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 _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Sat Dec 08 2018 - 18:44:20 UTC
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