Greg Roberts wrote: > These observations come from Ian Roberts ( NO relation!) of Randburg > (near Johannesburg) > I have taught him how to use the APEX automatic position measuring > program and am attempting to get him hooked on observing high altitude > satellites. He is retired and very capable in electronics, astronomy > and is computer literate - Ive known him for about 35-40 years (ouch) > He did the reductions using APEX. Ian, since you subscribe to the list, welcome to positional observing! Greg, you have done your usual fine job mentoring. > The site number -7777 - is meaningless as he does not have a Cospar > identification. (yet) No doubt, Pierre will soon remedy that. > His geographical coordinates are: > longitude 27.9287 deg E, latitude 26.10298 south, altitude about 1000 metres. I have found a Dec 2007 e-mail of Ian's, in which he reported his altitude as 1650 m, for nearly identical coordinates, in good agreement with Google maps, Calsky and Heavens-Above. Ted Molczan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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