Iridium obs report BD.
Bram Dorreman (a183231@nlevdpsb.snads.philips.nl)
Tue, 16 Sep 1997 21:40:09 GMT
A condensed Iridium flare report (I hope) in the format proposed.
AzI = Azimuth of the Iridium Satellite.
AzS = Azimuth of the Sun.
aI = altitude of the Iridium Satellite.
aS = altutude of the Sun.
AzI aI AzS as mag obs
hh:mm:ss mm/dd/yy m xxx xx xxx xx tt xx.x BD xxx xx norad COSPAR
20:16 09/06/97 S 71 43 306 -18 +0.5 BD 24837 97- 30 B
20:10 09/07/97 S 77 49 305 -18 -1.5 BD 24841 97- 30 F
20:03 09/10/97 S 86 56 303 -18 +3.0 BD 24836 97- 30 A
20:10 09/10/97 S 171 78 305 -19 +5.0 BD 24841 97- 30 F
19:43 09/13/97 S 83 66 298 -17 -2.0 BD 24837 97- 30 B
19:52 09/13/97 S 80 66 300 -18 +4.3 BD 24840 97- 30 E
21:08:30 09/13/97 S 60 26 318 -27 +4.5 BD 24870 97- 34 B
19:28 09/14/97 S 97 45 295 -15 +2.5 BD 24836 97- 30 A
19:37 09/14/97 S 93 54 297 -16 -6.5 BD 24841 97- 30 F
20:53 09/14/97 S 53 22 314 -26 +0.0 BD 24871 97- 34 C
04:32 09/15/97 N 196 38 76 -7 +2.0 BD 24946 97- 51 C
04:32 09/15/97 N 196 38 76 -7 +0.0 BD 24945 97- 51 B
04:32 09/15/97 N 196 38 76 -7 +1.0 BD 24944 97- 51 A
19:16:30 09/16/97 S 89 35 292 -14 +4.0 BD 24838 97- 30 C
19:25:20 09/16/97 S 96 63 294 -15 +1.0 BD 24839 97- 30 D
I don't like the observation record layout. I would prefer date and
time in the same way as in the PPAS, followed by object and by
observer and at last by the observation itself. Object in COSPARcode.
It is an almost 40-year habit to use COSPARcode in reporting of
artificial satellites visual observations. Therefore it was also
selected to be used in the PPAS. The same is true for date and time
reporting
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-- Bram Dorreman, COSPAR station 4160, Achel 1
-- latitude 51d 15' 49" north longitude 5d 28' 38" east
-- +51.26361 degrees -5.47722 degrees
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