Re: Re: possible unid geosat?

From: bk_hunter@sympatico.ca
Date: Wed Oct 13 2004 - 10:41:21 EDT

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    HI,
    
    Ed's geosat and Intelsat 707 both brightened to about 6th magnitude before shadow entry and were in the same 54X field in my ten inch Dobsonian.  That makes them about 0.6 degrees apart and they faded in sequence as expected at the calculated times using highecl.
    
    Brian
    > 
    > From: Ed Cannon <ecannon@mail.utexas.edu>
    > Date: 2004/10/12 Tue AM 06:57:00 EST
    > To: seesat-l@satobs.org
    > Subject: Re: possible unid geosat?
    > 
    > The latest unknown geosat was visible with binoculars again, 
    > about 160 seconds east of Intelsat 707 (96-015A, 23816).  
    > This was around RA 01:00 (2000).  Thank you to Brian Hunter 
    > for his follow-up message!
    > 
    > Kevin's unknown geosat (90023) also was visible again with 
    > the 8x42 for several minutes beginning about 00:30 RA.  
    > 
    > Iridium 914 (97-030A, 24836) on two evenings now has done
    > great double-flashing passes very low in the west.  Monday
    > PM's culmination was only 16 degrees above the horizon.
    > 
    > BCRC location: 30.315N, 97.866W, 280m.
    > 
    > Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA
    > 
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