Hi All
As a result of feedback from Pierre,Mike,Thierry and Ted re my
observations of 12 November I re-examined the video tapes with the
following results:
(1) The position reported for the first pass of 95066A is
INCORRECT.
It turns out I reversed the positions of the reference stars
used by entering star#2's position as that of no 1, and star#1
as no 2. The position should have been
95066A #23278
23h11m45.5sUT RA10h16m00.6s,Dec-26deg47'26"(J2000)
However this observation may not be as accurate "as usual" since
it was done at a very low elevation - about 10 degrees and I only
had two reference stars on opposite ends of the field of view so
things like field curvature may be appreciable. Normally I try and
select stars close to the centre of the field of view and along the
"x axis"- this time I had to use stars 2.43 degrees apart in the
"y axis" at a position angle of 48 degrees-not an ideal situation.
(2) Mike McCants points out that my unknown sighted at
23h32m41.8sUT could not have been 65082DM as it was then
deep in shadow. I have re-examined the tape and it very definately
is a satellite - I initially thought that it might have been a bird on
getting Mikes report. I have been unable to find a candidate for the
object seen in ALLDAT.TLE so it remains an UNIDENTIFIED
satellite
Cheers
Greg
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