Thank you very much to Brad and to Scott and at least
one other observer who wrote to me privately (but was
clouded out). The clouds held off here, and I did
manage to see it. The following position may be
usable:
2:00:59.0 21:10 +10.4 (2000)
BCRC site: 30.315N, 97.866W, 280m.
At first it was surprisingly higher in the sky than
three nights ago, so much so that I wondered if it
was the right object. Also it seemed to be varying,
which I had not noticed before. But I didn't get
any matches from Findsat.
With Brad's observations, I expect that the orbital
data will be much improved.
By the way, this is a GTO object, and previous
experiences with 90019 (now decayed) and 90040 have
shown that their orbits can be tricky to pin down,
especially using my observations....
Ed Cannon - Austin, Texas, USA
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