Alan Pickup's obs: 1998 May 1

Alan Pickup (alan@wingar.demon.co.uk)
Sat, 2 May 1998 11:39:10 +0100

SATOBS

2707 9805 0.211 1805
1
9706402 210703.59 162543+372815 3.5 3.5 0 S
9801702 212247.43 143559+231655 2.5 2.5 0 S
9801702 212341.78 150307+443839 2.5 2.5 0 S
9101701 213623.48 102739+094645 3.5 3.5 0 S
9208301 215639.93 123718+084815 3.5 3.5 0 S
9208301 215806.38 120157+360351 3.5 3.5 0 S
9703005 220801.72 204906+514603             (see note 2)
7502702 222344.15 173904+690031 5.5 5.5 0 S
7502702 222412.13 152044+715500 5.5 5.5 0 S
9602906 224118.32 160218+224816 8.0 8.0 0 S
9706402 224629.61 181952+293958 2.5 2.5 0 S
9706402 224651.12 182944+235547 3.0 3.0 0 S

999

Notes:

1. A reminder that the "5" in the "1805" in the header line indicates
that my RA/Dec values are epoch J2000.0 and not B1950.0. Does this cause
a problem for anyone?

2. 9703005 (= Iridium 13) was about mag 5 at time of obs, after flaring
35 seconds earlier to a nice mag -6.


Alan
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