.43 sec 46.49 sec.
W Bootis is the faint star just south of Epsilon: RA=14h40 d=+27
39 Cygnus is close to Epsilon Cygnus: RA=20h21 d=+32
MIR was mag -1 and Progress mag 2.
The distance between the two sats has increased from 27.5 to 46.5 sec. over
the last day.
61- 28 A 97-08-09 00:29:08 LB 88.3 0.2 2 44.2 FF, mag 5->inv
71-116 B 97-08-09 00:00:49 LB 53.8 0.1 6 8.96 FF, mag 6->inv
71-116 B 97-08-09 00:07:50 LB 125.7 0.1 14 8.98 FF, mag 6->inv
Diificult to observe, low in the south, some flashes missing.
81- 59 A 97-08-08 21:54:05 LB 17.3 0.2 6 2.89 FF, mag 4->inv, sm, 5
83- 1 B 97-08-09 01:12:00 LB 55.8 0.5 2 27.9 AA, mag 5->inv
84- 3 B 97-08-09 00:59:37 LB 38.0 0.5 4 9.5 AA, mag 5->inv
85- 11 B 97-08-08 23:16:35 LB 52.5 2.0 1 52 MM, mag 4->inv
86- 61 A 97-08-08 21:48:27 LB 43.4 0.2 22 1.97 'FFFF-'F, mag 5->inv
87- 27 B 97-08-08 22:54 LB almost S, mag 5
87-101 A 97-08-08 21:28 LB P > 80
90- 4 B 97-08-09 02:00:47 LB 54.7 0.5 4 13.7 AA, mag 4->inv
90- 36 B 97-08-09 01:52 LB almost S, mag 5
91- 13 B 97-08-08 21:21:20 LB 126.5 1.0 1 126 MM, mag 4->5
92- 76 B 97-08-09 00:21:15 LB 64.3 0.5 2 32.1 AA, mag 3->inv
93- 01 B 97-08-08 22:48:55 LB 61.6 0.2 4 15.4 FF, mag 4->inv
93- 24 A 97-08-09 01:49 LB S, mag 4
93- 70 B 97-08-08 23:33:47 LB 104.4 0.5 2 52.2 AA, mag 4->7
94- 74 B 97-08-08 20:34:15 LB 108.4 1.0 1 108 MM, mag 4->7
94- 77 B 97-08-09 02:06 LB S, mag 4
95- 12 B 97-08-09 01:05:19 LB 53.9 0.5 1 53.9 AA, mag 4->inv
95- 58 B 97-08-08 20:58:12 LB 118.0 0.5 4 29.5 AA, mag 3->5
96- 4 B 97-08-08 23:43:03 LB 98.8 1.0 2 49.4 MM, mag 4->inv
96- 17 B 97-08-08 22:03 LB almost S, mag 6
96- 46 A 97-08-08 21:57 LB S, mag 5
96- 51 A 97-08-08 23:08 LB S, mag 5
96- 51 A 97-08-09 00:53:33 LB 19.9 0.5 2 9.9 var, mag 4-5
96- 51 B 97-08-08 23:47:00 LB 102.0 0.1 50 2.041 FF, mag 3->inv
96- 51 B 97-08-09 01:31:41 LB 77.5 0.1 38 2.039 FF, mag 3->inv
96- 69 A 97-08-09 01:17:25 LB 60.6 1.0 2 30.3 MM, mag 2->inv
97- 10 B 97-08-08 23:19 LB var, mag 5->6
97- 17 B 97-08-09 02:22:39 LB 75.6 0.1 40 1.891 FF, mag 4->inv
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Greetings and clear skies
Leo Barhorst Alkmaar The Netherlands
52.65 North 4.767 East 1 m ASL
Member of Seesat-L
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Every day I wonder about the things I see in the (night)sky