ISS debris seen

From: Edward S Light (edlight@juno.com)
Date: Mon Sep 06 2004 - 06:14:04 EDT

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    Despite having to play peek-a-boo with rapidly moving clouds, I finally
    saw
    one of the recently-shed ISS debris pieces - 28412 = 98-067AD.  Although
    it
    was some 5 seconds late based on the below TLE (rather stale, but I guess
    OIG or its source(s) are relaxing during this Labor Day weekend) as it
    passed near lambda Cassiopeia, nothing else in my TLE files comes close.
    
    ISS deb AD
    1 28412U 98067AD  04249.40612523  .00117471  00000-0  95657-3 0    75
    2 28412  51.6372 276.2515 0004612 100.6275 259.5380 15.69768568   198
    
    It appeared in 10x50 binoculars at about 4.9 magnitude, not obviously
    varying, corresponding to quicksat intrinsic magnitude 6.3 and Skymap
    [Matson] standard magnitude 7.5 - these magnitudes being +/- about 0.2 .
    
    Although the bright moon was somewhat annoying, it was fun watching the
    ISS itself just miss transiting it less than three minutes later.
    
    In IOD format:
    28412 98 067AD  0000 F 20040906091109000 18                      S+049 02
          
    
    (where "0000" is a dummy station identifier, corresponding to the below
     coordinates).
    
    Clear and dark skies!
       Ed Light
    
    Lakewood, NJ, USA
    N 40.1075, W 074.2312, +24 m (80 ft)
    
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