Jan. 5 obs.
Daniel Deak (dan.deak@sympatico.ca)
Tue, 05 Jan 1999 22:49:43 -0500
Hello everyone,
Here are my observations for the evening of Jan. 5 1999 :
(by a freezing -20°C)
Intl ID USSC Name UTC time Timing Mag Elset epoch
91063 B 21701 UARS 22:08:22 Early 1 s 2.5 98365.237
70085 A 04583 Meteor 1-6 22:24:58 Early 2.5 s 6->1 99005.558
82039 B 13154 Cosmos 1356 r 22:37:25 On time 4 98365.047
80003 B 11668 Cosmos 1150 r 22:48 No timing 6->inv 98365.046
98026 B 25320 Iridium 71 tum 22:58 No timing 6->3 98365.071
76043 B 08846 Meteor 1-25 r 23:15:26 Early 2 s 5 98365.131
65106 A 01843 Cosmos 100 23:28:34 Late 4.5 s 3 98365.118
94077 A 23404 Cosmos 2297 23:39 No timing 6.5 98365.237
See my previous posting for details on Meteor 1-6.
Iridium 71 was not spectacular, only one flare to mag 3 otherwise was
fluctuating around mag 6 for a minute and a half and then it faded to
become invisible to my 7x35 binoculars.
Cosmos 1150 r was seen while looking for Cosmos 2228.
Cosmos 2297 was believed to be Lacrosse 3 but realized it was 2 minutes
too early. I then found it rather was C 2297.
NEGATIVE OBS (objects presumably too faint) :
Intl ID USSC Name UTC time Timing Elset epoch
77002 A 09661 Meteor 2-2 22:14 -1/+2 min 98365.065
84019 B 14760 Cosmos 1538 r 18:16 -0.5/+1.5 min 98365.149
All timings exact within 1 sec.
Positions taken with star background by SatSpy using molczan.tle
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Daniel Deak
St-Bonaventure, Québec <dan.deak@sympatico.ca>
45.9483°N, 72.6539°W, 58 m., UTC-5:00