May 4 obs- revision and additions..... Using newer elset provided by Mike, 22583 running 30 to 40 secs early. GPS 2-19 Rk 1 22583U 93017C 99124.36794800 .06188030 25291-5 77526-3 0 7855 2 22583 36.1402 78.7752 0020205 178.6626 181.4014 16.34162485328898 Mag 1.5 and very quick, W to E near Zenith...... Using the old elset I was too early in observing and only saw it almost eight minutes later as I was setting up the camera for Iridium 24 t. I did not get a "good" time, only an estimate based on its passage just north of Castor & Pollux while counting secs to NIST. -------------- Iridium 24 t -max's, brighter at first then dimming successively. M's from 3.5 to 5.5 GMT time Sun Angle Elevation 01:50:18.96 M -12.3632 17.1 26.90 M .3897 17.5 35.37 M .4179 17.9 44.24 M .4475 18.4 53.46 M .4782 18.8 01:51:01.43 M .5048 19.1 08.05 M .5268 19.4 14.84 M .5495 19.6 97 -82 B 1999-05-04 01:51:14.84 JN 55.88 .2 07 7.982 3.5->inv M Iridium 27 t 01:55:01.28 F 1.0 -13.2043 36.2 30.57 F 1.0 .3019 29.1 34.75 F -1.0 .3158 28.3 40. F 1.0 .3333 27.2 45. M .3500 26.2 49. M .3633 25.5 54. M .3800 24.5 58. M .3933 23.8 based on the 30.57 to 58" mark.....(latter marks from tape data using NIST) latter M's at 3.5 to 5.5 dimming successively. 97 -57 B 1999-05-04 01:55:58.00 JN 27.43 .2 06 4.571 -1.0->inv M ---------------------------- A few more photos added to the Iridiums (page2) and General page by Jari at: Sat-Tracks.com Clear & Dark skies---------------------------------------------------------- | Jones Orchard Site-- Clear Jim Nix | North of Memphis, Tennessee USA | 35.3166N 89.8860W 94m #8935 ICQ 36907276 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------