SatTrackCam Leiden (Cospar 4352) results for 17 August 2005: 21147 91 017A 4352 F 20050817215135800 17 75 2323550+314870 56 S+025 10 21147 91 017A 4352 F 20050817215146500 17 75 2322578+269620 56 S+025 10 27698 03 009A 4352 F 20050817211730800 17 75 2106410+280590 56 +030 10 Canon Digital Ixus 400 + ASTRORECORD astrometric software. What these numbers mean: http://www.satellite.eu.org/position/IODformat.html A second clear night, somewhat better sky conditions than yesterday. Tried to capture USA 129 a well and indeed have very faint trail on the image, but too iindistinct to measure reliably. The limiting magnitude for satellites clearly is near +3.0 for this camera setup. Only one point for 2003-009A (IGS 1A), the start of the trail, as the end seems to fade away and is very indistinct on the image. By contrast, trail for Lacrosse 2 is fat and bright. Saw the sat make his pass visually, magnitude steady near +2.5. - Marco :-) ----- Dr Marco Langbroek - SatTrackCam Leiden, Cospar 4352 Leiden, the Netherlands, 52.15894 N, 4.48883 E (WGS84), +5 m ASL SatTrackCam: http://home.wanadoo.nl/marco.langbroek/satcam.html Station (b)log: http://sattrackcam.blogspot.com e-mail: meteorites@dmsweb.org ----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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