Observations 05 Apr 2008:
-----------------------------------
Cosatrak 1 (Computerised satellite Tracking System).
MINTRON low light level CCD surveillance camera (0.005 lux typical
in non integration mode) and 0.00005 lux in STARLIGHT mode with 128
frame integration.
Used with 200mm focal length f/2.8 lens,integrating for 128 frames
which is equivalent to a max exposure of 2.56 seconds per image.
Site 0433 : Longitude 18.51294 deg East, Latitude 33.94058 deg S,
Elevation 10 metres - situated in Pinelands (Cape Town), South Africa
For CLASSIFIED.TLE/GEO.TLE
New unknown - no match in my database
00000 99 999A 0433 P 20080405184022400 56 15 1259550+045631 39 +110 05
00000 99 999A 0433 P 20080405184102400 56 15 1300370+045457 39 +110 05
UFO F10 AKA #90036
25967 99 063A 0433 P 20080405184622400 56 15 1258460+053411 39 +060 05
25967 99 063A 0433 P 20080405184746600 56 15 1300130+053336 39 +060 05
25967 99 063A 0433 P 20080405184959200 56 15 1302270+053342 39 +060 05
Geosat flare season - southern hemisphere:
===========================================
EXPRESS AM2 05010A #28629 18h20m14sUT RA13h04m12s(J2000)Dec+05d09'15"
THAICOM 5 06020B #29163 18h26m13sUT RA13h04m04s Dec+05d04'56"
TELSTAR APS 97062A #25010 18h33m20sUT RA13h02m47s Dec+05d10'17"
ABS 1 99053A #25924 18h40m07sUT RA13h03m07s Dec+05d11'14"
INSAT 3C 02002A #27298 18h44m11sUT RA13h03m10s Dec+05d14'01"
EUTELSAT W5 02051A #27554 18h58m00sUT RA13h01m47s Dec+05d10'34"
Columns are:
Common name - Cospar name - catalog number- time of shadow entry UT-
RA and Dec position of satellite at time of shadow entry (from sat
ephemeris) so could be a little out depending on how accurate the
SPACETRACK elements are.
Notes:
---------
(0) Nil observations 04 April - cloudy
(1) New unknown found - weather permitting I will make an effort to get
more observations.
(2) UFO F10 bright - little off track? - old elements?
(3) TELSTAR APS faint so shadow entry time a little uncertain.
(4) EUTELSAT W5 shadow entry - had cloud problems - so little uncertain.
(5) Thereafter had to abandon observing as started to rain - I cant win!
Cheers
Greg
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive:
http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Sun Apr 06 2008 - 08:42:14 UTC