Probable observation of Raduga 33 -- rough positions, 2004-05-02 UTC: HH:MM:SS RA (2000) Dec 09:11:26 22:29:06 +9.1 09:11:56 22:27:53 +4.7 09:12:26 22:28:28 +0.6 09:12:39 22:29:26 -0.4 Based on when the observed object crossed declination +9.1 (2000), it seemed to be running late on both of the following elsets, about 78 seconds on the first and about 30 seconds on the int3 set (not sure about cross-track): Raduga 33 1 23794U 96010A 04122.90435389 .46856627 10716-4 44697-2 0 4812 2 23794 47.7409 127.7901 3577107 90.5091 315.7923 8.55374432 71873 Raduga 33 (int3) 1 23794U 96010A 04123.13300244 .48880275 00000-0 43801-2 0 01 2 23794 47.7557 127.3671 3494867 91.1367 308.2948 8.71976339 04 Its flash behavior was very interesting, magnitude maybe +3 (or brighter?), going flash-flash-flash-miss with these timings: 1.16, 1.20, 2.37 1.16, 1.17, 2.33 1.09, 1.18, 2.45 My location was a maybe 100-150 meters SE of my apartment, which is 30.309N, 97.728W, 150m. Now to go try to see a comet or two, maybe. Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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