Old SUPERBIRD A Observation

JAY RESPLER (JRespler@surfnj.net)
Sat, 26 Dec 1998 22:41:19 -0500 

Getting to check some old observations, I see that I discovered 
Superbird A in Jan'96 but hadn't mentioned it yet.
 Here's the late report.

HIGHFLY prediction, followed by PPAS format. 

*** 1996 Jan 25/26 Thu evening/Fri morning *** Times are EST
40.283 74.233 129. JAY RESPLER 1950 11.8 25 
NCAT 20040 Superbird A MAG 3.5 ELAP DY 9 M2 -2 
HRS MIN ALT AZI MAG   HGT  R A     DEC RANGE
 10 30   40 140 11.6 22323 8 46.0 -1.7 23548
mag >13, fl 6 sec.  Max. mag varied 10.3 to about 11.3 

89- 41 A 96-01-26 03:28 JHR .5 6 vm10.3/11.3 ->13 az140el40 

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