I looked for the 24feb 1212:47 UT pass of decaying 24779 Minisat-01 as it flew by Altair and did not see it. I started looking approx 1211:30 until 1215:45 using my 101mm visual aide & Minisat-01 1 24779U 97018A 02054.19522998 .01656162 16800-2 21456-2 0 2447 2 24779 150.9328 292.6994 0003370 164.6048 195.4690 16.06112770268014 sky was good. this was my first time looking for sat close to decay, I assume I should have located a more current elset or started sooner. maybe it was too faint at E+32 w/sun -11, QS mag is at approx +7.1 in this area, then increasing to +4.2 at culm. I think it is up again tomorrow morning (if it is still up) (if I'm up again) etc. then naked eye saw an UNID in W -> NW -> N ~+50 el starting about 1217:43.40 maybe I can figure coords (~13:05.9 +26:33.5). not bright enough for ISS and seemed to have a slight redish color but moving too fast for Mars (I think Mars had set already). hummm IDsat is not finding it with the kelso visual.tle. two hunts one morning, maybe I dreamed all this. ******************************************** Paul Gabriel 8305 26.24306N 098.21614W GPS (CT|UTC-6/-5) +35.97m USGS/NED, -25.22m EGM96 Geoid height +10.75m WGS-84 Ellipsoid height aka McAllen, Texas USA 78504-2940 "wherever you go, there you are" gabriel305@earthlink.net ******************************************** ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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