Re: STS-80 & SPAS
Willie Koorts (wpk@saao.ac.za)
Tue, 10 Dec 1996 09:19:19 +0200 (GMT+0200)
On Tue, 3 Dec 1996, Anthony Beresford wrote:
> Just ( 1148:20 UT Dec 3, 1996) saw Columbia
> & SPAS . Apparent separation 3 degrees with Columbia
> leading of course. SPAS about mag 5, Columbia
> about mag 0.
I had a nice spell of evening passes towards the end of the STS-80
mission and could also see SPAS trailling by about 4 degrees. I tried
spotting WSF (which should have been leading Columbia by 7 sec's) but saw
nothing. Was I suppose to see anything?
> An an entirely different matter has anybody seen
> TIPS in last 3 weeks. I looked for it twice under
> reasobable conditions( with 7x50's ) and saw nothing.
> Tony Beresford
> Adelaide So. Australia ( 34.97S, 138.65E)
I have a very nice evening visibility spell of TiPS coming up and saw it
on my first attemp last night using 80mm aperture (~8x). I used the
following elements (by Ted Molczan):
TiPS 3.5 0.0 0.0 5.6 d
1 23937U 96029 F 96338.43750000 .00000418 00000-0 52489-3 0 05
2 23937 63.4304 91.6590 0013858 358.1473 57.7693 13.63845903 21161
Somehow it seemed smaller to me from what I remember seeing it last time
(a few mounths ago). Must be my memory fading fast or I used a different
magnification.
Willie