My contribution to seeing TSS
jeff hunt (jhunt@eagle1.eaglenet.com)
Sun, 10 Mar 96 06:39:05 EST
I had an opportunity to view TSS (23805) this morning at 05:24 EST
(10:24 UTC) at an altitude of 11 deg above the southern horizon.
All I was able to view was a dim point of light that passed epsilon
Sagittarius at 05:26:30 through my 7X50 binoculars. I thought my analog
watch said 05:25:30 but epoch 96097.833 indicated the passing at 05:26:30.
As much as I wanted to, I could not spot the tether, just a single point of
light at a distance of 735 miles. Oh well :-(
Afterwards, I attempted to view Hyakutake (C/1996B2) near the moon in Libra
but I had no luck. I did catch a short view of a satellite coming out of
the Moon's glare going South, but I did not get any good coordinates from
any nearby stars. It may have been Cosmos 791R (08615), but there were
several canidates for the time of 05:30:00 EST at a location below and East
of the Moon going South.
I hope others can verify seeing the tether this morning.
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Jeff Hunt, Charlotte Hall, Md. 38.51N, 76.76W
E-mail: jhunt@eagle1.eaglenet.com
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