Observations 01 March 2005 Part 1
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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. Due to bright sky it is not worthwhile integrating
more than 48 frames which is equivalent to an exposure of 0.96 seconds.
Used with 145mm focal length f/2.5 lens giving a field of view of
about 2.55 x 1.86 degrees and easily showing 12th magnitude stars.
Not the best lens optically but the most useful in terms of field
of view and magnitude penetration.
Data recorded on DVD R/W disks - will be kept for 1 month and then
re-used - just in case any queries as Im always making mistakes!
Site 0433 : Longitude 18.51294 deg East, Latitude 33.94058 deg S,
Elevation 10 metres - situated in Pinelands (Cape Town), South Africa
28538 05 004B 0433 G 20050301175235000 17 15 0220539-275759 39
28538 05 004B 0433 G 20050301175305200 17 15 0245292-222802 39
28538 05 004B 0433 G 20050301175407600 17 15 0331418-093630 39
28538 05 004B 0433 G 20050301175507700 17 15 0410014+030142 39
28538 05 004B 0433 G 20050301175620100 17 15 0448431+161939 39
24680 96 072A 0433 G 20050301205834100 17 15 1944073-703935 39
24680 96 072A 0433 G 20050301205908700 17 15 1944464-741743 39
24680 96 072A 0433 G 20050301205940400 17 15 1946147-780522 39
24680 96 072A 0433 G 20050301210010100 17 15 1951286-820850 39
90013 03 564A 0433 G 20050301222736100 17 15 1214172+062506 39
23712 95 060A 0433 G 20050301224252800 17 15 0956397+095927 39 +105 05
23712 95 060A 0433 G 20050301224424000 17 15 0958142+100010 39 +105 05
27168 02 001A 0433 G 20050301201243000 17 15 0658598+064255 39
90020 90 020A 0433 G 20050301203023500 17 15 1028449-134041 39
90020 90 020A 0433 G 20050301203226400 17 15 1101496-220842 39
90020 90 020A 0433 G 20050301203358600 17 15 1133546-285157 39
90020 90 020A 0433 G 20050301203524000 17 15 1210291-345318 39
Strays:
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19649 88 102A 0433 G 20050301190824400 17 15 2009139-730645 39 +050 05
25872 99 041A 0433 G 20050301191044800 17 15 1856406-800225 39
01001 65 008A 0433 G 20050301204919200 17 15 0724062+145511 39
26476 00 048B 0433 G 20050301213834800 17 15 0600583+062929 39 S+100 05
High altitude unknowns:
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99999 00 000X 0433 G 20050301221827000 17 15 1155125+093222 39
99999 00 000X 0433 G 20050301221924500 17 15 1156058+092827 39
99999 00 000X 0433 G 20050301221946600 17 15 1156263+092651 39
99999 00 000X 0433 G 20050301222024100 17 15 1157052+092407 39
99998 00 000Y 0433 G 20050301221720000 17 15 1155501+091901 39
99998 00 000Y 0433 G 20050301221835600 17 15 1157026+091300 39
99998 00 000Y 0433 G 20050301221950900 17 15 1158154+090807 39
Notes:
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(1) Main purpose of observing was to continue geosat survey - a much
bigger task than I originally anticipated! - I have 5 hours of DVD
recordings from last night to go through still so will hopefully report the
rest tomorrow.
(2) #28538 Noss 3-3r observed in very bright twilight conditions. Sorry
Ted, the other NOSS 3-3 objects did not make observable passes.
(3) I think I have "recovered" #23712 MILSTAR DFS2 which hasnt been
observed for a while. I did a "box" search around the predicted
location and found it about 48 arc minutes "off predicted position".
(4) #90020 really an impressive flasher, flashing for most of the 5
minutes I tracked it with a good percentage of the flashes being
naked eye.
(5) Strays observed by accident :
#19649 Cosmos 1980
#25872 Globalstar MO48
#01001 Titan 3A (Truss) - nice and variable
#26476 Delta 3 R/B at 13307 kms, orbit 190 x 19936 kms, i = 27.39,
P = 349.6 mins.
probably more to come as Im only halfway through the DVD recordings.
(6) Unknowns called 99999 and 99998 - these are high altitude - I suspect
at around 37000 kms and in the short period tracked appeared to be
related - both travelling the same direction and speed and close
together. The first object appeared to have irregular flashing - the
positions are when it flashed, whilst the second one flashed approx
every 75 seconds or so. The second one was brighter, flashing to about
mag 10 whilst the other one was about magnitude +10.5 - both invisible
when not flashing. I dont find a match for these objects in my elements
data.
Cheers
Greg
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