2001 aug 08 searching for DMSP B5D2-7 1 23233U 94057A 01172.11471109 getting a little stale at +48 days. predicted at 18 arcmin from mu Vir at 0223:44 UT at +6.9 vM (or alternatively at +5.9 vM(?) and Quicksat estimated it +/- :48s. sky was fair, no moon (yet), sun -15 el, lim mag ~8.0, an easy target :-\ I started looking at 0220. still looking at 0227:30. then sat flew into fov on similar trajectory but a little low 14 40' RA -6 20' Dec at 0227:34.5 and I traked it into the NW, shooting two more splits, have not reduced (yet) since I was fooled a few weeks ago looking for this sat. mccants findsat thinks I probably saw IRS-ICr 23753 95072C Findsat Version 1.7 26.2431 98.2164 110. PG_gps_McAllen 2001 8 8 2 27 34.5 14 40.0 -6.33 2000. NCat TmEr PosEr R A Dec 23753 0 .5 14 41.9 -6.15 IRS-1C r 95072C so where's the real 23233 ?? earlier, later, fainter ??? if ODers think this was 23233, I should be able to reduce some better pts. let me know. ******************************************* Paul Gabriel 26.24310N 098.21635W 34.8m the stars at night are big & bright...... gabriel305@earthlink.net titanp150 / win95C / calypso ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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