At last an excellently clear night. Searching for Russell's UNID from 8+16 days ago, at the point where the spread of possible orbits was a minimum, was almost impossible in twilight. It took me five minutes to locate Ursa Major! The next pass coincided with 04-34B. At least I followed and timed a fast flasher from UMa to Lyra, which turned out to be 04-21B! While scanning the track of 04-34B, a bright satellite crossed right through the telescope FOV at 20:15:42 UT - ADEOS 2 r 02-56E #27601. Another at 21:23:21 UT RA 00:40 +39 deg was about +11 passing at right angles to the 04-34 track, just mag +11 across the field IDed as #05217 71-41H (pred. +9) 28385 04 034B 5919 E 20040910204009490 17 25 0043097+390512 97 S 28385 04 034B 5919 E 20040910204425040 17 25 0051722+371700 57 S What these numbers mean, and how they are recorded: http://www.algonet.se/~b_gimle/IODprograms.htm -- COSPAR 5919, MALMA, 59.2576 N, 18.6172 E, 23 m -- -- COSPAR 5918, HAMMARBY, 59.2985 N, 18.1045 E, 44 m -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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