Re: unid LEO

From: Ed Cannon (ecannon@mail.utexas.edu)
Date: Tue Jul 06 2004 - 04:24:55 EDT

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    Thank you very much to Ted for checking on my unid report:
    
    >...was about +5 by this fairly good position:
    >
    >... or maybe
    >2004-07-04 03:58:34.5 RA 21:40 Dec +71.0 (2000)
    >
    >I'm just using the Bright Star Atlas 2000 at the moment.  
    >FWIW, a possible prior position, between two stars which 
    >I may be able to confirm tonight, was:
    >
    >2004-07-04 03:58:20 RA 19:55 +68.5 (2000)
    
    In looking at the sky position for two more nights, and now 
    back at my home PC and using HomePlanet, this is much better 
    for the prime position:
    
    2004-07-04 03:58:34.5 RA 21:41:51, Dec +71.2 (2000)
    
    I'm in doubt about the prior position vis-a-vis the time.  
    It is possible, maybe likely, that it was close to a +5.9 
    star, i.e.:
    
    2004-07-04 03:58:20.3 RA 21:06:22, Dec +71.4 (2000)
    
    In which case I first saw the object at the higher position 
    between two fairly bright stars, but at an undetermined time:
    
    roughly RA 19:55 +68.5 (2000)
    
    More exact data for my site at the time are 30.209N, 98.099W.
    
    I understand something like this is a very long shot.  I was
    surprised that it was an unid.
    
    Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA
    
    
    
    
    
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