Obs 19 June 2006 Part 2-last

From: Greg Roberts (grr@iafrica.com)
Date: Wed Jun 21 2006 - 11:33:52 EDT

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    Observations 19 June 2006:(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 ~80mm focal length f/1.8 lens,integrating for 128 frames
    which is equivalent to an exposure of 2.56 seconds per image.
    
    Site 0433 : Longitude 18.51294 deg East, Latitude  33.94058 deg S,
    Elevation 10 metres - situated in Pinelands (Cape Town), South Africa
    
    Strays seen:
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    Timed
    26998 01 055B   0433 G 20060619163625800 56 15 1834164-472359 39  +065 05
    Cosmos 1025 rocket
    10974 78 067B   0433 G 20060619163846700 56 15 1728506-251527 39  +055 05
    Meteor 1-27
    09903 77 024A   0433 G 20060619173350100 56 15 1435594+273154 39  +065 05
    Cosmos 2227
    27284 92 093A   0433 G 20060619174335800 56 15 1438482+281252 39  +055 05
    
    For CLASSFD.TLE:
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    90037 05 638A   0433 G 20060619180456000 56 15 1704575-042623 39  +085 05
    
    Notes:
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    (1) Tried a few other geostationaries but dont see them in the 
    integrations
        which proves once again that short focal lengths are no good for faint
        geostationary satellites...  Also proves that winter is not a good 
    time
        to observe geostationaries - by the time I get around to observing 
    them
        after the rush of LEO satellites it is too cold ( ie I am numb!) and
        far too damp to safely observe with expensive electronic equipment.
    
    
    Cheers
    Greg
    
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