Observations 14 MAY 2012 PART 2 ----------------------------------------- Cosatrak 1 (Computerised satellite Tracking System). FLI ML8300M CCD camera with mechanical shutter + Trimble GPS Used with NIKON ED AF NIKKOR 80-200mm f/2.8 telephoto lens set at ~150mm focal length. Field of view 6.9 x 5.3 degrees, Time is accurate to within 50 milliseconds. Site 0433 : Longitude 18.51294 deg East, Latitude -33.94058 deg, Elevation 10 metres-situated in Pinelands (Cape Town),South Africa FOR CLASSIFIED.TLE: --------------------------------- 23132 94 035A 0433 G 20120514190536779 55 15 1428171+071006 19 23132 94 035A 0433 G 20120514190721242 55 15 1430023+070728 19 25967 99 063A 0433 G 20120514183824159 55 15 1524197+051217 19 25967 99 063A 0433 G 20120514183941209 55 15 1525383+051049 19 25967 99 063A 0433 G 20120514184202023 55 15 1528022+050807 19 26575 00 065A 0433 G 20120514190046575 55 15 1437533+065927 19 26575 00 065A 0433 G 20120514190223048 55 15 1439307+065817 19 28117 03 057A 0433 G 20120514183824159 55 15 1519476+041211 19 28117 03 057A 0433 G 20120514183941209 55 15 1521066+041114 19 28117 03 057A 0433 G 20120514184202023 55 15 1523264+040926 19 28158 04 004A 0433 G 20120514184202023 55 15 1515524+064018 19 33490 09 001A 0433 G 20120514192125950 55 15 1402518+043030 19 33490 09 001A 0433 G 20120514192314515 55 15 1404405+042824 19 33491 09 001B 0433 G 20120514184202023 55 15 1508292+032156 19 33491 09 001B 0433 G 20120514184645100 55 15 1512480+031818 19 33491 09 001B 0433 G 20120514184822210 55 15 1514156+031709 19 34713 09 017A 0433 G 20120514185049273 55 15 1443407+051938 19 34713 09 017A 0433 G 20120514185221566 55 15 1445129+051952 19 34713 09 017A 0433 G 20120514185629017 55 15 1449204+051926 19 34713 09 017A 0433 G 20120514185803994 55 15 1450567+051936 19 34713 09 017A 0433 G 20120514190046575 55 15 1453397+051921 19 34713 09 017A 0433 G 20120514190223048 55 15 1455172+051904 19 UNKNOWN 1: -------------- 99990 99 999A 0433 G 20120514183941209 55 15 1542570+050713 19 99990 99 999A 0433 G 20120514183824159 55 15 1541383+050705 19 99990 99 999A 0433 G 20120514183434837 55 15 1537496+050800 19 99990 99 999A 0433 G 20120514183550204 55 15 1539046+050707 19 UNKNOWN 2: -------------- 99991 99 999B 0433 G 20120514192807698 55 15 1352381+052728 19 99991 99 999B 0433 G 20120514192951890 55 15 1354240+052731 19 99991 99 999B 0433 G 20120514193252171 55 15 1357256+052724 19 99991 99 999B 0433 G 20120514193444694 55 15 1359161+052726 19 OTHER SATELLITES: ----------------------- 29163 06 020B 0433 G 20120514183434837 55 15 1546041+050445 19 33108 08 033A 0433 G 20120514183434837 55 15 1545164+050710 19 25010 97 062A 0433 G 20120514183434837 55 15 1537175+051054 19 37344 11 001A 0433 G 20120514183434837 55 15 1535416+051016 19 32779 08 019A 0433 G 20120514183434837 55 15 1539562+050358 19 27298 02 002A 0433 G 20120514183434837 55 15 1527011+050716 19 32050 07 037A 0433 G 20120514183434837 55 15 1527047+051007 19 25924 99 053A 0433 G 20120514183434837 55 15 1531041+050850 19 23571 95 023A 0433 G 20120514183824159 55 15 1522181+053527 19 23915 96 035A 0433 G 20120514183824159 55 15 1522373+051507 19 38098 12 011A 0433 G 20120514183824159 55 15 1522511+051157 19 27554 02 051A 0433 G 20120514183824159 55 15 1516038+050901 19 23766 96 002C 0433 G 20120514183824159 55 15 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0433 G 20120514190721242 55 15 1415165+052409 19 28885 05 041B 0433 G 20120514191038842 55 15 1405052+052609 19 38245 12 016A 0433 G 20120514191038842 55 15 1407408+052118 19 33460 08 065B 0433 G 20120514191038842 55 15 1409289+052533 19 23124 94 034A 0433 G 20120514191038842 55 15 1407273+060349 19 28089 03 053A 0433 G 20120514191038842 55 15 1413544+052116 19 14158 83 065A 0433 G 20120514191038842 55 15 1416208+054038 19 24665 96 067A 0433 G 20120514191038842 55 15 1410546+072859 19 22931 93 078B 0433 G 20120514191038842 55 15 1412321+072449 19 37778 11 041D 0433 G 20120514191038842 55 15 1412488+072557 19 26590 00 068A 0433 G 20120514191636813 55 15 1402056+052539 19 25922 99 052A 0433 G 20120514191636813 55 15 1402329+052511 19 33056 08 030B 0433 G 20120514192125950 55 15 1353346+052823 19 26666 01 002A 0433 G 20120514192125950 55 15 1353309+052404 19 38014 11 077A 0433 G 20120514192125950 55 15 1355471+052930 19 27825 03 026A 0433 G 20120514192125950 55 15 1402350+043234 19 18953 88 018C 0433 G 20120514192125950 55 15 1402430+064808 19 25913 99 050A 0433 G 20120514192125950 55 15 1404129+072516 19 37779 11 042A 0433 G 20120514192807698 55 15 1342025+053103 19 27811 03 020A 0433 G 20120514192807698 55 15 1346344+052651 19 28463 04 043A 0433 G 20120514192807698 55 15 1351173+065502 19 23867 96 030D 0433 G 20120514192807698 55 15 1356353+060427 19 15629 85 025A 0433 G 20120514192951890 55 15 1354403+055851 19 23764 96 002A 0433 G 20120514192951890 55 15 1344516+072554 19 NOTES: ------- (1) First lot of results from my survey of the CLARKE belt visible from my location, starting at about 15 degrees elevation in the east and working westward to about elevation 25. Exposures in the range 60 to 120 seconds using CCD camera in 1 bin mode. Pixel scale is 7.60 arc sec/pixel and going to to about mag +13. (2) Two unknowns found. 99990 - this unknown lies between APSTAR 2R and CTDRS -for my location this is azimuth 070.8, elevation 17.8 degrees. I do not think it is PAN. It showed no obvious trailing in the exposure so is probably a true geostationary, either unknown or not in my current database compiled 14 May 2012. 99991 - this unknown lies between HELLAS SAT 2 and TURKSAT 3A. This might be PAN - its quite bright but its not near any obvious candidate for sitting close to as in the past. The image was not trailed in any of the 90 sec exposures so its not obviously drifting. (3) When a classified satellite is spotted I will measure all the images in which the satellite appears. For non-classified objects I will only report one position per satellite. (4) I still have a LOT to do - done about 22 of the 99 fields taken!! I will report daily as I slowly move westward. (5) Ive done enough for today - my bum is numb! Cheers Greg _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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