Observations 15 Feb 2005 --------------------------------- Amended observation: Corrected time - WAS 21h07m44.0s UT - should have been 21h07m44.4sUT. 24680 96 072A 0433 F 20050215210744400 17 15 0148354-813900 39 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ive had a chance to look at some of my images taken of possible unknown geostationaries on the 15th Feb 2005. Note this report is only based on one observation spell . Field #1: --------- Three possible geostationaries seen. Two have been identified as PAS 5 and PAS 7. The unknown one is brighter than the two PAS satellites and about magnitude +11.8. The following are two positions (J2000) 19h36m22.0s UT RA 10h22m15.2s Dec +05d37'28" 19h38m22.0s RA 10h24m15.6s Dec +05d36'56" Field #2 : ---------- Two possible geostationaries and one high altitude satellite. The two geostationaries have been identified as #26939 (01-045D) and #21765 (91-075A)- both around mag 12-13. The unknown was easy to see on the DVD recording once I noticed it. It was variable with a short period of a few seconds and ranged from about mag +10 to +12. The following positions were obtained: 19h45m01.2s UT RA 10h08m30.8s Dec +05d56'31" (J2000) 19h45m27.1s UT RA 10h08m41.2s Dec +05d52'04" 19h45m55.9s UT RA 10h08m52.7s Dec +05d46'43" 19h46m22.8s UT RA 10h09m06.3s Dec +05d42'14" I have been unable to identify the unknowns. Anybody like to guess ? Unfortunately due to my mounts elevation problem, mentioned last report, other areas examined were not where the ccd camera was pointing :-(( Cheers Greg ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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