SATOBS ML (4355), 26 Feb 2014 (Pt. I): USA 186

From: Marco Langbroek <marco.langbroek_at_online.nl>
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 23:45:01 +0100
NEW SITE:

These observations were made from a new temporary site about 2 km from my 
regular site, called Leiden Cronesteyn. If Pierre agrees I will designate it 
Cospar 4355. Coordinates: 52.13878 N, 4.49937 E (WGS84), -2 m ASL


28888 05 042A   4355 F 20140226202407250 17 75 2324475+586100 56
28888 05 042A   4355 F 20140226202417250 17 75 2304271+579590 56
28888 05 042A   4355 F 20140226202427250 17 75 2246410+571750 56
28888 05 042A   4355 F 20140226202437250 17 75 2231268+563270 56

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Canon EOS 60D + Samyang 1.4/85mm, 800 ISO + ASTRORECORD astrometric
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What these numbers mean: http://www.satobs.org/position/IODformat.html
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The KH window is opening for my latitude. As visual passes are still restricted 
to very low North, I cannot observe USA 186 from my regular site yet. I 
therefore went to a new spot just out ow town, in the Cronesteyn polder some 2 
km SE of my normal location. It is about 10-15 minutes by bicycle. If Pierre 
agrees, I will designate it Cospar 4355

As the satellite is faint so low in the N-NW, I used the 85 mm to capture it. It 
shows up well in the images.

05-042A was about 10s early relative to Mike's 5-day old elset 14052.78718702

I also did a short sweep of parts of the geostationary belt: data on these will 
be reported later (probably this weekend as I don't have much time the coming 
two days).

- Marco


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Dr Marco Langbroek  -  SatTrackCam Leiden, the Netherlands.
e-mail: sattrackcam_at_langbroek.org

Cospar 4353 (Leiden):     52.15412 N, 4.49081 E (WGS84), +0 m ASL
Cospar 4354 (De Wilck):   52.11685 N, 4.56016 E (WGS84), -2 m ASL
Cospar 4355 (Cronesteyn): 52.13878 N, 4.49937 E (WGS84), -2 m ASL
Station (b)log: http://sattrackcam.blogspot.com
Twitter: @Marco_Langbroek
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