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? ///////////////////////////////////// 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: ////////////////////////////////////// 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/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/sat/seesat/seesatindex.html
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