Dec. 16 obs. (C2335 incl.)

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Hello everyone,

Here are my observations for the evening of Dec. 16 1998 :

Intl ID  USSC   Name           UTC time  Timing      Mag  Elset epoch

78105 B  11112  Cosmos 1048 r  22:42:19  Early 1.5 s  5.5  98337.123
92093 B  22285  Cosmos 2227 r  22:46:55  Late 2.5 s   2.5  98337.498
96069 A  24670  Cosmos 2335    23:03:27  On time       ?   98350.889
90050 C  20691  NOSS 2-1 (C)   23:09     Within 1 m    5   98330.719
90050 D  20692  NOSS 2-1 (D)   23:09     Within 1 m    5   98337.733
82118 A  13736  DMSP B5D2-1    23:37:23  Early 1.5 s  5.5  98337.135

Important notes about NOSS obs. :
1- Could not time the pass precisely because I inadvertently depress my
   stopwatch stop button without knowing.
2- WHERE WAS NOSS 2-1 E ? Couldn't see it with my 7 x 35 binocs.
   C was preceding D in line with the velocity vector toward the east.

For Cosmos 2335, I didn't have time to make a good magnitude estimate
before it went into shadow.

All timings exact within 1 sec.
Positions taken with star background by SatSpy using molczan.tle

Daniel Deak
St-Bonaventure, Québec  <dan.deak@sympatico.ca>
45.9483°N, 72.6539°W, 58 m., UTC-5:00

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