Re: UNID Flasher

From: Mir16609@aol.com
Date: Fri May 31 2002 - 11:38:36 EDT

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    In a message dated Fri, 31 May 2002  5:19:48 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Ed Cannon <ecannon@mail.utexas.edu> writes:
    
    >Don wrote:
    >
    >> It began flashing at 03:13:49 UTC, 31 May at RA 14deg 15min
    >> 01.6 sec, Dec +17deg 15min 40 sec - about 1.5 deg below
    >> Arcturus (az 196.25, el 67.4).  
    >...
    >> 39.1799 N, 76.8406 W, 100m ASL
    >
    >Which way was it moving?
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    More details:
    
    I was observing with my 6"(150mm) f8 dob with a 35mm EP ~ 1.4 deg actual FOV.
    
    There was another UNID that moved through my FOV at 03:16:30
    UTC +/- 0.3 sec.   I am certain that the UNID was Globalstar 53
    (25885, 99043C).  The position of the UNID flasher at that time
    was about RA 14deg 18min 25.7sec, Dec +17deg 12min 19sec.
    
    The UNID flasher was, for the most part, steady in the center of
    my FOV as the stars passed through (like a Superbird A Obs) but
    I remember having to nudge my scope downward about .5 deg twice
    during the 10 minute obs to keep it centered.
    
    >Not using alldat.tle, with Findsat and IDSat I get this one as 
    >a candidate:
    >
    >MOLNIYA 3-40
    >1 21196U 91022A   02150.11254670 -.00000848  00000-0  10000-3 0  7327
    >2 21196  64.4976 206.2999 6484737 261.7678  25.3582  2.00877198 81983
    ///////////////////////////////////
    
    Too far to the left
    
    
    >MDS 1
    >1 27367U 02003A   02150.16348719  .00001799  00000-0  44940-2 0   762
    >2 27367  28.3327 170.2183 7229127 244.2970  27.6255  2.27150789  2619
    >
    >MDS 1 is spin-stabilized:
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    Interesting but too late (03:40 UTC) unless the SPG4 model is off.
    
    Cheers,
    Don Gardner  39.1799 N, 76.8406 W, 100m ASL
    http://hometown.aol.com/mir16609/
    
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