SATOBS ML (4353), 7 May 2008: USA 129, IGS 1B, Lacrosse 5r

From: Marco Langbroek (marco.langbroek@wanadoo.nl)
Date: Wed May 07 2008 - 22:19:12 UTC

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    Obs ML Leiden (Cospar 4353), VISUAL:
    
    24680 96 072A   4353 G 20080507203124370 17 75 0820540+358070 26 S
    28647 05 016B   4353 G 20080507203923730 17 75 1112543+527190 26 S
    27699 03 009B   4353 G 20080507213110140 17 75 1108309+561870 56 S
    27699 03 009B   4353 G 20080507213111330 17 75 1104578+569980 16 S
    
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    Method: Meade ETX-70 (7cm/F5) @ 14x magnification, stopwatch and Molczan's
    Obsreduce software. Time ref: DCF-77 radio controlled clock
    
    What these numbers mean:
    http://www.satobs.org/position/IODformat.html
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    Nice clear sky. 96-072A in twilight. My thumb might have been slightly lazy with 
    the 05-016B point.
    
    Observed a nice -3 Iridium flare by Iridium 64 at 21:44:20 UTC low in the west.
    
    - Marco
    
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    Dr Marco Langbroek  -  SatTrackCam Leiden, the Netherlands.
    e-mail: sattrackcam@wanadoo.nl
    
    Cospar 4353 (Leiden):   52.15412 N, 4.49081 E (WGS84), +0 m ASL
    Cospar 4354 (De Wilck): 52.11685 N, 4.56016 E (WGS84), -2 m ASL
    SatTrackCam: http://home.wanadoo.nl/marco.langbroek/satcam.html
    Station (b)log: http://sattrackcam.blogspot.com
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