Thanks, Mike, The match in time and pos is remarkable, and though this track is sharply inclined (130 degrees) I am inclined (!) to agee . I am a poor judge of direction in the newtonian scope - I did develop an algorithm to deduce the true DIR from apparent, depending on position of eyepiece holder (and scope) but haven't memorized or tested it enough. In this case I certainly identified the stars marked green (on the attachment to you). With five of them inside the FOV. I could still mistake a true retrograde (very rare for a 48-degree orbit) - failing to notice a 130 (50) degree angle is less likely, but possible. /Björn >----Ursprungligt meddelande---- >Från: mmccants > >>00051 60 009C 5919 G 20050513224141840 17 25 1440635+085808 96 S > >findsat gives small residuals for #26225. > > NCat TmEr PosEr R A Dec Range > 26225 -2 0.1 14 40.4 9.01 675 99057DP 99057DP > >The RCS is about 0.3 > >The direction of travel would have been quite wrong? > -- What the above numbers mean: www.algonet.se/~b_gimle/IODprograms.htm -- /Björn -- COSPAR 5919, MALMA, 59.2576 N, 18.6172 E, 23 m -- -- COSPAR 5918, HAMMARBY, 59.2985 N, 18.1045 E, 44 m -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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