RE: UNID geostationary

From: Ted Molczan via Seesat-l <seesat-l_at_satobs.org>
Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2018 11:30:37 -0500
Steve Golson wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I was taking photos last night of the Mars-Neptune conjunction, and I unexpectedly caught
> what must be a geostationary sat. It's about 0.5 degree south of the ecliptic though. If I
> did my math right, it's at 115.6°W or thereabouts. How can I figure out what this is?
> 
> Observed from
> 42.517°N, 71.344°W
> 2018-12-08 01:37:12 UTC
> RA 23h1.7m
> Dec -6.83°
> 
> Magnitude >10

Using IDSat 2.1, I found a nearly exact match with TERRESTAR 1 (09035A / 35496), to within -0.53 s time and 0.01 deg arc.

Information on IDSat 2.1 is here:

http://satobs.org/seesat/Jun-2018/0091.html

Ted Molczan



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