Gorizont 13, ISS Video an an UNID

From: Mir16609@aol.com
Date: Sun Mar 21 2004 - 00:41:55 EST

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    Gorizont 13:
    In PPAS format - 
    86-090 A  04-03-22 03:01:22.53JDG1369.0 0.4  16 85.56   +7.5->inv
    
    Gorizont 13 continues to flash every 85.5 seconds
    
    3  months ago:
    86-090 A 03-12-22 03:06:10.15JDG 684.3 0.4   8  85.5  +8.5->inv
    
    Gorizont 13
    1 17083U 86090A    04077.77024299 -.00000133  00000-0  10000-3 0  5055
    2  17083  11.1775  36.9472 0013076 160.1386 199.9379  0.96725196  40079
    
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    ISS/Progress Video:
    There  was a nice ISS pass at 00:19 UTC 20 March.  It passed near Venus.  A  
    member of my astronomy club made a short (255k) Quicktime movie off the ISS as 
     it passed Venus:
    
    http://hometown.aol.com/mir16609/iss0320.mov
    
    Note  the 2 closely spacecd objects in the lower right corner.  Progress was  
    detatched at the time.  Docking, I am told, occurred at 03:48 UTC, 20  March.
    
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    UNID:
    
    Location - Carrs  Mill Park 39.3181 N, 77.0542 177 mALS
    Time 01:30 to 01:32 UTC, 21  March
    Brightness - about -2.5 mag
    Reddish in color - like UARS - no  trail
    No aircrft lights observed with 15x70 binos
    Approx. path -  from 195az 35el to 138az 17el
    
    At 138az 17el at 01:32 UTC it should  have been in eclipse if it were a LEO 
    object.  I'm guessing it was an  aircraft at a funny angle where I couldn't see 
    the red/green lights (although I  couldn't hear engine sounds) or a bolid.  
    There was no apparent fragmenting  from the object.
    
    Cheers,
    Don Gardner 39.1799 N, 76.8406 W, 100m  ASL
    http://hometown.aol.com/mir16609/
    http://www.howardastro.org  
    
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