Despite having to play peek-a-boo with rapidly moving clouds, I finally
saw
one of the recently-shed ISS debris pieces - 28412 = 98-067AD. Although
it
was some 5 seconds late based on the below TLE (rather stale, but I guess
OIG or its source(s) are relaxing during this Labor Day weekend) as it
passed near lambda Cassiopeia, nothing else in my TLE files comes close.
ISS deb AD
1 28412U 98067AD 04249.40612523 .00117471 00000-0 95657-3 0 75
2 28412 51.6372 276.2515 0004612 100.6275 259.5380 15.69768568 198
It appeared in 10x50 binoculars at about 4.9 magnitude, not obviously
varying, corresponding to quicksat intrinsic magnitude 6.3 and Skymap
[Matson] standard magnitude 7.5 - these magnitudes being +/- about 0.2 .
Although the bright moon was somewhat annoying, it was fun watching the
ISS itself just miss transiting it less than three minutes later.
In IOD format:
28412 98 067AD 0000 F 20040906091109000 18 S+049 02
(where "0000" is a dummy station identifier, corresponding to the below
coordinates).
Clear and dark skies!
Ed Light
Lakewood, NJ, USA
N 40.1075, W 074.2312, +24 m (80 ft)
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