Which NOSS 3-3 did I see?

From: Edward S Light (edlight@juno.com)
Date: Sun Feb 27 2005 - 06:09:52 EST

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    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)
    
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