TSS sighting
Kulbinder Kalirai (kulbinderk@ren.pcdocs.com)
Tue, 12 Mar 1996 11:23:51 -0500
I saw TSS this morning...and it is
spectacular!!!! I am at latitude 30.4450
longitude -84.2817 time zone -500 and at
5:56 local time, it appeared due south at
about 50 degrees elevation.
I thought it was as wide as 2X the moon,
with a very slight right curve on the bottom
1/5 of its length. It was easily visible to
the naked eye and the satellite end was on
top and in a vertical orientation. The
satellite was about mag. 1.7 and the string
about mag. 2.3. Looks like a good pass
tomorrow morning also.
Prediction data for Tallahassee, Wednesday
morning.
TSS-1R 1996 MAR 13 (WED) Moon Az 155 El
37 40%
Time Az El R.A. Dec Range SES SEO
Phs MAD R Mag Alt
0607:00 268 1 11h 3m 0 50' 1175 -9 -10
171 108 * 0.6 195
0608:00 265 6 11h27m -1 40' 924 -5 -10
174 102 * 0.1 196
0609:00 258 12 12h 3m -3 40' 681 -1 -9
170 93 *-0.5 197
+0610:00 245 22 13h 8m -8 40' 464 3 -9
154 76 *-1.3 199
+0611:00 207 36 15h27m -19 0' 326 7 -9
118 41 *-1.8 200
+0612:00 153 30 18h42m -24 0' 371 11 -9
73 8 *-0.8 201
+0613:00 129 17 20h32m -21 40' 557 15 -9
48 31 * 0.9 203
+0614:00 120 9 21h25m -19 50' 789 19 -8
36 44 * 2.3 204
0615:00 115 4 21h56m -19 0' 1036 23 -8
29 51 * 3.3 205
0616:00 112 0 22h18m -18 50' 1288 27 -8
24 56 * 4.2 207
I guess the length to moon width ratio would
vary on where the observer is, wouldn't it ?
We are pretty close to it in North Florida,
so it appears longer then than what someone
in say, NJ would see. The moon's width
probably appears the same to all.
kkalirai@nettally.com