Bruce MacDonald wrote: > I'm having problems reducing my obs for this evening's pass > of 97-064A. ObsReduce keeps telling me that this ob is 277 > degrees azimuth and 5 degrees: > > 25017 97 064A 2751 G 20041209172951060 17 25 1625275+092276 > 97 S+045 05 That is correct for your location and the observation time. > It also shows the sat moving from W to E when in fact it was > moving from E to W. W to E travel is expected of Lacrosse; never E to W. Are you certain that you did not follow an aircraft? If not an aircraft, I see three possible explanations: - observation time reduction error - tracked wrong satellite - tracked correct satellite, which was significantly early If you are certain of the time, and if you know any of your reference star pairs, then I suggest reducing them as is. Ted Molczan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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