Re: Leo's Iridium Flare Formatted
Leo Barhorst (leobarhorst@pi.net)
Mon, 01 Sep 1997 20:51:05 +0200
Ron Lee wrote:
>
> Sat Sat Sun Flare Obs Sun Phase NORAD #
> UT Dir AZ EL AZ EL Dur Mag UT Pass Az/El
> 20:42:49 08/31/97 S 063 44 313 -18 5 -4 LB 0 Unk 78 43 24841
>
> This hopefully is the correct info for Leo's first flare sighting! Hope you
> get to see more.
>
> Ron
Hello Ron,
Thanks for formatting the observed Iridium 16 flare. However the time has to be
20:42:46.3 UT.
Below I've inclueded the Track16b output for this pass:
Track16 SGP4/SDP4 Topocentric Location: +004.767 +52.650 +0003m Date and Time
are UT
YearMoDa H M S Long(+E) Lat(+N) Hgt Range Sun Azi Alt R.A. Dec
Mag AHShdVis
24841 97030F 97030F Elset Age: 2.7 days
19970831 20:35:45 1.2995 79.9490 790 3295 -17.4 358.68 0.32 7:41.7 37.7
+ ***
19970831 20:36:45 6.5479 76.5543 790 2915 -17.5 1.02 3.63 7:30.6 41.0
+ ***
19970831 20:37:45 9.5935 73.0870 790 2540 -17.6 4.01 7.66 7:14.6 44.9
+ ***
19970831 20:38:45 11.5400 69.5833 790 2175 -17.7 8.00 12.49 6:49.9 49.3
+ ***
19970831 20:39:45 12.8648 66.0584 789 1829 -17.8 13.69 18.41 6: 8.9 54.1
+ ***
19970831 20:40:45 13.8056 62.5197 789 1515 -17.9 22.43 25.76 4:56.9 58.3
+ ***
19970831 20:41:45 14.4933 58.9711 788 1261 -18.0 36.95 34.42 3: 1.3 58.1
+ ***
19970831 20:42:45 15.0059 55.4151 787 1109 -18.1 61.26 41.86 1: 0.4 48.4
+ ***
19970831 20:43:45 15.3924 51.8529 787 1103 -18.3 92.75 42.13 23:41.3 30.8
+ ***
19970831 20:44:45 15.6856 48.2856 786 1246 -18.4 117.76 34.92 22:56.5 12.9
+ ***
Greetings and clear skies
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Leo Barhorst Alkmaar The Netherlands
52.65 North 4.77 East 3 m asl
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Every day I wonder about what I see in the sky