May 01 obs

James Nix (nixj@bellsouth.net)
Sat, 01 May 1999 13:10:45 +0000

Observations May 01, 1999



IOD:
23908 96 029C   8935 G 19990501034036680 27 25 1505077+725827 98 S+059 10       
23862 96 029D   8935 G 19990501034035720 27 25 1510456+722009 98 S+059 10       
23936 96 029E   8935 G 19990501034041430 27 25 1510954+722188 98 S+051 10       
21147 91 017A   8935 G 19990501014554150 27 25 1431329+382300 38 S+023 10       
23233 94 057A   8935 G 19990501024200690 27 25 1007755+164490 38 S+050 10       
23233 94 057A   8935 G 19990501024220190 27 25 0952420+251929 38 S+023 10       
24680 96 072A   8935 G 19990501033432530 27 25 1024510+244076 38 S+045 10       


Iridium:

97082B Iridium 24 t-  (PPAS form below in BWGS section)
	somewhat regular then dimmed beyond my limiting mag, around 6.5
  01:11:46.71 M 2.0
	54.25  "
  01:12:02.31  "
	11.64  "
	19.12 M 3.0
	28.25 M 3.0
	40.31 M 3.5
	48.90 M 4.0
	

97082D  Iridium 48 t some maxes at 5.0, irregular, one 1.5 Flare.
  01:35:20.87 M
	22.55 M
	28.87 M
	30.22 M
  01:36:39.00 F 1.5 
	45.15 M
	46.93 M
	48.81 M
	52.96 M
	58.20 M
  01:37:21.96 M	



BWGS:
97 -82 B 99-05-01 01:12:48.90 JN 62.19 .2 07 8.884 2.0->inv   M latter dimmer
94 -24 B 99-05-01 03:24:17.31 JN 69.56 .2 10 6.956 5.5-> inv   M
87 -18 A 99-05-01 02:13:00.00 JN 29.00 .9  2 14.5 5.9-> inv  M  
NOTE: MOMO 14-15" period based on count against Radio Clock (a guesstimate as
there was user error with stopwatch) with irregular mins from 1 to 3 secs apart.


Others:

Cosmos 808 r, observed, unable to "clock", possibly a few secs early based on:
SL-3 R/B Cos 808 r DK
1 08755U 76024B   99120.13369010  .00731020  31506-3  58923-3 0  2431
2 08755  81.2111 143.0262 0007400 173.6169 186.5436 16.14322382276485

NOSS 2-2 C,D,E- Photographed a few degrees below B Auriga, on-time.

USA 86- observed on-time, but I "botched" the timings.



Tristan Cools has sent several interesting photos to Sat-Tracks from an
extensive archive, They include Mir & Atlantis and a pair of excellent exposures
of NOSS tracks and others.  Many thanks!


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