Re: Unknown trio
Craig Cholar (3432P@VM1.CC.NPS.NAVY.MIL)
Wed, 09 Jul 97 21:30:27 PDT
The unknown trio reported by Bryan Dort was likely the NOSS 2-1 cluster,
consisting of 20682 (90 50B), 20691 (90 50C), and 20692 (90 50D).
They culminated close to 03:36 UTC (22:36 Local), about 50 deg above
the NE horizon, moving from NNW to ESE.
>From: "Bryan Dort" <bluespruce@bigfoot.com>
>I observed a very faint unknown trio tonight. At first, I thought I was
>seeing the NOSS 2-3 trio, but SatSpy didn't show any passes for this time.
>I've been wanting to see them for some time, but never have.
>
>The trio was seen moving from the West-Northwest to the East-Southeast at
>03:37-03:39 UTC from the below coordinates. I picked them up just after
>culmination at 03:37:45 UTC and followed them until 03:39:00 UTC at about
>30 deg. elevation (the garage got in the way). The leading sat was a
>magnitude brighter then the trailing two. (I'm sorry I can't guess at the
>mags of these but they were faint in my 10 X 50 binocs.)
>
>Bryan Dort - bluespruce@bigfoot.com
>Programmer Analyst
>Alpena General Hospital - http://www.agh.org
>Alpena, MI USA
>45.0524N 83.4575W 200m
Craig Cholar 3432P@VM1.CC.NPS.NAVY.MIL
Marina, California
36 41 10.3N, 121 48 17.9W (36.6862, -121.8050) UTC -7