Re: Cosmos 1275 r and friend

Ralph McConahy (rmcconahy@earthlink.net)
Tue, 11 May 1999 07:06:23 -0700

Brad,

What you saw was Cosmos 2299 r (23447, 94-86G).

  Ralph McConahy
  34.8829N  117.0064W  670m


>   Tonight I was observing Cosmos 1275 r thru a
>telescope when another sat went thru the fov in
>almost exactly the opposite direction.  The two
>were within a fraction of a degree, as the scope
>fov is 1.4 deg and they passed very closely.
>This occurred at about 04:27:25 UTC +/- a couple
>of seconds as seen from Los Alamitos, CA,
>N 33 48 02  W 118 03 34.  Anyone want to figure
>out what the other sat was?  Thanks.
>Brad Feinner
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