Obs 11 Jan 2005 Part 2

From: Greg Roberts (grr@iafrica.com)
Date: Thu Jan 13 2005 - 11:07:48 EST

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    Observations 11 Jan 2005 Part 2
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    Cosatrak 1 (Computerised satellite Tracking System).
    MINTRON low light level CCD surveillance camera (0.005 lux typical
    in non integration mode) and 0.00005 lux in STARLIGHT mode with 128
    frame integration.
    Used with 200mm focal length f/3.5 lens giving a field of view of
    about 1.805 x 1.334 degrees and easily showing 12th magnitude stars.
    
    Site 0433 : Longitude 18.51294 deg East, Latitude  33.94058 deg S,
    Elevation 10 metres - situated in Pinelands (Cape Town), South Africa
    
    64 frame integration used throughout - ie 1 second.
    
    Part 2:
    
    90013 03 564A   0433 G 20050111184103000 17 15 0512279+123533 39
    23533 95 015A   0433 G 20050111185608200 17 15 2133467-333721 39
    23533 95 015A   0433 G 20050111185742200 17 15 2214505-154810 39
    23533 95 015A   0433 G 20050111185812200 17 15 2224038-101910 39
    23533 95 015A   0433 G 20050111185834200 17 15 2229547-062659 39
    24753 97 012A   0433 G 20050111190220700 17 15 2351023+072616 39
    24753 97 012A   0433 G 20050111190229400 17 15 2352203+090335 39
    28054 03 048A   0433 G 20050111190330800 17 15 0433115+164228 39
    28054 03 048A   0433 G 20050111190348100 17 15 0426269+204238 39
    28054 03 048A   0433 G 20050111190448600 17 15 0404285+314343 39
    28054 03 048A   0433 G 20050111190511600 17 15 0400017+350028 39
    25744 99 028A   0433 G 20050111190759600 17 15 1557349-750341 39
    25744 99 028A   0433 G 20050111190859100 17 15 1449461-741908 39
    25744 99 028A   0433 G 20050111190959600 17 15 1352421-721746 39
    25744 99 028A   0433 G 20050111191100100 17 15 1310283-692519 39
    25725 99 023B   0433 G 20050111191430300 17 15 0224387+260434 39
    25725 99 023B   0433 G 20050111191647600 17 15 0318056+241047 39
    25725 99 023B   0433 G 20050111191853400 17 15 0420153+213142 39
    25725 99 023B   0433 G 20050111192050500 17 15 0529305+175304 39
    22519 92 086C   0433 G 20050111192418800 17 15 0152454-422718 39
    22519 92 086C   0433 G 20050111192650500 17 15 0213109-474314 39
    22519 92 086C   0433 G 20050111192819800 17 15 0226281-503643 39
    22519 92 086C   0433 G 20050111192931800 17 15 0237593-525012 39
    25991 99 067A   0433 G 20050111193157700 17 15 1052257-532205 39
    25991 99 067A   0433 G 20050111193259200 17 15 0945023-475508 39
    25991 99 067A   0433 G 20050111193359600 17 15 0840045-371007 39
    11389 79 050A   0433 G 20050111193616900 17 15 3352268-250045 39
    11389 79 050A   0433 G 20050111193653400 17 15 2306369-170241 39
    11389 79 050A   0433 G 20050111193719300 17 15 2315374-113417 39
    
    22097 92 057B   0433 G 20050111192050500 17 15 0530374+173625 39
    22097 92 057B   0433 G 20050111192246700 17 15 0621160+132917 39
    20261 89 080A   0433 G 20050111192744300 17 15 0226220-505031 39
    20261 89 080A   0433 G 20050111192747200 17 15 0227156-502302 39
    08646 76 011B   0433 G 20050111195151000 17 15 0533375+181932 39
    13589 82 096A   0433 G 20050111195318400 17 15 2146168-573002 39
    26383 00 032B   0433 G 20050111210203600 17 15 0713179+005739 39
    26383 00 032B   0433 G 20050111210249700 17 15 0716588+011109 39
    13949 83 023A   0433 G 20050111213824700 17 15 1635094-695247 39
    
    
    Notes:
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    (1) Remainder of satellites observed 11 January 2005.
    
    (2) As it looks like we may need to produce our own elements for
        most satellites , I measured some of the strays observed that
        looked interesting.
    
        78067A #10973 Cosmos 1025 NOT measured as trail cut across
        corner of field-fast and very bright for my system. Mag about 3
    
        92057B #22097 SATCOM C4 rocket - bright at 3300 km range. Mag 6
        89080A #20261 ACTIVNYI - steady, about magnitude 8.5
        76011B #08646 Cosmos 800 rocket - bright/steady - mag 6
        82096A #13589 Cosmos 1410 - about magnitude 8 steady
        00032B #26383 Feng Yun 2B Rocket - bright at 9000 km range - mag 6
        83023A #13949 Cosmos 1448 - faint, about magnitude 9
    
    Note - magnitudes are approximate only.
    
    Cheers
    Greg
    
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