Titan observed

Alan Pickup (alan@wingar.demon.co.uk)
Tue, 25 May 1999 00:15:13 +0100

Thirty minutes ago I observed a bright transit by the USA 144 Titan
rocket, reaching ~45 deg in the NNE at a range of 325 km. It was steady
and close to the magnitude 0.0 of Vega at its brightest. It appeared
slightly yellow in comparison to the blue-white of Vega though I suppose
hat this could be due to the different spectral types of Vega and the
Sun, rather than the intrinsic colour of the Titan.

The observation (below) was earlier in the transit and shows it smack
on time with Quicksat predictions from...
USA 144 Titan 4 r ?                              294 x 201 km
1 25745U 99028B   99144.74219679  .00843989  79343-5  61589-3 0    22
2 25745  63.3904  94.1494 0069604 171.3855 189.2671 16.09796962    72


SATOBS

2707 9905 0.211 2405
24
9802802 224356.02 035154+722833 1.5 1.5 0 S
999

Alan


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