re: Uh, unid...

From: Ed Cannon (edcannonsat@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Jul 11 2007 - 03:05:09 EDT

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    On June 19 (UTC) I saw an eastbound unidentified satellite
    pass very near Spica at "very roughly about a quarter to 
    possibly one-half degree north of Spica (alpha VIR), or 
    about RA 13:25.2, Dec. -10.9 [2000], at 2:19:01.5."
    
    Well, earlier tonight I may have seen it again (or if not
    then another one).  Again I was at the Ney Museum, 30.307N, 
    97.727W, 150m.
    
    I was looking at Jupiter during a six-minute gap between
    early twilight predictions, and a satellite maybe at least
    magnitude +4 went just south of it, headed east.  I grabbed 
    and clicked my stopwatch as quickly as possible.  So that 
    yields a rough position of:
    
    02:31:10 RA 16:38.2 DEC -21.9 (2000)
    
    I tracked it past groups of stars and clicked two or three
    times.  Finally it went very near the following position:
    
    02:33:19 RA 19:37.0 DEC -7.15 (2000)
    
    For part of the time between those two positions it was 
    easy to see in the twilight without binoculars and so may
    have gotten as bright as mag. +2.
    
    Later in the evening USA 3 (84-065C, 15071) did some 
    spectacular flashes visible without binoculars.
    
    I saw 22 objects visible without binoculars in spite of 
    giving up early due to being eaten alive by mosquitoes.  
    Somehow I failed to have a prediction for the new flashing 
    Cosmos rocket that Mike observed.  I would have been 
    looking for that one!
    
    Ed Cannon - Austin, Texas, USA
    
    
    
           
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