Re: Unknown Flare
Stephmon@aol.com
Sun, 31 Oct 1999 14:45:04 EST
In a message dated 10/31/99 2:04:58 PM Eastern Standard Time,
finn@main.jetnet.ab.ca writes:
> I discounted the 2 Iridiums as the track of this unknown, which has been
> ID'd by Don Gardner as Cosmos 2322 #23704 95058A. The object remained
> visible for approx 45 sec from the time i noticed it until it went into
> shadow. The Iridiums had a more N-S track while the one i saw was
definately
> an N-E track. My deck where i do my observing faces due East so the
bearings
> of objects i see are pretty accurate. Elevations i have trouble with.
Ahh, once again, I let magnitude filtering trip me up (missed it by 0.1).
Kudos to Don for bagging another UNID! Time to paint another satellite
silhouette on the side of that monitor. ;)
> Thanks Stephen for offering alternates to the unknowns.
>
> Jari
It's a good exercise. This one has me thinking of adding a 'bearing' filter
to my search controls...
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Stephen
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