Optical 16 Dec 2020

From: Greg Roberts via Seesat-l <seesat-l_at_satobs.org>
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2020 12:32:11 +0200
Site 0435 Pinelands (Cape Town,South Africa)
18.5101 degrees east  33.9368 degrees south altitude 25.5 metres

ZWO ASI 174MM cmos camera with telephoto lens set at about 80mm
focal length and aperture f/2.8. Field of view 7.74 by 4.86 degrees,
1x binning and image scale 14.5 arcsec/pixel.

Timing provided by Dimension 4 and Network Time Synchronization
(NTP) and generally better than 0.1 seconds.

FOR CLASSIFIED.TLE:
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25724 99 023A   0435 F 20201216190957656 15 15 0416070+070614 35 S
25724 99 023A   0435 F 20201216191007649 15 15 0425170+072133 35 S
25724 99 023A   0435 F 20201216191015658 15 15 0432210+073312 35 S
28096 03 054B   0435 G 20201216200744425 15 15 0441360+035240 35 S
28096 03 054B   0435 G 20201216200753420 15 15 0444160+054018 35 S
28096 03 054B   0435 G 20201216200802420 15 15 0446580+072049 35 S
28888 05 042A   0435 G 20201216183015194 15 15 0553220+102012 35 S
28888 05 042A   0435 G 20201216183023193 15 15 0545450+131530 35 S
28888 05 042A   0435 G 20201216183030191 15 15 0539150+154351 35 S
31701 07 027A   0435 G 20201216195111881 15 15 0421580+101119 35 S
31701 07 027A   0435 G 20201216195117880 15 15 0424160+112625 35 S
31701 07 027A   0435 G 20201216195123872 15 15 0426300+123850 35 S
31708 07 027C   0435 G 20201216195111881 15 15 0422170+083244 35 S
31708 07 027C   0435 G 20201216195117880 15 15 0424350+095106 35 S
31708 07 027C   0435 G 20201216195123872 15 15 0426510+110625 35 S
37814 11 050B   0435 G 20201216181926687 15 15 0153140+264401 35 S
37814 11 050B   0435 G 20201216181930882 15 15 0152060+254036 35 S
37814 11 050B   0435 G 20201216181933291 15 15 0151260+250227 35 S
37814 11 050B   0435 G 20201216181936288 15 15 0150360+241345 35 S
37814 11 050B   0435 G 20201216181938084 15 15 0150050+234356 35 S
39232 13 043A   0435 F 20201216192855674 15 15 0713370-071029 35 S
39232 13 043A   0435 F 20201216192857680 15 15 0712490-065119 35 S
39232 13 043A   0435 F 20201216192901674 15 15 0711120-061302 35 S
39232 13 043A   0435 F 20201216192905676 15 15 0709360-053430 35 S
39232 13 043A   0435 F 20201216192909674 15 15 0708010-045547 35 S
39232 13 043A   0435 F 20201216192913678 15 15 0706270-041733 35 S
39232 13 043A   0435 F 20201216192917675 15 15 0704530-033836 35 S
39475 13 072P   0435 F 20201216191455663 15 15 0645020-055741 35 S
39475 13 072P   0435 F 20201216191501663 15 15 0639310-043820 35 S
39475 13 072P   0435 F 20201216191509662 15 15 0632010-024815 35 S
43145 18 005A   0435 G 20201216183957722 15 15 0458200+270542 35 S
43145 18 005A   0435 G 20201216184022334 15 15 0451100+295649 35 S
43145 18 005A   0435 G 20201216184046336 15 15 0444150+323931 35 S

UNKNOWN:
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99999 99 099A   0435 G 20201216200603554 15 15 0431020+071311 35 S
99999 99 099A   0435 G 20201216200621554 15 15 0441530+054540 35 S
99999 99 099A   0435 G 20201216200639560 15 15 0452090+042325 35 S

NOTES:
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Do not see any obvious match for the unknown, steady at about
magnitude +4 but probably a STARLINK ? These are a real pain in the
butt!
Missed a few classified satellites due to cloud dodging.

Cheers
Greg

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