Robert Holdsworth wrote: > Yes, RA was corrected immediately in a subsequent post, but > of course there would have been a slight delay in you receiving it. I had received your correction, but you did not address my concern. You reported the sign as positive, but to have been the object in question, it needed to be negative. It's a minor issue because to have been low your southeast, it had to be negative. Its just that I like to tie up any possible loose ends. > Estimated around 20 degrees elevation - certainly > comparatively low but well above the hills which cut off my > visibility to the east at around 10 to 12 degrees. The > ground track indicates that the burn would not have been > at a high elevation. My revised elset puts the elevation during the burn at 11 deg. Of course, elevation can be difficult to judge, and most folks tend to over estimate it. The elset still is rather rough, so further tracking might change the elevation estimate a bit. > So it seems observation is confirmed- made my day (or should > be that week!) Made mine too! I had been so wrapped-up in the ascent trajectory and propellant dump, that I did not think to check whether or not anyone was in a position to see MES2. I am so glad that you were thinking - and willing to try to observe such a low elevation pass. Ted Molczan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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