A week ago I arrived home well after sunset and while looking at stars to the east noticed a relatively bright northbound satellite. It is in a polar orbit but I am not certain if it was in the 95-98 degree inclination range or less. The following very rough position and times are provided. 14 May 2015 UT 1) 3:16:35 UT RA 14 hr 49 min, Dec +12 deg 19 min 2) 3:17:23 UT RA 15 hr 33 min, Dec +27 deg 21 min Location: Lat= 38.947800 Long=-104.561400 (J104.5614 West) Alt= 2073 meters I ran Skymap with available elsets and did not see a match using a ten minute search window. Deriving an elset may be difficult especially with the less than accurate time between the two points but if one can be generated it may still allow me to find it again if the weather ever clears. Perhaps assume a circular orbit and typical polar orbit inclination. Ron Lee _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Thu May 21 2015 - 13:13:05 UTC
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