Re: Bright UNID
Ron Lee (ronlee@pcisys.net)
Thu, 18 Jun 1998 22:29:46 -0600
Cosmos 2352 1875 x 1310 km
1 25363U 98036A 98168.33486345 .00000025 00000-0 10000-3 0 41
2 25363 82.5925 274.6865 0354180 125.3142 238.1582 12.19987113 167
Not sure what direction L to R is for you but one elset from that
launch is above. I looked for them last night just before midnight
and gave up after missing four with 7x50 binoculars. It was about a
17 deg pass in the east moving north. Clouds came in to obscure the
rocket body.
as far as other misses.. I just failed to see a Molniya (#19730)
and HGS-1.
Element set number = 1
1 25126U 97086A 98169.33639973 .00000115 00000-0 10000-4 0 1008
2 25126 8.7156 302.0321 0027393 336.0867 317.1918 1.00403510 2593
Ron Lee
>I observed a bright UNID this evening. It passed about 2 degrees above Vega
>traveling L to R at 22:09:19 EDT (02:09:19 UT). The brightness was about a
>+1 Mag and remained a steady +1 mag until an earth shadow exit at 22:09:54
EDT
>(02:09:54 UT) near beta Oph.
>
>Could this be an object from the recent Russian launch that went awry?
>
>Any suggestions?
>
>Cheers.
>Don Gardner
>Homepage: http://members.aol.com/mir16609/
>76.8419 W, 39.1796 N, 34m ASL
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