Optical 08 March 2007-part 1

From: Greg Roberts (grr@telkomsa.net)
Date: Fri Mar 09 2007 - 08:40:53 EST

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    Observations 08 Mar 2007:
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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,integrating for 96 frames
    which is equivalent to an exposure of 1.92 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
    
    
    For CLASSFD.TLE:
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    24753 97 012A   0433 G 20070308175840600 56 15 2353220-422401 39  +075 05
    24753 97 012A   0433 G 20070308175901700 56 15 0008090-383949 39  +075 05
    24753 97 012A   0433 G 20070308175933400 56 15 0027180-323749 39  +075 05
    24753 97 012A   0433 G 20070308180115400 56 15 0048070-241055 39  +075 05
    90004 99 750A   0433 G 20070308180651100 56 15 0932020+202825 39  +080 05
    90004 99 750A   0433 G 20070308181047700 56 15 0946210+163547 39  +075 05
    90004 99 750A   0433 G 20070308181324500 56 15 0957310+133639 39  +075 05
    90004 99 750A   0433 G 20070308181713400 56 15 1017150+083045 39  +075 05
    14729 84 012D   0433 G 20070308182714500 56 15 0014350-375402 39  +100 05
    21798 91 082A   0433 G 20070308183611500 56 15 0058180-202843 39  +090 05
    21798 91 082A   0433 G 20070308183648000 56 15 0110310-143620 39  +095 05
    21798 91 082A   0433 G 20070308183654800 56 15 0112340-133017 39  +080 05
    22638 93 026A   0433 G 20070308184404100 56 15 1433050-520611 39  +080 05
    22638 93 026A   0433 G 20070308184437300 56 15 1406250-472527 39  +075 05
    22638 93 026A   0433 G 20070308184512100 56 15 1343290-415206 39  +070 05
    25724 99 023A   0433 G 20070308184804700 56 15 0501470+263703 39  +060 05
    25724 99 023A   0433 G 20070308185012500 56 15 0524090+240645 39  +060 05
    25724 99 023A   0433 G 20070308190059200 56 15 0715510+101518 39  +060 05
    05680 71 110C   0433 G 20070308185150300 56 15 0154340-784225 39  +075 05
    05680 71 110C   0433 G 20070308185256100 56 15 0601050-724303 39  +080 05
    05680 71 110C   0433 G 20070308185346800 56 15 0724120-583216 39  +085 05
    14144 83 056D   0433 G 20070308190455700 56 15 1657320-705110 39  +080 05
    14144 83 056D   0433 G 20070308190529300 56 15 1556570-683713 39  +085 05
    14144 83 056D   0433 G 20070308190622100 56 15 1443580-620056 39  +080 05
    90006 00 596A   0433 G 20070308191104200 56 15 1913550-791641 39  +075 05
    90006 00 596A   0433 G 20070308191722100 56 15 1300220-485148 39  +070 05
    90006 00 596A   0433 G 20070308192005700 56 15 1247180-332649 39  +070 05
    05681 71 110D   0433 G 20070308191421600 56 15 0756500+023643 39  +080 05
    05681 71 110D   0433 G 20070308191504800 56 15 0813020+131837 39  +090 05
    
    
    Notes:
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    (1) #90004  variable - short period
    
    (2) #14729 Noss 6(D) discard if suspect-observed under difficult
        conditions
    
    (3) #90006  variable.
    
    (4) Still more to measure:(report tomorrow hopefully)
    
        Noss 5(G), KH9-18 (#14139),#90027,Noss 5(A),Noss 0(E)
    
    (5) Geostationary search done- still to see what I got, but got #90033,
        and #90037 and #90031 should be in the 5 degree square area I
        searched.
    
    (6) Now going to play with V1.99 of HEAVENSAT released 4 March 2007.
    
    Cheers
    Greg
    
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