Time (UT) R.A. Decl. 21:38:55.92 14h52m24.3s 20°24'14" 21:53:30.12 20h30m07.6s 48°57'18" 22:01:30.83 02h18m05.5s 57°54'18" Here are my thoughts for group comment. But first congrats on your first effort. Do not be surprised, if like me, you still struggle at times to do the best you can. Personally, I have lots of problems getting more than one position on an unknown to later identify it. Typically I get an approximate time/position and direction of travel then use Skymap to ID it. Time: I use a software program that syncs my computer to WWV/NIST. I used to use WWV over the radio but have had problems recently using that system. I would question your ability to measure time to 0.01 second accuracy. Maybe you can but I usually assess my time uncertainly at 0.2 second or worse. Position: I use Guide but I suspect that Rob Matson's Skymap (set to J2000) probably gives accurate enough positions. Again I question the accuracy you quote. Yes you may be able to have displayed an RA/DEC to that accuracy but if you move the cursor to the outer limit of where the position is, you probably will not end up with the accuracy implied in your positions. I have also used Skymap recently to obtain RA/DEC so do not feel that Guide is required. I should check the two to see how closely they correlate. These comments are not meant to be critical but merely to suggest that you should assign a valid uncertainty to your observations. Others here may well do much better than myself. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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