First of all thanks Ted. I am not sure of it passing between alpha and tau scorpii. I saw the flash before it passed through scorpii and then looked at my watch which is about 10 seconds fast according to the NIH time sinc site. I then looked up and watched it proceed on until it applused theta Lupi. I think this must be the correct id as the time is correct and i could be wrong as I was more excited about what I was seeing than making absolutely certain initially that I was taking note of enough information to clearly ID the satellite correctly. I am fairly certain of my co-ordinates to within 0.1 of a degree. Once again I have learnt something. Thanks again Geoff Ted Molczan wrote > MOS 1-A best matches the observed time, and is known to flash > brilliantly and irregularly: > > MOS 1-A 2.4 1.5 1.3 7.0 d 7.21 > 1 17527U 87018A 04136.52966743 -.00000027 00000-0 10000-4 0 7557 > 2 17527 98.7217 129.4501 0009763 191.7387 168.3552 14.01737546879553 > > On 2004 May 18 at 03:23:39 UTC, it passed 0.7 deg outside of the line > between Alpha and Tau Scorpii (az 252, el 31). At 03:24:20 UTC, it > appulsed Theta Lupi. > > On balance, MOS 1-A seems the more likely candidate. How certain are > you that it passed between, and not outside, Alpha and Tau Scorpii? > How certain are you of your site co-ordinates? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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