Re: 4/29 (UTC) obs
Bjoern Gimle (b_gimle@algonet.se)
Sat, 2 May 1998 10:48:55 +0200
>..... For what
>it's worth, I too observed USA 86 last night (first time!) as it came
>out of shadow near Ursa Minor at 4/29 5:33:40 UTC. Wasn't much
>to look at at mag 6, but it was on time.
>
I have also observed USA 86 on time, but much brighter, about +2 from
detection at 30 deg. S, slowly flaring to +0 below alpha UMa near local
zenith on Apr.29.
Apr.28 19:44:35.0 at RA 14:24.6 dec.+38.9 (1950) +/- .02 deg there was
a -1 flare 8 degrees before that pos, and a sub-second flash at +0
below Umi. Other passes I have also seen a flare in the N
I have failed to see USA 116 and USA 129 both days, the latter because
it is low in the W before it gets dark, the former because it is usually
faint low in the NE ?
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