SATOBS ML (4353), 1 May 2008: USA 186, USA 161, IGA 1A, IGS 1B

From: Marco Langbroek (marco.langbroek@wanadoo.nl)
Date: Thu May 01 2008 - 23:35:09 UTC

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    Obs ML Leiden (Cospar 4353), VISUAL:
    
    28888 05 042A   4353 G 20080501204827220 17 75 0909178+518390 46 S
    27699 03 009B   4353 G 20080501205443530 17 75 1557215+269040 26 S
    27698 03 009A   4353 G 20080501211448930 17 75 1418454+512500 46 S
    26934 01 044A   4353 G 20080501231600650 17 75 1818409+409300 26 S
    
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    Method: Meade ETX-70 (7cm/F5) @ 14x magnification, stopwatch and Molczan's
    Obsreduce software. Time ref: DCF-77 radio controlled clock
    
    What these numbers mean:
    http://www.satobs.org/position/IODformat.html
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    Sky clear but with periods of clouds & fields of haze. A stray seen just before 
    IGS 1B in the same field of view turned out to be the CZ-4 r/b.
    
    05-042A gave of a bright short yellow -3 flare in Leo
    
    - Marco
    
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    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
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