Optical 05 April 2010 Part 1

From: Greg Roberts (grr@telkomsa.net)
Date: Tue Apr 06 2010 - 13:51:07 UTC

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    Observations 05 APRIL 2010
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    Cosatrak 1 (Computerised satellite Tracking System).
    Camera mount now carries two systems that can be operated
    together as two totally different sytems and computers used.
    
    Meade DSI Pro II Monochrome CCD camera without filters.
    using integration times of 5 sec min to 25 seconds maximum
    depending on brightness of sky in particular area.No image
    processing done, but some done automatically in the auto reduction
    software.
    
    Used with 4 inch SKYWATCHER refractor- model 1025 - fitted with home
    made focal reducer to give an f/2.56 system. Image scale is 6.56 arc
    sec/pixel and field of view 84.8 x 63.2 arc minutes. Shows 15th
    magnitude stars in real time with reasonably good conditions.
    
    Exposure time to nearest second inserted into image FITS header
    from PC clock which is automatically checked every minute against
    GPS signal.
    
    Site 0433 : Longitude 18.51294 deg East, Latitude -33.94058 deg,
    Elevation 10 metres-situated in Pinelands (Cape Town),South Africa
    
    FOR CLASSIFIED.TLE:
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    24737 97 008A   0433 G 20100405230249000 16 15 1321026+114345 28
    25336 98 029A   0433 G 20100405171859000 16 15 0601441+142307 38
    25336 98 029A   0433 G 20100405172025000 16 15 0603110+142332 28
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    25336 98 029A   0433 G 20100405172254000 16 15 0605408+142410 38
    25967 99 063A   0433 G 20100405211442000 16 15 1524516+050446 28
    25967 99 063A   0433 G 20100405211628000 16 15 1526371+050321 28  +125 03
    25967 99 063A   0433 G 20100405211749000 16 15 1527589+050217 28
    26635 00 080A   0433 G 20100405214108000 16 15 0941302+092200 28
    26635 00 080A   0433 G 20100405214208000 16 15 0942305+092150 18
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    27168 02 001A   0433 G 20100405193509000 16 15 1037173+085615 28
    27168 02 001A   0433 G 20100405193631000 16 15 1038395+085547 28  +100 01
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    27938 03 041B   0433 G 20100405221242000 16 15 1605297+095908 28
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    90083 09 526A   0433 G 20100405182429000 16 15 0558261+190311 28  +105 05
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    96126 96 626A   0433 G 20100405225741000 16 15 1539414+065800 68
    
    STRAYS SEEN:
    =================
    COSMOS 706   range 20500 kms
    07625 75 007A   0433 E 20100405233409000 16 15 1105386-111301 28  +105 05
    TDRS 7
    23613 95 035B   0433 E 20100405222125000 16 15 1720066-004738 28  +101 05
    23613 95 035B   0433 E 20100405222157000 16 15 1720378-004906 28  +101 05
    RADUGA 1M-1
    32373 07 058A   0433 E 20100405223956000 16 15 1640164+051223 38
    32373 07 058A   0433 E 20100405224246000 16 15 1643062+051224 28
    GONETS D1M1
    28909 05 048B   0433 E 20100405181405000 16 15 0854145+243613 39
    28909 05 048B   0433 E 20100405181404000 16 15 0854160+243456 39
    THURAYA 2
    27825 03 026A   0433 E 20100405195738000 16 15 1203167+050936 28  +104 00
    27825 03 026A   0433 E 20100405195906000 16 15 1204446+050825 38  +103 00
    SL-12 R/B(2)
    11862 80 049F   0433 E 20100405195738000 16 15 1202398+050057 38  +124 04
    11862 80 049F   0433 E 20100405195906000 16 15 1204031+045433 38  +128 02
    INTELSAT 904
    27380 02 007A   0433 E 20100405210149000 16 15 1418298+051825 28  +111 00
    27380 02 007A   0433 E 20100405210242000 16 15 1419225+051824 28  +115 01
    GALAXY 11
    26038 99 071A   0433 E 20100405202523000 16 15 1140081+053019 28  +101 00
    26038 99 071A   0433 E 20100405202712000 16 15 1141570+053018 28  +101 00
    INTELSAT 802
    24846 97 031A   0433 E 20100405202523000 16 15 1140462+053004 28  +111 01
    24846 97 031A   0433 E 20100405202712000 16 15 1142351+053003 28  +112 00
    E-BIRD
    27948 03 043A   0433 E 20100405202523000 16 15 1141474+053129 28  +097 00
    27948 03 043A   0433 E 20100405202712000 16 15 1143362+053127 28  +100 00
    EKRAN 11
    14377 83 100A   0433 E 20100405224502000 16 15 1548326-065237 28
    
    Notes:
    ======
    (1) Finally a night good enough to observe - actually turned out to be
        one of those rare nights when transparency good, wind not too high
        and seeing about 10 arc seconds- somewhat better than Cape Town's
        usual 12-15 arc seconds. With short integrations could get down
        to mag +14.5 without a problem. With winter approaching the evenings
        are starting to cool down - the CCD camera likes this and has less
        dead pixels and is more sensitive- a few degrees centigrade makes
        a big difference.Time I cooled the camera but this will probably
        overload the mounting which can barely cope at the moment.
    
    (2) 90070 running close to predicted time.
    
    (3) Still have a few video observations to reduce manually which I
        will do tomorrow- Ive had enough for today.
    
    Cheers
    Greg
    
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