Hi all, I might have done a chance observation of an (uncatalogued) piece of USA 193 debris this evening. I was observing a field centered near RA 15:00, dec +76 45' through which Lacrosse 3 (97-064A) would pass at 19:46:30 UTC (March 7). Instrument: Meade ETX-70 (7cm/F5 refractor) at 13.6x, FOV about 4 degrees. Suddenly a very fast object object of about mag +7.5 moved west-east through the FOV somewhat south of the 97-064A trajectory and more or less parallel to it. It was very fast, maybe going as fast as 1.5 degree/second, and it catched me completely unaware. I therefore cannot give a very accurate time, buth with an uncertainty of 10-20 seconds or so it was about 19:46:00 UTC. In IOD (but please note the time uncertainty): 99999 08 999A 4353 G 20080307194600000 17 75 1511063+756260 36 S It doesn't match any known object, but the general direction of movement matches that of USA 193 debris and the speed is another reason to think of a potential piece of USA 193 debris. - Marco ----- Dr Marco Langbroek - SatTrackCam Leiden, the Netherlands. e-mail: sattrackcam@wanadoo.nl Cospar 4353 (Leiden): 52.15412 N, 4.49081 E (WGS84), +0 m ASL Cospar 4354 (De Wilck): 52.11685 N, 4.56016 E (WGS84), -2 m ASL SatTrackCam: http://home.wanadoo.nl/marco.langbroek/satcam.html Station (b)log: http://sattrackcam.blogspot.com ----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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