Re: UNID's

From: Jonathan T Wojack (tlj18@juno.com)
Date: Wed Jul 11 2001 - 19:20:19 PDT

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    > It's good that you report your times in UT, but so there's
    > no confusion it's also good to include "UT" with your times.
    > In this case, the UT can be assumed since at 08:37 local, you
    > wouldn't be able to see a 4th magnitude satellite.
    
    noted....
     
    > > ..., in SE, moderately high in sky (don't know the elevation, 
    > since I was
    > > observing in binoculars, and it is somewhat hard to estimate 
    > elevation in
    > > binoculars).
    > 
    > The satellite you saw would have been flashing (if you followed
    > it long enough), as this was Iridium 27 (#24947).
    
    Yes, I only followed it for ten seconds at the most.  I was trying to see
    Comet Linear, which has so far eluded my light-polluted eyes.
    
    Just curious, what is Iridium 27's flash period (and may I also assume
    that this is a defunct satellite?) ?
     
    > > 10 July 2001:  0822:  Mag +2 satellite, 40 deg. altitude, 
    > traveling SW to
    > S.
    > 
    > Cosmos 1063 (#11155).  I can send you SkyMap .CFG files showing
    > each of these cases if you like.  --Rob
    
    I'd like that - but what will the files do for me?  Show me a graphical
    representation of their passes (I would imagine) ?
    
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    Jonathan T. Wojack                 tlj18@juno.com
    39.706d N   75.683d W           
    
    4 hours behind UT (-4)
    
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