Not my first observations, but the first ones I'm going to post. My feeling is that I am overestimating errors, but better that than the other way. I haven't cc'd these to anyone; not sure who wants them. Do I need to cc them? How do I know? Check the archives? Two sets of binocular observations: USA 81, nice skies 5.5 lim mag(unaided), lots of points. First point is more uncertain than others. USA 81 brightened substantially in the eastern sky. Very nice to watch passing through Delphinus, which quite nicely defined the brightest magnitudes observed. 21949 92 023A 8333 E 20000824013856370 27 25 2253270+655510 68 S+055 05 21949 92 023A 8333 E 20000824013911860 27 25 2224323+621063 48 S+055 05 21949 92 023A 8333 E 20000824013945740 27 25 2140633+512340 48 S+055 05 21949 92 023A 8333 E 20000824013953800 27 25 2132250+482800 48 S+050 05 21949 92 023A 8333 E 20000824014043440 27 25 2055567+274368 48 S+045 05 21949 92 023A 8333 E 20000824014049860 27 25 2052700+245740 48 S+045 05 21949 92 023A 8333 E 20000824014114140 27 25 2141917+144615 48 S+040 05 21949 92 023A 8333 E 20000824014122140 27 25 2039033+112152 48 S+040 05 USA 144, skies a little more hazy later but not bad. USA 144 brightened and dimmed twice in the 5 minutes of observation and ended up at the last point dimming to below mag 8. The last point is therefore in more error as I extrapolated immediately before taking it. 25744 99028A 8333 G 20000824032733370 27 25 1724317+370272 48 S+060 10 25744 99028A 8333 G 20000824033036140 27 25 1754500+555645 48 S+055 10 25744 99028A 8333 G 2000082403331654 47 25 1848350+705955 88 X+080 10 Telescopic observation: Unknown 99097/90 907: was watching for this one and the only candidate appeared 3 minutes early, but going in the right direction and flashing slowly from invisibility (less than mag13) to mag 8 or so. No other candidates in this time frame according to findsat/alldat.tle. A single point: 90907 8333 G 20000824015445200 27 25 1648367+313223 48 X+110 30 Hope I haven't made any big mistakes. Please advise. Best, Wayne -- Wayne Hughes 33.860N, 83.242W, 229m Wolfskin 8333 Wolfskin District, Arnoldsville GA USA ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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