The Lacrosse 5 Titan Rk and Lacrosse 5 seemed reasonably on time just now, with the payload trailing by about 55 seconds. Both were very easy to see, comparable to Arcturus (0 mag) in spite of morning twilight and thin cirrus clouds. The payload flared to about -1 south of its culmination. I could not detect any variation in the Titan, presumably due to its "gibbous" phase angle. Each passed close to beta BOO and alpha OPH, which were still visible without binoculars. Observed from tennis courts between my apartment and the Ney Museum, roughly 30.31N, 97.73W, 150m. On the attempted positional measurements in my previous message, I forgot to mention that the coordinates were epoch 2000. Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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