2013-001 Launch - was [Re: Re: Identification]

alain.figer@club-internet.fr

Hi Arnold and Robert,

. Thanks for explaining !

. I am eager to spot objects 001-A and 001-B too.

Best wishes

Alain

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Message du : 17/01/2013 02:20
De : "Robert Holdsworth " <robbonz@gmail.com>
A : "Seesat-L" <SeeSat-L@satobs.org>
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Sujet : Re: Identification

 That appears to be because the default in Calsky's library is still set to
satellites launched in 2012, and also because of a formatting error in one
of the listings of the designator of the A object.    A search in the "name
or number" field for 2013-001* will bring up the full list.
Robert

On 17 January 2013 10:14,  wrote:

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> Hi Russell,
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> A short notice before any precise treatment of my observations :
>
> at 19h12m-19h13m UT , I observed tonight visually and photographically
> both 2013-01 C and D near Gamma Pegasi, in good agreement with Calsky
> ephemeris - maybe as accurately as at one or two seconds. The 2013-01 ABCD
> satellites don't appear in Calsky database, but they showed up using the
> fonction "satellites within interval".
>
> I didn't catch objects A and B.
>
> 2013-01 D is nicely flashing on my photographs on a 0.43 sec period.
> Visually, using binoculars, object C appeared the first, constant at mag
> 5.5 and object D followed it at mag 6.5. I wasn't able to detect the
> flashing pattern visually in a poor sky not far from the Moon.
>
>
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> Alain Figer
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> 2.128° E ; 48.673° N ; 170m a.s.l.
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> Message du : 16/01/2013 11:09
> De : "Russell Eberst " 
> A : "Ted Molczan" , "Peter Wakelin" <
> peterwakelin@talktalk.net>, "Pierre NEIRINCK" ,
> "Mike McCants" , "Greg Roberts" ,
> "Seesat List" , "Bjoern Gimle" 

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