Obs ML (4353), 18-19 May 2007 (Pt 1): USA 193

From: Marco Langbroek (marco.langbroek@wanadoo.nl)
Date: Fri May 18 2007 - 20:58:30 EDT

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    Obs SatTrackCam Leiden (Cospar 4353), 18-19 May 2007, PT 1:
    
    USA 193:
    29651 06 057A   4353 G 20070518230106500 17 75 1136305+363460 56 S+025 10
    29651 06 057A   4353 G 20070518230150800 17 75 1533379+765310 56 S+020 10
    29651 06 057A   4353 G 20070518230201500 17 75 1848547+760050 56 S+020 10
    
    Iridium 33:
    24946 97 051C   4353 F 20070518205035800 17 75 1837074+605720 56
    24946 97 051C   4353 F 20070518205046500 17 75 1810242+582710 56
    
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    Method: Canon Digital Ixus 400 + ASTRORECORD astrometric software.
    Camera at manual mode, "10 second" (= 10.7 second) exposure, wide field
    f2.8/7.41 mm.
    
    What these numbers mean:
    http://www.satobs.org/position/IODformat.html
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    A strong breeze developing in the late afternoon meant a very transparent, dark 
    sky again. Later in the night some periodical cloud fields.
    
    06-057A was some 1.8s early and 0.2 deg off-track relative to Ted's 11 day old 
    07128.29245851 elset.
    
    A sloppy camera aim of the first image (of 2 images) meant it only captured the 
    end of the first trail and not the start as that was still outside the camera field.
    
    More data from this night (a.o. east plane IGS's) will follow tomorrow - I am 
    tired now and going to sleep.
    
    - Marco
    
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