Brad Young wrote: > > It seems possible that you followed 77024B / 9904, which > > nearly duplicated a portion of USA 129's track, but almost > > exactly one minute later. > > I would say this is my mistake. I know the time was right, > and the next point (unreported), was a bit off track for USA > 129, but matches 9904. This begs the question of how I saw > this faint r/b, but not USA129 - I was continously watching > the asterism at the reported position from 2 minutes prior to > predicted pass, and could see 7m stars the whole time. At the time of your reported observation, I estimate mag 6.1 for USA 129; however, the uncertainty is about 2 magnitudes. I recall KHs being too faint to see, even in 11x80 binoculars, when low in the west and north-west; for example: http://satobs.org/seesat/Sep-2002/0156.html Ted Molczan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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