The sky cleared 90 min before my first pass, so I was optimistic, but about 30 min before, the clouds began to roll in, making it a race between Centaur and cumulus, with the latter mostly the winner. The Centaur and the cumulus moved at about the same angular velocity, but I managed to track it in and around the clouds for perhaps 4 minutes, during which I got one close appulse of a 7.4 mag star. The sky cleared just minutes before my second pass, enabling me to obtain a few more points before the objects entered eclipse. I may have botched the timing of 03054C, but the orbit determination will be the final arbiter. Of course, what looks like a botch 28096 03 054B 2701 G 20031218231717750 17 25 1047465+600858 27 28096 03 054B 2701 G 20031219010633670 17 25 1523941+603223 28 R 28095 03 054A 2701 G 20031219011214890 17 25 1546613+592394 87 S+065 05 28095 03 054A 2701 G 20031219011242540 17 25 1527606+621623 96 S 28097 03 054C 2701 G 20031219011318540 17 25 1547597+593018 18 S+065 05 Site 2701: 43.68764 N, 79.39243 W, 230 m Ted Molczan ----------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from SeeSat-L, send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@satobs.org List archived at http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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