Steve Golson wrote: > Hi all, > > I was taking photos last night of the Mars-Neptune conjunction, and I unexpectedly caught > what must be a geostationary sat. It's about 0.5 degree south of the ecliptic though. If I > did my math right, it's at 115.6°W or thereabouts. How can I figure out what this is? > > Observed from > 42.517°N, 71.344°W > 2018-12-08 01:37:12 UTC > RA 23h1.7m > Dec -6.83° > > Magnitude >10 Using IDSat 2.1, I found a nearly exact match with TERRESTAR 1 (09035A / 35496), to within -0.53 s time and 0.01 deg arc. Information on IDSat 2.1 is here: http://satobs.org/seesat/Jun-2018/0091.html Ted Molczan _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Sat Dec 08 2018 - 10:31:14 UTC
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