8539 obs Dec 9

From: Steve Newcomb (snewcomb@gcnetmail.net)
Date: Sun Dec 10 2006 - 00:03:53 EST

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    18009 87 043E   8539 G 20061209232006930 17 25 0150290+215706 38
    18009 87 043E   8539 G 20061209232012100 17 25 0157928+233576 38
    18009 87 043E   8539 G 20061209232019930 17 25 0209423+255639 38
    23533 95 015A   8539 G 20061210000400930 17 25 1844366+393798 38
    23533 95 015A   8539 G 20061210000430330 17 25 1811751+435420 38
    
    The 1st point on 23533 was between epsilon 1 and 2 Lyra!!!  Star Sep = 0.058 
    deg
    The above points were taken using an 8 inch reflector with 40mm eyepiece.
    
    Globalstar 14  98023C was id as unknown seen in telescope at 00.09.24 UTC
    Dec 10 at 66 Pegasus.
    
    Using a Meade ETX90 using Autostar and controlled by laptop running RTGUI+S
    and Sky Charts observed 20344 approx 1/2 degree under 40 Cassiopeia at
    01.46.16 UTC. I did not get a good point there :(  I had the slew rate to
    fast and lost soon after observing, no experience with this setup. These
    free programs work excellent on my old cheap ebay purchased laptop with
    little RAM and running Windows 98SE. More setup time required than bringing
    out dobs, but could be useful in picking up sats at harder to find stars by
    clicking on Sky Chart map on star and telling telescope to go there :)
    
    Lat. 39.4707 Lon. -79.3388 Alt. 2753 ft.  -5 UTC
    What these numbers mean : http://www.satobs.org/position/IODformat.html
    
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