(meteorobs) Observations -- East GA, April 28/29

[Kim Youmans]

John,
  Yeah, I think the solar panels on *that* baby could have given me quite a 
glint!
As I stated earlier, after checking my tape the time was 3:02 UT; my meteor 
clock matched my wristwatch.  That's usually close enough for me, just to 
log meteor times.
When I observe big events (like the Leonid "storms" of the past few years) I 
use a shortwave for the time.  But the time signal is really irritating to 
listen to so I don't use it unless I have to.  When I (rarely) do double 
station observations with Paul Jones down in St. Augustine, I'm accurate to 
within seconds....

   The point I'm slowly getting at is +/- 2 minutes should still put my 
observation within reach of Priorada, which may not be exactly on schedule 
(?) itself.  I'm satisfied!

Kim


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Kuehn" <jkuehn8 at comcast.net>
To: "Global Meteor Observing Forum" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2005 11:06 PM
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Observations -- East GA, April 28/29


> Kim, Tony
>
> In case your interested here's a picture of the 'Meteor Priroda' satellite
> http://www.astronautix.com/craft/metiroda.htm
>
> Starry Night Pro shows that Meteor Priorada WAS sunlit from Kims provided 
> Lat. and Long. (32° 49' N 82° 10' W) before and after the 23:05 time of 
> the flash generating a mag 5.32 ,non flash, illumination at those 
> coordinates.
> With an elevation of 38 degrees and an almost due west azimuth.
> The sun was at a -32 degree elevation at the same time having set also in 
> the west.
> Starry night may be in error, nut, I generally haven't found that to be 
> the case.
>
> John Kuehn
>
> Tony Beresford wrote:
>
>>At 09:53 AM 1/05/05, Kim Youmans wrote:
>>
>>>John,
>>>That would fit in nicely with my observation, then.  The satellite would 
>>>have been positioned between me and the sun.  As I noted, my magnitude 
>>>estimate was "rough" because I didn't get a clear look at it.  It didn't 
>>>seem meteoric at all.
>>>
>>>Kim Y.
>>>
>>
>>Kim,John,
>>If you check out Meteor priorada ( catalog number 12585, 1981 65A) with 
>>www.hreavens-above.com you will find it wasn't sunlit at your indicated 
>>location, only leaving the shadow  about 25 degrees further along the 
>>track.
>> It would also have been there closer to 23:02 EDT rather than 23:05. I 
>> assume Kim's time estimate
>>was + or - 2 minutes.
>>There were other satellite suspects , but none seem to me to be a likely 
>>suspect.
>>I found them using Mike McCant's FINDSAT programme.
>>
>>On seeing Kim's report my first thought was a a glint from one of the 
>>tumbling Iridium's,
>>but it turns out none were in the vicinity at the time. I have seen these 
>>2 or 3 times myself.
>>Just one or sometimes two strobe length flashes, that one wonders if it 
>>was  real or something
>>internal to ones visual system. They can be mag -7to -8 like iridium 
>>flares. However the short
>>duration probably lowers the apparent brightness.
>>
>>Tony B
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