jim.varney@24stex.com wrote : >> Was looking for Microlab 1 when something very bright caught the corner >> of my eye. Near the zenith was a satellite showing a blue-white glint >> of mag -2 or so. It faded down to 5th mag for a few seconds, then >> disappeared. 38.4578 121.3983 8m August 31, 1995 UT >> 04:47:49 UT 21h25m 62 N (near Alpha Cepheus) S to N It appears to have been a type of satellites, known for this behaviour. I have seen #20978. Within several days, you can often see the best flashes on passes close to directions where you have seen flashes before. However, the prediction for this says 4:49:50 near alp Cep, not 4:47:49, though the elset was only six days old (el950827.Z). DMSP B5D2-7 1 23233U 94057 A 95237.03078063 .00000044 00000-0 47388-4 0 4594 2 23233 98.8734 294.4768 0012172 307.9947 52.0119 14.12630542 50872 SatJD( 1)=2449960.703166 SatDur( 1)= 8.71667 Autolocate( 1)= 73.7056, 66.9252 Other DMSP B5D2's are : DMSP B5D2-1 82118 A 1 13736U 82118 A 95237.02488402 .00000046 00000-0 37838-4 0 8356 2 13736 98.6292 65.1462 0008316 169.1794 190.9564 14.25748047658721 DMSP B5D2-2 83113 A 1 14506U 83113 A 95237.24944975 .00000033 00000-0 32582-4 0 2614 2 14506 98.4250 32.8494 0012420 353.3159 6.7831 14.23816556610883 DMSP B5D2-3 87053 A 1 18123U 87053 A 95236.98669569 -.00000009 00000-0 17915-4 0 1125 2 18123 98.7761 67.0622 0015154 25.6944 334.4980 14.15414559422451 DMSP B5D2-4 88006 A 1 18822U 88006 A 95236.58269565 .00000001 00000-0 18853-4 0 524 2 18822 98.4011 77.5974 0006075 146.0053 214.1515 14.23162276392245 DMSP B5D2-5 90105 A 1 20978U 90105 A 95237.05914636 .00000046 00000-0 32343-4 0 3095 2 20978 98.6358 305.0450 0079096 327.5869 32.0465 14.32571131247174 DMSP B5D2-6 91082 A 1 21798U 91082 A 95237.03797295 .00000024 00000-0 36233-4 0 9598 2 21798 98.9606 248.9407 0013182 354.8913 5.2122 14.13912140192931 DMSP B5D2-8 95015 A 1 23533U 95015 A 95236.97183156 .00000041 00000-0 45928-4 0 1888 2 23533 98.8343 238.4022 0006692 170.3865 189.7434 14.12698569 21669 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Edward Light wrote : > On 1995 Aug 29 at about 01:30 UTC (Aug 28, 21:30 EDT), while watching Mir > pass in my northern sky, I noted an unknown (to me) object moving to the > right, essentially parallel to Mir's path, but much lower, and perhaps a > half- to one minute earlier, passing below Polaris at about 01:30.5 UTC by > which time it was fading (presumably as it was entering the earth's shadow, > which Mir itself did a little later. and >I first noticed this unknown object near Beta UMa at which time it was >at approximate magnitude +2.0 moving towards the right - in fact initially >I couldn't understand why Mir was appearing much lower (abour 20 degrees) >lower than predicted! and Walter Nissen suggests : >>How 'bout this guy: 1 23588U 95020D 95238.73265880 +.00000068 +00000-0 +76472-5 0 00343 2 23588 051.6552 164.4121 0002250 247.8518 112.2227 15.57161319008414 (Progress M-27 debris, 782 sq.m. according to satsit07 !!) When I searched for candidates, I dismissed this one, because it was predicted 1'42" AFTER ( behind and ABOVE ) Mir., using : 1 23588U 95020 D 95236.16558409 .00000011 00000-0 68741-5 0 337 2 23588 51.6552 177.2683 0002384 236.2079 123.8670 15.57158338 8014 There are a number of candidates below Mir's orbit, but far from parallell. ============================================================ == bjorn.gimle@online.dextel.se ; 59.22371 N, 18.22857 E == ==(bjorn.gimle@duesenberg.se) +46-8-7428086 == ============================================================ ************ Sent via DN Online (Sweden) UUCP Gateway **************