Re: Low pass over U.S. Monday night (2/23)

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Craig Cholar wrote:


>Cosmos 1043 is making very low passes over the U.S. tonight (Monday 2/23)
>
>Cosmos 1043      5.0  1.5  0.0  5.4 v            219 x 213
>1 11055U 78094A   98054.56090412  .01299285 -92903-6  62395-3 0  5252
>2 11055  81.1351  70.8395 0004456 186.1840 173.9391 16.21322225 70480
>
>According to Skymap 6.2 the along-track uncertainty using the above
>elset is 10.9 seconds.


Saw it dash though a hole in the El Nino rain clouds, az about 80 and elev
about 60.  A little dimmer than Polaris so maybe mag 2.5.  Glanced at my
watch and it was within 10 seconds of the predicted time.  Thanks Craig for
the tip.


Jim Varney                             121.398W 38.457N 9m
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