Obs 970829 + elsets + Iridium

Leo Barhorst (leobarhorst@pi.net)
Sat, 30 Aug 1997 00:27:43 +0200

I've written the latest elsets of Pierre Neirinck in the standerd TLE form.
Only the last digits (10) are not correct.
Using this elsets I observed 96- 72 A right on time.


1 22251U 92083  A 97240.19540420  .00000300  00000-0  00000-0 0    10
2 22251  97.7578 325.4318 0427657 322.6660  34.2350 14.54941526    10
1 23728U 95066  A 97239.21841770  .00008237  00000-0  00000-0 0    10
2 23728  97.9298 349.3098 0541164 289.1420  64.8679 14.76958950    10
1 24680U 96072  A 97239.87378010  .00011115  00000-0  00000-0 0    10
2 24680  97.7741 299.7444 0541940  73.9433 291.9555 14.76543125    10


73- 54 A 97-08-29 20:32:37   LB   60.0 0.2   4 15.0   FF, mag 3->inv(5)
86- 19 C 97-08-29 19:53:58   LB    6.7 0.5   4  1.7   AA, mag 5->6
87- 18 A 97-08-29 20:11:46   LB   43.4 0.5   8  5.4   Af, mag 4(5)->inv
87- 98 B 97-08-29 20:38:58   LB   76.6 0.5   2 38.3   AA, mag 4->7
92- 76 B 97-08-29 20:42:28   LB   63.8 0.5   2 31.9   AA, mag 2->6
94- 77 B 97-08-29 21:11      LB                       almost S, mag 3
95- 72 C 97-08-29 20:35      LB                       S, mag 5
96- 29 D 97-08-29 21:07      LB                       var, mag 7->8, with C+E
96- 51 B 97-08-29 21:14:33   LB   48.0 0.1  20  2.40  FF, mag 3->inv, sm, mag 5
96- 52 B 97-08-29 21:39      LB                       almost S, mag 5
96- 52 C 97-08-29 21:36:29   LB   49.5 0.5   4 12.4   AA, mag 5->6
96- 72 A 97-08-29 20:22      LB                       S, mag 3
97- 30 A 97-08-29 21:42      LB                       S, mag 5
97- 30 B 97-08-29 21:23      LB                       almost S, mag 5
97- 30 C 97-08-29 20:57      LB                       S, mag 6
97- 30 D 97-08-29 21:04      LB                       almost S, mag 5
97- 30 E 97-08-29 21:32      LB                       almost S, mag 5
97- 30 F 97-08-29 21:53      LB                       S, mag 6

I could observe the Iridium 9 to 14 and 16 with the exception of 11 (97- 30 G)
No flares were observed, although not all the sats were steady. The passes varied 
from a low easterly one to an overhead pass.

73- 54 A had an alternate sharp maxima and a flat maxima to mag 5 with a sharp mag 3 
flash. 

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Leo Barhorst    Alkmaar   The Netherlands
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