BY C 030516 $#!+*%!

From: Brad Young via Seesat-l <seesat-l_at_satobs.org>
Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2016 16:50:38 +0000 (UTC)
Tonight I was as prepared and early as I've ever been; even had time to talk to friends at Memebr Night at our club. I set up quickly and easily and around dark began alignment. That's when I noticed that the azimuth encoder had broken off. 

Undaunted, I sat down and figured out field stars to star hop once the classified objects became visible. After checking out some of the unclassified geosats in 25x100s, I charted some field stars to use since I could no longer use Argo Navis. Luckily, after earlier contemplating not even printing off paper charts, I had done so, otherwise I would've been completely shut down. Although it's very difficult to star hop with a 22 inch scope, I gave it the old college try and managed to get a few, so of course here comes the wind that they had not predicted. That pretty much did me in, especially when it came time to try to balance on the ladder, hold the telescope in place, hold my {now broken} flashlight in my mouth and try to see the charts 5 to 10 feet below. 

So I left early and watched geosats in my 20x80s and had a fine time out of the wind. Those reports later. 

20069 89 046D   8335 G 20160305022715320 57 25 1048883+032754 77 H+120 10 
20069 89 046D   8335 G 20160305023006010 57 25 1051715+031788 18 H 
11558 79 086A   8335 G 20160305024041840 57 25 1051173-025484 47 S+120 10 
11558 79 086A   8335 G 20160305024045220 57 25 1051228-025484 77 S 
27693 03 008C   8335 G 20160305025040680 57 25 1045130+044865 27 
21807 91 080D   8335 G 20160305032016370 57 25 1047014+050513 67 
21807 91 080D   8335 G 20160305032034960 57 25 1047335+050478 47 
27875 03 040A   8335 G 20160305034228260 57 25 1210435-022201 57 S+100 10 
27875 03 040A   8335 G 20160305034251090 57 25 1210813-022392 57 S 
11558 79 086A   8335 G 20160305035903150 57 25 1153565-044781 27 S 
11558 79 086A   8335 G 20160305035928500 57 25 1153892-044817 28 S 
 
Brad Young Bright:20 x 80 Celestron binoculars parallelogram tripod Dim:22" f/4.2 UC Obsession _at_ 100x Numbers above and methods explained at: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/Jan-2015/0074.html COSPAR 8336 =TULSA1 +36.139208,-95.983429 660ft, 201m COSPAR 8335 =TULSA2 +35.8311  -96.1411 1083ft, 330m
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