23233 unseen

From: Paul Gabriel (gabriel305@earthlink.net)
Date: Tue Aug 07 2001 - 20:30:04 PDT

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    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
    
    
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