Re: Seasat -- Great Pass! -- and EUVE flash
Bryan Dort (bluespruce@bigfoot.com)
Wed, 9 Jul 1997 22:31:57 -0400
> Around 5:53-54 UTC on 5 July, I was lucky enough to observe a
> really *great* pass of Seasat (78-064A, 10967). It was quite
> bright from the beginning of the pass, but at a certain point
> it became *brighter* than nearby Arcturus (Alpha Boo, mag. 0)
> and remained about that bright for possibly as long as 30
> seconds. From what I've been told, Seasat's best passes are
> when it is between the observer and the Sun, and this was no
> exception.
Wow, I just saw a great pass of Seasat (78-064A, 10967), too. Mine
was sort of by accident. I went outside for a quick look at the
twilight sky just to see how viewing would be tonight. It must be
pretty good because I looked up and immediately saw Seasat.
Beautiful mag. 2 pass. I didn't see the *bright* "flash". Time was
02:06-02:07 UTC. (Didn't have the viewing watch with me.)
SatSpy 2.0 shows culmination at 02:06:45 UTC using the following
(Molczan) elset:
Seasat 21.0 1.5 0.0 3.9 v
1 10967U 78064A 97184.12306223 -.00000101 +00000-0 +11216-4 0 05934
2 10967 107.9928 243.0235 0001782 242.5563 117.5399 14.38176177996212
Quite a coincident that Ed sent this message tonight. I wasn't even
looking for it.
Looking for Tips tonight. This one has still eluded me and I am anxious
for a good look.
Bryan
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Bryan Dort - bluespruce@bigfoot.com
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Alpena General Hospital - http://www.agh.org
Alpena, MI USA
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