23937 96 029F 8539 G 20040815034647810 17 25 2235440+662133 38 23937 96 029F 8539 G 20040815034656790 17 25 2240123+633535 38 23937 96 029F 8539 G 20040815034721590 17 25 2248736+555194 38 Vanguard 3 / #00020 / #59007A was watched in telescope starting just before Altair. It was predicted at 10 mag and 1/10 degree under Altair so started search on the approach side with Altair out of field of view. Dim, estimate 10 mag. At 3.15.19 UTC in fov while tracking Vanguard 3 another sat was seen. Id as Delta 1 Deb / #12529 / #76077DH using IdSat. Also saw a small flock of dim 1st time for me Cosmos in telescope. TiPS is my favorite telescopic sat, you get 2 for 1 plus the flicker of light from the tether which can be long or short depending on the its elevation. Would someone calculate for my location what is the separation of the 2 sats, or the lenght of the tether, for TiPS at the various elevations above the horizon? How much will it vary because of eccentricity? Lat. 39.4707 Lon. -79.3388 Alt. 2753 ft. -4 UTC What these numbers mean: http://www.satobs.org/position/IODformat.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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