STS-88 and Zarya Obs
Bryan Dort (bdort@agh.org)
Fri, 4 Dec 1998 09:28:08 -0500
With an unusally clear December Michigan morning (with the rest of the state
under a layer a fog), I observed Endeavour and Zarya!
Endeavour passed first at about 11:50 UTC about 20 degree elevation,
straight North with a mag of approx +1. Zarya was next and about 10 degrees
higher in the sky and about 1 minute later and wasn't as bright, maybe +2. I
almost gave up on Zarya because I thought it was taking too long. Then I
caught and and looked at my watch. Only 1 minute difference, but it seemed
more like three. Funny how that is. Patience pays off.
(Sorry for all of the "about" and "approx". I was walking the dog, and
expecting to see something else besides STS and ISS.)
When I came back in, I verified the obs with STSPlus with the following
TLEs:
STS-88
1 99988U 98338.38899695 .00088240 32308-7 60157-4 0 13
2 99988 51.5986 97.1689 0091367 9.9732 184.4210 16.06870063 13
ISS
1 25544U 98067A 98335.78840730 .00024913 00000-0 31408-3 0 657
2 25544 51.5950 109.5755 0008696 245.5187 114.4910 15.59407284 1815
BTW, nice to be back with the SEESAT group after an extended abscence.
Bryan
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Bryan Dort - bdort@agh.org
Senior Programmer Analyst
Alpena General Hospital - http://www.agh.org
Alpena, MI USA 45.0524N 83.4575W 200m