5919 obs 20110204 (and 0203)

From: bg_26934@glocalnet.net
Date: Fri Feb 04 2011 - 20:30:40 UTC

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     37348 11 002A   5919 G 20110204200244890 27 25 1700750+431245 48 S+075 
     05
    
     Like yesterday's obs, about .6 degrees (30 km?) higher than predicted.
     (Or higher i or lower RAAN?)
    
     On Thu, 03 Feb 2011 10:02:37 +0100, "bg_26934@glocalnet.net" 
     <bg_26934@glocalnet.net> wrote:
    > I seem to have made a mental time conversion error when I didn't use
    > my spreadsheet for logging/computation:
    > 37348 11 002A   5919 G 20110131200819000 27 25 1705082+434873 99 M
    > corrected?
    >
    > On Feb.2, I observed it in very good conditions, though just 16 deg
    > above N horizon:
    > 37348 11 002A   5919 E 20110202205412500 27 25 1834144+461542 77 S
    > 37348 11 002A   5919 E 20110202205442450 27 25 1856170+441963 97 S
    > 21.2 to 21.9 s late, relative 6.99 day old elset
    >
    > On Tue, 01 Feb 2011 11:48:39 +0100, "bg_26934@glocalnet.net"
    > <bg_26934@glocalnet.net> wrote:
    >> 37348 11 002A   5919 G 20110131200759000 27 25 1705082+434873 99 M
    >>
    >> While waiting/adapting, clouds moved in the opposite direction to 
    >> the
    >> satellite's, but I hadn't quite memorized the location of penumbral
    >> exit, so I was afraid to fight the advancing clouds.
    >> Yet, I did see the satellite briefly, and near my target star (now
    >> obscured by the clouds) USA 224 gave me a typical KH flash!
    >> Hence the inaccurate position.
    >>
    >> Observations are, as I always do, reported in IOD format:
    >> http://www.satobs.org/position/IODformat.html
    >> Equipment: Stopwatch 100 (80) lap times, speaking clock 1ms accuracy
    >> but now via cell phone. Cheap binocular 10 (7)x 50
    >>
    >> /Björn
    >> -- COSPAR 5919, MALMA,    59.2576 N, 18.6172 E, 23 m --
    
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