Re: Iridium 12 flare ... again ... groan ...
Ed Cannon (ecannon@mail.utexas.edu)
Thu, 25 Sep 1997 03:03:21 -0400
Well, the iridiation really got to me. This is a required second correction
to my Tuesday evening Iridium 12 flare report. Rob Matson kindly pointed
out that Iridium 12 was not where I reported it on the date and time given
in my first two attempts to report the flare. Sigh.... That's because I
forgot to change the *date* when I figured the time UT. So, red-faced, I'll
try again. It was definitely Tuesday evening local time. So here's the
corrected corrected report:
NORAD date time Dir aI eI aM eM aS eS Phs Dur Mag Obs COSPAR
24837 97-09-24 01:58:50 S 131 48 084 57 282 -21 145 02 -6 EdC 97030B
That was 1:58:50 Wednesday UT (8:58:50 PM CDT Tuesday here).
Moral: Look (five or six times or more) before you leap (or click "send").
On NORAD vs. COSPAR -- since these are all *Iridium* reports, why not just
use Ir04, Ir17, Ir43, etc., and have a reference table somewhere linking all
three designations? Using *both* NORAD and COSPAR adds up to 15 characters
(including a space for separation)! Just a very belated suggestion....
(Aside to Ron Lee -- is "humongous" larger or smaller than "monster"? That is,
is it whopper/humongous/monster or whopper/monster/humongous?)
Ed Cannon
ecannon@mail.utexas.edu
Austin, Texas, USA
Observations and original report from UT location: 30.29N, 97.74W, 165m