Dear Seesaters, I just saw one of the new NOSS objects - either 28537 = 05-004A or 28541 = 05-004C, but cannot tell which it was. The brightening sky and the bright moon didn't help, but I definitely saw an object pass near 2 UMi (HD005848 at 2000 coords 01:08.5 +86d16') at 2005 02 27/05:43:41 +/- 3s EST (UTC 10:43:41 +/- 3s) in the expected track as the two objects. At my location, based on the TLEs below, 28537 should have passed the star at UTC 10:43:20 (21s before the object I saw) and 28541 at 10:44:08 (27s after what I saw). NOSS 3-3 (A) 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.0 v 1 28537U 05004A 05056.40614835 .00000011 00000-0 20000-4 0 02 2 28537 63.4380 106.1211 0124054 180.3170 179.7796 13.39823685 03 NOSS 3-3 (C) 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.0 v 1 28541U 05004C 05056.40669853 .00000011 00000-0 20000-4 0 07 2 28541 63.4373 106.2541 0124914 179.7003 180.4118 13.39826347 04 Ted Molczan has indicated in recent postings that these objects are prone to current orbit changes and, having seen just one, I wonder if someone might help ID the approximately 4.6 magnitude object I saw. Thanks. Clear and dark skies! Ed Light Lakewood, NJ, USA Site 8840, N 40.1075, W 074.2312, +24 m (80 ft) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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