Hi all, Observed USA 193 on a near zenith pass, easily magnitude 1 no apparent variation, reddish orange coloring. Used Ted's elset below for pass calculation (thank you sir :-) USA 193 5.0 2.5 0.0 4.3 v 245 X 258 km 1 29651U 06057A 08050.77400802 .00256405 00000-0 29678-3 0 02 2 29651 58.5208 31.8067 0009932 58.7181 301.4893 16.08191854 02 Arc 2008 Feb 18.04 - 19.78, WRMS residuals = 0.027 deg Satellite was parallel to Capella (and roughly equal in magnitude) @ 02:09:43, based on my stopwatch calibrated to WWV @ 02:05:00. This was 2 seconds early compared to a skyview timeline from SatSpy software using the above elsets. Walter Ridgewell, Medicine Hat, Alberta 50.0208 N 110.6250 W ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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