SeeSat Subscribers, I confess to being one of the contributors to SeeSat who posts long lists of numbers without much explanation. You'll see one of them below. I'm not a professional, I just use a format which was devised in the UK by professionals in the 1960s when computer input was on 80 column punched cards. Everyone tends to stick to what they are familiar with. One feature of the format is that it only allows for the COSPAR/international designation of satellites to be reported. The early UK observers found that satellites were not always given consistent catalog numbers. The wholly numerical format was chosen to allow for the reporting of pre- and post-1963 satellites. For example Explorer 9, 1959 iota 1, is 5900901, and Mir, 1986-017A, is 8601701. So what's in my list of observations? All the four satellites from each of the 77-112, 83-56, 84-12 and 86-14 launches (NOSS 2, 5, 6 and 7) for a start. The night ended with an unusual transit of 93-26B when it stayed a couple of magnitudes brighter than normal for at least a minute. I looked for 84-12B, but failed to see it high in the west with a limiting mag of +8. It was mostly clear. though some patches of low cloud interfered at times. There was a Full Moon low in the south. The first observation is timed at 22:17 UT and the last at 01:40 UT (11.17pm to 2.40am local time). Happy viewing! David. IntlId SiteYYMMDDHHMMSSss Sss TCHHMMmm DDMMm Mm E 8401204267500081422175832 010 12173764 +48324 2 5 8401203267500081422181718 010 12173604 +48495 2 5 8401206267500081422190931 010 12202443 +68212 15 5 8401203267500081422203486 010 12013070 +66068 15 5 8401201267500081422295428 010 12163423 +57481 3 5 8401201267500081422300646 010 12164100 +62180 1 5 9603803267500081422352426 010 12162226 +13339 2 5 9603803267500081422361177 010 12172208 +05060 15 5 9603803267500081422365158 010 12181600 -03370 1 5 7704401267500081422510939 010 12121682 +56224 2 5 7704401267500081422520002 010 12134791 +48156 2 5 9706401267500081422590401 010 1220072 +85065 2 5 9800701267500081423011741 010 12015258 +51178 3 5 9602904267500081423060393 010 12193230 +09200 1 5 9602905267500081423061024 010 12193217 +09216 15 5 7711201267500081423084358 010 12213784 +62216 15 5 7711206267500081423094692 010 1222476 +62418 3 5 7711206267500081423103754 010 12232272 +48503 15 5 8305601267500081423120997 020 12010874 +60090 2 5 9902801267500081423210030 010 12221385 +53035 1 5 9902801267500081423222541 010 12231318 +57186 1 5 7711204267500081423263477 010 12210268 +56459 1 5 7711204267500081423270289 010 12214280 +49362 1 5 7711204267500081423282032 010 12224390 +30082 2 5 8305604267500081423323983 010 12010220 +61024 15 5 8305604267500081423343106 020 12010916 +33567 15 5 8305607267500081423472474 010 12002126 +54353 2 5 8305607267500081423480117 010 12003362 +45087 2 5 7711205267500081500003350 010 12193265 +44105 1 5 7711205267500081500013345 010 12205209 +32518 15 5 7711205267500081500022993 010 12214160 +21360 1 5 8601404267500081500155966 030 1201585 +75200 2 5 8601405267500081500161537 030 1201592 +75200 2 5 8601408267500081500164908 010 12021526 +66314 15 5 9506601267500081500212646 010 1211510 +87410 2 5 9506601267500081500214531 010 1211120 +77491 2 5 9506601267500081500223499 010 1211051 +61386 3 5 8305603267500081500374831 010 12201599 +55511 2 5 8305603267500081500390586 010 12221496 +40404 2 5 9800701267500081500413790 010 12155574 +43092 3 5 9602904267500081500563443 010 12170720 +28070 15 5 9602905267500081500564067 010 12170720 +28070 15 5 9602903267500081500580666 010 12165412 +46322 1 5 7711201267500081501000527 010 12194865 +11495 1 5 8305603267500081501024982 010 12204645 +32210 1 5 8601401267500081501075892 010 12212517 +63015 2 5 8601401267500081501090729 010 12232003 +48413 2 5 8601401267500081501101394 010 12000000 +35000 1 5 8305604267500081501225715 010 12202200 +31035 15 5 7609101267500081501364433 010 12014752 +03403 3 5 7609101267500081501380078 010 12020875 +25574 3 5 7609101267500081501385878 010 12024880 +49105 1 5 9302602267500081501394667 010 12042073 +34340 1 5 9302602267500081501402923 010 12040051 +23128 2 5 David M Brierley Malvern, Worcestershire, UK Station 2675, 52.1358N 2.3264W 70m davidbrierley@waitrose.com -- The Information contained in this E-Mail and any subsequent correspondence is private and is intended solely for the intended recipient(s). For those other than the recipient any disclosure, copying, distribution, or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on such information is prohibited and may be unlawful. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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