It not even really dark, and It seems I bagged my first sat:) I just aimed my camera at an area of jupiter, waiting for the sky to get dark, and the clouds to go away. Then I notice a moving point of light passing through the feild of view, I tracked it to by jupiter. I did a check, I have the following as a match. EOLE 1 (CAS-A) 1 05435U 71071A 04114.13111760 .00000219 00000-0 95091-4 0 253 2 05435 50.1456 109.7982 0116687 29.9481 330.8056 14.51410274719335 IntID/Name CatNo Source period Incl Apogee Perigee RCS ------------ ----- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------- -------- 1971-071A 05435 FR 99.2 50.2 804 638 1.5750 EOLE 1 (CAS-A) Launched (1971/08/16) It was bright, somewhere I would estimate in the mag 7 to 8 range. It was steady, no flashing noticed. I don't seem to see any info in the ppas database. I have to observe it on the next pass in less then 2 hours. Then I hope to get better observational data on it. Some info on it http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1971-071A http://www.skyrocket.de/space/index_frame.htm?http://www.skyrocket.de/space/doc_sdat/eole.htm Kevin ===== COSPAR Site #1775 Long 75.6910 W, Lat 44.6062 N, altitude 100 metres. http://ca.geocities.com/kfetter http://www.kfetter.100megs26.com/ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos: High-quality 4x6 digital prints for 25¢ http://photos.yahoo.com/ph/print_splash ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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