Observations 10 Jan 2006:
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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 145mm focal length f/2.5 lens,integrating for 128 frames
which is equivalent to a max exposure of up to 2.56 seconds per image.
The electronic light control (if activated ) can cause this to vary
from 1/50th second up to 2.56 seconds.
Site 0433 : Longitude 18.51294 deg East, Latitude 33.94058 deg S,
Elevation 10 metres - situated in Pinelands (Cape Town), South Africa
Moon very bright - a real pain somewhere!!
For CLASSFD.TLE:
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25991 99 067A 0433 P 20060110184110800 56 15 0850235-292307 39 +045 05
25991 99 067A 0433 P 20060110184139100 56 15 0831411-244005 39 +045 05
25991 99 067A 0433 P 20060110184237100 56 15 0756096-132336 39 +043 05
25991 99 067A 0433 P 20060110184323700 56 15 0730430-032609 39 +046 05
90044 05 859A 0433 P 20060110190157700 56 15 0316474+264554 39 +100 05
90044 05 859A 0433 P 20060110190548700 56 15 0336359+200441 39 +095 05
90044 05 859A 0433 P 20060110191331400 56 15 0446051-024404 39 +075 05
90044 05 859A 0433 P 20060110191430700 56 15 0501361-072417 39 +070 05
25746 99 028C 0433 P 20060110191331400 56 15 0444103-032335 39 +050 05
25746 99 028C 0433 P 20060110191337800 56 15 0445199-024338 39 +050 05
90044 05 859A 0433 P 20060110191606900 56 15 0533397-160907 39 +060 05
90044 05 859A 0433 P 20060110191749100 56 15 0620528-264058 39 +065 05
90044 05 859A 0433 P 20060110191954600 56 15 0745146-384837 39 +070 05
90008 00 838A 0433 P 20060110193617600 56 15 0617001+021728 39 +110 05
90042 05 828A 0433 P 20060110194631800 56 15 0714444+051954 39 +105 05
24680 96 072A 0433 P 20060110195746700 56 15 1130095-434203 39 +055 05
24680 96 072A 0433 P 20060110195819500 56 15 1102351-405639 39 +053 05
24680 96 072A 0433 P 20060110195850000 56 15 1036395-372846 39 +050 05
24680 96 072A 0433 P 20060110195921500 56 15 1010065-325351 39 +048 05
24680 96 072A 0433 P 20060110195952300 56 15 0945076-272846 39 +045 05
24680 96 072A 0433 P 20060110200036600 56 15 0911401-181118 39 +042 05
23937 96 029F 0433 P 20060110200915900 56 15 2327407-263126 39 +100 05
23937 96 029F 0433 P 20060110200944700 56 15 2323111-311406 39 +080 05
23937 96 029F 0433 P 20060110201120500 56 15 2256542-475019 39 +080 05
27699 03 009B 0433 P 20060110210507500 56 15 1407563-545623 39 +040 05
27699 03 009B 0433 P 20060110210519100 56 15 1357020-550128 39 +038 05
27699 03 009B 0433 P 20060110210533800 56 15 1342027-550109 39 +037 05
23851 96 024A 0433 P 20060110211012200 56 15 1303133-551242 39 +040 05
23851 96 024A 0433 P 20060110211117800 56 15 1156522-522056 39 +036 05
23851 96 024A 0433 P 20060110211230900 56 15 1037271-432716 39 +032 05
24680 96 072A 0433 P 20060110213819300 56 15 0151198-190904 39 +050 05
24680 96 072A 0433 P 20060110213823900 56 15 0153243-175323 39 +050 05
27698 03 009A 0433 P 20060110214219100 56 15 1817197-712745 39 +050 05
27698 03 009A 0433 P 20060110214228000 56 15 1826430-724354 39 +049 05
21147 91 017A 0433 P 20060110214538700 56 15 1337492-562107 39 +035 05
21147 91 017A 0433 P 20060110214554600 56 15 1318318-532240 39 +033 05
91053 05 864A 0433 P 20060110215507800 56 15 0409515+323029 39 +090 05
91053 05 864A 0433 P 20060110215751200 56 15 0412529+310920 39 +090 05
91053 05 864A 0433 P 20060110221425200 56 15 0433498+195742 39 +085 05
91053 05 864A 0433 P 20060110221825700 56 15 0440103+155613 39 +080 05
90040 05 683A 0433 P 20060110204830400 56 15 0302004+231117 39
90040 05 683A 0433 P 20060110204847800 56 15 0318033+234900 39
90040 05 683A 0433 P 20060110204905400 56 15 0333513+242158 39
90040 05 683A 0433 P 20060110204921400 56 15 0347577+244712 39
90040 05 683A 0433 P 20060110204934800 56 15 0359343+250544 39
28646 05 016A 0433 P 20060110220357700 56 15 1310055-490404 39 +020 05
28646 05 016A 0433 P 20060110220422800 56 15 1328531-475723 39 +020 05
28646 05 016A 0433 P 20060110220444600 56 15 1342411-465623 39 +022 05
26934 01 044A 0433 P 20060110221041400 56 15 1320512-252541 39 +075 05
26934 01 044A 0433 P 20060110221103600 56 15 1310584-225835 39 +070 05
Unknowns:
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Fairly bright and steady
91054 06 010LEO 0433 P 20060110194159300 56 15 0704059+055345 39 +075 05
91054 06 010LEO 0433 P 20060110194203700 56 15 0705144+051853 39 +075 05
91054 06 010LEO 0433 P 20060110194208000 56 15 0706248+044316 39 +075 05
Bright and steady
91055 06 010LEO 0433 P 20060110195525800 56 15 1146169-434054 39 +060 05
91055 06 010LEO 0433 P 20060110195528400 56 15 1149087-435834 39 +060 05
91055 06 010LEO 0433 P 20060110195533600 56 15 1154401-443044 39 +060 05
Faint and variable
91056 06 010LEO 0433 P 20060110201412900 56 15 1957263-715554 39 +080 05
91056 06 010LEO 0433 P 20060110201415500 56 15 2000240-720431 39 +080 05
91056 06 010LEO 0433 P 20060110201418000 56 15 2003058-721220 39 +085 05
Notes:
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(1) Postions for TIPS refer to centre of tether.
(2) USA 161 #26934 observed at 7 degrees elevation.
(3) Still to report some geostationaries not yet measured, strays seen
and USA32 and NOSS 0(E) #05682
(4) Four unknowns seen - one was so faint it did not register on the
DVD recording but seen in real time. No matches found in my element
database checking one minute either side of the observed time.
(5) Did some experimenting with software and can get a little fainter.
Still trying to sort out the mysteries of dark frames and field
flats. Also was obvious that recording directly to hard drive
produces better quality than recording to DVD.
(6) With the moon nearly full I do not plan to track for the next few
days. Besides I have some work to do - the mount has developed an
excessive backlash in elevation ( about half a degree ) and the
newly added computer is causing interference to the various monitors
and DVD recordings so this will have to be attended to.
Cheers
Greg
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