Ted, thanks for the reply. I have checked both passes on Heavens Above and Bjorn Gimle has kindly sent me a chart to compare them. Given the weight of evidence that you have, I am prepared to admit that I identifed the wrong sat and that what I saw was in fact Cosmos 2082. I am certain of the position, but not the exact time. I had been scanning the sky around eta Cassiopeiae from 18:07. I don't think that I waited four minutes before following the object, but I don't have a record of it. I set my watch against the British Telecom time signal, so I am confident of the time I began scanning for the sat, but I do not have access to a reliable atomic clock signal to time passes against (which is why I haven't tried positional measurements yet). Therefore I couldn't tell the exact time when I was watching through the binoculars. USA 81 is my priority target and hopefully when I get a good pass here I will have another go at observing it. Although I have been interested in astronomy for over twenty years I am still new at satellite observation. BTW can anyone in Europe let me know of a way of getting an accurate time signal? I do own a shortwave radio so I can receive HF signals, but not very longwave ones. Bruce Devizes UK 51.3440 N 1.9849 W 125m Ted Molczan wrote: > Are you sufficiently certain of your observation time and sky-position to rule > out this object? ----------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from SeeSat-L, send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@satobs.org List archived at http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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