second position was am appulse with gamma Orionis. At the same time an unknown (find to be cosmos 2058 thanks to Heavens-above ) passed within a degree. Don't often get 2 naked eye satellites going in nearly opposite directions! Low fast moving cloud patches that didn't interfere with observing in the direction of Orion ( NNW) caused me to designate conditions as Fair. As usual in IOD format which is explained here http://www.satobs.org/position/IODformat.html 25017 97 064A 8597 F 20080212112954600 27 25 0504400+010200 28 S 25017 97 064A 8597 F 20080212113010100 27 25 0525130+062100 28 S 25017 97 064A 8597 F 20080212113020000 27 25 0537070+091200 28 S+040 05 Tony Beresford cospar 8597 , -34.9638, 138.6333E, 100m asl ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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