Re: Corrected: A flasher? Can you identify it?

From: Richard Crisp (rdcrisp@earthlink.net)
Date: Sun Jan 27 2002 - 11:06:10 EST

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    Good work, Bjorn. I clearly have more to learn about this style of detective
work.;

Can you explain the jaggie in the picture?
rdc


----- Original Message -----
From: "Bjorn Gimle" <b_gimle@algonet.se>
To: <SeeSat-L@satobs.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2002 5:28 AM
Subject: Re: Corrected: A flasher? Can you identify it?


>
>
>
> I have identified it, based upon Jack's time ambiguity.
> Extracts from my reply:
> ...
> But on Jan.07 04:09-04:39 UTC I do find Intelsat 4-1 rocket:
>
> Intsat 4-1 r                                     36515 x 554 km
> 1 07902U 75042B   02002.07337794  .00000082  00000-0  28335-2 0  6844
> 2 07902  26.1825  10.5916 7217146 271.1174  14.7714  2.20804923 83552
> Intsat 4-1 r                                     36517 x 552 km
> 1 07902U 75042B   02008.86513687  .00000060  00000-0  38536-2 0  6877
> 2 07902  26.1754   8.3491 7218115 274.9224  13.5690  2.20811670 83704
>
>
> I also have a current elset in my image:
> Intsat 4-1 r                                     36512 x 555 km
> 1 07902U 75042B   02023.35445812  .00000040  00000-0  29512-2 0  6975
> 2 07902  26.1794   3.5604 7216764 283.0897  11.4759  2.20819749 84020
>
> - right at the start of the exposure. Using 50 MILES NW, Lat= 42.39N
> Long= -88.33E I have a track passing within 0.01 degrees, all within 0.02
> degrees below M 1.
> It was moving 10"/sec, so your image appears to match a 1/3 second flash,
> which is not unusual with this kind of rocket and orbit.
>
> /Björn
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> ...
> >
> > So what is the explanation for Schmidling's discontinuity? Here is what
he
> > said when asked about the date/time and observing location.
> >
> > "The date stamp on the fits says 1/5/02 22:09 local time (CST). My notes
> say
> > Jan
> > 6. The site is near Rockford Illinios."
> >
> > He was shooting M1, The Crab Nebula. Any chance it was a satellite?
> > rdc
>
>
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