Re: UNID geostationary

From: Steve Golson via Seesat-l <seesat-l_at_satobs.org>
Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2018 19:43:26 -0500
On 12/8/18 11:30 AM, Ted Molczan via Seesat-l wrote:
> 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.

Thanks Ted! That's got to be it.

Here's my shot https://www.instagram.com/p/BrJFhX5Btud/

-Steve
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