Obs 21 Dec 2003 Part 2 (last)

From: Greg Roberts (grr@iafrica.com)
Date: Wed Dec 24 2003 - 04:21:30 EST

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    Observations 21 Dec 2003:    Part 2 of 2
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    Cosatrak 1 (Computerised satellite Tracking System), 1004x low
    light level CCD surveillance camera (0.003 lux) with 145mm focal
    length f/2.5 lens with focal length reducer, field of view
    1.89 x 1.43 degrees.
    
    Conditions good - windy but blowing all the city muck away!
    
    Site 0433 : Longitude 18.51294 deg East, Latitude  33.94058 deg S,
    Elevation 10 metres - situated in Pinelands (Cape Town), South Africa
    
    Balance of observations made:
    
    
    17997 87 043A   0433 G 20031221202917400 17 15 0254325-050713 39 I+087 05
    17997 87 043A   0433 G 20031221203130000 17 15 0404418-352702 39 I+085 05
    17997 87 043A   0433 G 20031221203233000 17 15 0501072-491912 39 I+086 05
    25991 99 067A   0433 G 20031221203922500 17 15 1714473-874808 39 R+065 05
    25991 99 067A   0433 G 20031221204047200 17 15 0202045-675038 39 R+045 05
    25991 99 067A   0433 G 20031221204216400 17 15 0208409-284750 39 R+056 05
    23851 96 024A   0433 G 20031221205253600 17 15 1139500-632844 39 I+083 05
    23851 96 024A   0433 G 20031221205345900 17 15 1027303-633124 39 I+070 05
    23851 96 024A   0433 G 20031221205630200 17 15 0630161-322022 39 I+044 05
    26473 00 047A   0433 G 20031221205438000 17 15 1040584-643743 39 S+030 05
    26473 00 047A   0433 G 20031221205513700 17 15 0949481-552623 39 S+029 05
    26473 00 047A   0433 G 20031221205545500 17 15 0920564-453137 39 S+035 05
    
    99999 03 600A   0433 G 20031221200340500 17 15 0512472+121329 39 S+075 05
    99999 03 600A   0433 G 20031221200355200 17 15 0513447+130733 39 S+075 05
    
    Notes:
    
    (1) This concludes observations for 21 December, 2003
    
    (2) After sending my previous report I had a look at my unknown
        - called 99999 and noticed that the second measurement was
        obviously wrong, so I remeasured position 1 and 2 and they
        are included above - dont know how I got the second
        measurement originally!
    
    (3) I have gained a few more degrees of sky - my one neighbour
        trimmed his fig tree rather drastically and Ive gained about
        100 square degrees towards the east. Now if he would trim
        the tree next to it .....
    
    (4) My other neighbour to the west is also planning to remove a
        tree which blocks out quite a large area of sky - Ive already
        started to help him to cut it down, so hopefully for 2004 I
        will have quite a bit more of sky to track in.
    
    (5) Now to the next job - fix my wayward quartz crystal clock!
    
    (6) Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year to all for 2004.
        May it be a good year in all aspects.
    
    Cheers
    Greg
    
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