Hi These observations were made using my CoSaTrak system whilst doing positional observations. The satellite/s were normally observed for at least two minutes of the transit. The field of view of the CCD camera was approximately 3.3 degrees as seen on the video monitor. G.Roberts, GR, Lat = -33.9405, Long = +18.5129, Alt = 10 m Cospar 0433 95- 66A 01-01-30 23:01:59 GR +6.0 steady 95- 66A 01-01-30 23:02:18 GR +5.8 steady 77-112D 01-01-30 18:45:20 GR +7.1 steady 77-112D 01-01-30 18:46:41 GR +7.2 steady 77-112D 01-01-30 18:47:40 GR +7.8 steady-difficult 91- 82A 01-01-30 19:02:21 GR +6.6 steady 91- 82A 01-01-30 19:04:00 GR +7.2 variable 91- 82A 01-01-30 19:04:57 GR +6.7 variable 91- 82A 01-01-30 19:07:00 GR +7.7 variable 77-112E 01-01-30 19:22:23 GR +5.8 steady 77-112E 01-01-30 19:25:39 GR +7.4 steady-flare to +4.5 91- 79A 01-01-30 19:50:50 GR +4.0 flash,duration 3 sec-geostationary 88- 78A 01-01-30 19:56:08 GR +6.5 variable,p=1.9 sec 88- 78A 01-01-30 19:59:43 GR +3.4 mainly steady,some brief flashes 88- 78A 01-01-30 19:59:59 GR +4.0 mainly steady 91- 30A 01-01-30 19:23:00 GR +6.7 steady 94- 08F 01-01-30 19:36:50 GR +7.5 slow variable ? 83- 56D 01-01-30 20:04:21 GR +7.8 difficult 83- 56D 01-01-30 20:04:44 GR +7.7 difficult 91- 17A 01-01-30 20:14:56 GR +4.7 steady 91- 17A 01-01-30 20 13:44 GR +3.5 slow variable? 83- 56G 01-01-30 20:17:42 GR +7.8 steady-difficult 94- 17B 01-01-30 20:22:25 GR flashing +3 to +7.1 complex 96- 24A 01-01-30 20:31:24 GR +6.7 steady 96- 24A 01-01-30 20:31:58 GR +7.3 steady 96- 67A 01-01-30 20:48:23 GR +5.5->+7.2,p=1.97 sec 96- 67A 01-01-30 20:49:58 GR +4.5 flashing 83- 08A 01-01-30 20:53:58 GR invis to +4 briefly 83- 08A 01-01-30 20:54:25 GR +7.4 briefly 83- 08A 01-01-30 20:58:06 GR brief flash to +7.2 83- 08F 01-01-30 21:12:00 GR +8.0 difficult 99- 23A 01-01-30 22:09:12 GR +6.0 steady 99- 23A 01-01-30 22:09:48 GR +5.8 steady 97- 17B 01-01-30 21:52:00 GR +5.2 steady 96- 29C 01-01-30 20:04:45 GR +5.5 steady 66- 89A 01-01-30 22:15:00 GR +7.6 variable.flash to +5.5 66- 89A 01-01-30 22:23:00 GR +6.7 steady now 91- 76C 01-01-30 22:40:04 GR +7.2 steady 91- 76C 01-01-30 22:41:26 GR +7.6 steady 91- 76E 01-01-30 22:40:08 GR +6.8 steady-brightest of trio 91- 76E 01-01-30 22:41:30 GR +7.5 steady 91- 76D 01-01-30 22:40:14 GR +7.2 steady 91- 76D 01-01-30 22:41:36 GR +7.7 steady 95- 66A 01-02-03 22:53:40 GR +7.6 steady 95- 66A 01-02-03 22:54:58 GR +7.2 steady 61- 28A 01-01-30 21:24:40 GR +6.0 brief flash then invisible Cosmos 2172 ( #21789 - 91079A ) is a geostationary satellite seen by accident when it did a ~3 second flash to +4 approximately. Unfortunately I was busy tracking another satellite so did not wait to see if it did another flash. Might be worth watching. Cheers Greg Cospar #0433 long 18.5129E,lat 33.9406S,alt 10 metres Visit http://canopus.saao.ac.za/~wpk/CoSaTrak/cosatrak.html for info on CoSaTrak. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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