I accidentally sent this to the wrong address. Hopefully, this time, it is better aimed! > From edlight@juno.com Sat Jul 24 22:15:55 1999 > To: SeeSat-L@cds.plasma.mpe-garching.mpg.de > Cc: light@argos.argoscomp.com, edlight@juno.com > Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 22:15:18 EDT > Subject: 25780 Seen > From: Edward S Light <edlight@juno.com> > > > Despite much haze, moonlight, and clouds, I managed to spot 25780 = > 99-032D = Irid 14A SD in one of its last orbits. I saw this VERY FAST > moving decayer approximately 8 degrees above Vega at approximately > 21:17.6 EDT July 24 (01:17.6 UTZ July 25) appearing slightly brighter > than Albireo, say about V=2-1/2 or 3 (hard to tell because of the spotty > clouds). I had hoped to time its passage near alpha Oph but it dis- > appeared in a cloud before it got there. > > As near as I can tell, the object appeared within a few seconds and > a degree or so cross-track of predictions using Alan Pickup's elset: > > Irid 14A SD > 1 25780U 99032D 99206.03022052 .11057002 84703-1 30542-3 0 91194 > 2 25780 86.3356 71.1634 0024927 317.2882 42.5183 16.42749405 6834 > > Very impressive; according to quicksat, it was only 118 miles (190 km) > away from my site and just 114 miles (183 km) above the earth. > > Clear and dark skies! > Ed Light > > Lakewood, NJ, USA > N 40.1072, W 074.2317, Hgt +21 m (69 ft) >