I have made many unsuccessful attempts of locating USA 161, first with the scope near apex low in the NNE, after Russells presumed find Mar.04 also on high N passes with 7*50 or 1* So long has now passed, that the uncertaintainties almost make a full-plane-search necessary. In an attempt to solve that, I checked USA 129 which should pass in a controlled timeframe relative to USA 161. But it has not been observed since Feb.23! I tried Mar.19, but was fooled by an imposter two min ahead of predicted time. Mar.20 I tried 19:27 UTC +-5 min from site 5918 Mar.21 I tried -14/+3 around 18:16 from 5918, and had to quit after two candidates appeared. I didn't have my voice recorder available, and won't trust my memory. The first one was quite convincing, with a -1 flare for about 15 s, between RA 16:40 and 17:20, dec.+51 (NNE 24 deg). It turned out to be #25394 98043A Resurs O1-N4. The second one was more quiet, #12585 85097B Meteor Priroda. Next pass was more difficult, I tried at +6/+16 minutes, but it was hazy, and I had to use binoculars and misjudged the shift of the track with time, so the last half was essentially useless. Tonight it is cloudy again. -- Björn Gimle -- -- COSPAR 5919, MALMA, 59.2615 N, 18.6206 E, 33 m -- -- COSPAR 5918, HAMMARBY, 59.2985 N, 18.1045 E, 44 m -- -- COSPAR 5920, FRUVIK, 59.3260 N, 18.4820 E, 11 m -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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