Iridium obs and non-obs
Bjoern Gimle (b_gimle@algonet.se)
Fri, 3 Dec 1999 07:33:15 +0100
For the first time in a month, more than 10 h of clear sky!
Casually observing at 1x:
Prediction
43 99-12- 2 17:12: +0.5 Not seen (cf. Mark's post Dec.01)
65 99-12- 3 5:59: -0.8 Est. -1.7 using +2.2 and +0.0
73 ? 99-12- 3 6:07: -0.4 Not seen w.Sun at -7 and mag.lim.+3
66 99-12- 3 6:08: +1.5 Ditto
I tried twice -3/+5 and -5/+10 min using
USA 129
1 24680U 96072 A 99267.83547850 .00021630 00000-0 28549-3 0 3961
2 24680 97.9355 329.3522 0522508 125.4694 239.5187 14.74295398 06
but the haze and lights in the direction of Stockholm City, and my
binocular limit of +6 easily explains my non-obs. at 21 deg. elevation.
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