Herewith optical characteristics obtained during a brief clear spell: These observations were made using my CoSaTrak system whilst scanning a lost satellite orbital plane. No effort was made to track the satellites so report is based on what was seen in the time it took to traverse the 10 degree field of view of the low sensitivity CCD camera (0.05 lux) as seen on the video monitor. G.Roberts, GR, Lat = -33.9405, Long = +18.5129, Alt = 10 m Cospar 0433 88-102B 00-12-31 18:35:16 GR +3.0 steady 87- 24B 00-12-31 18:45:55 GR +4.5 steady 88- 50B 00-12-31 18:50:01 GR +3.0 steady 86- 55A 00-12-31 18:54:49 GR +5.3 steady 96- 24A 00-12-31 18:55:30 GR +5.5 steady 82- 27A 00-12-31 19:05:15 GR +4.9 steady 97- 18A 00-12-31 19:12:29 GR +6.0 steady 00- 08B 00-12-31 19:15:40 GR +5.6 steady cloud/rain therafter ! Cheers Greg ------------------------------------------------------------------- COSPAR #0433: Long 18.51294E,Lat 33.94058S,alt 10 metres Retired astronomer,non active radio amateur (ZS1BI) Computer junkie, visual/radio satellite tracker.Lazy bum Dont know what CoSaTrak is ? - then visit http://canopus.saao.ac.za/~wpk/CoSaTrak/cosatrak.html (note - more often than not its offline over week-ends- no sysop !) ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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