Observations 28 Nov 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.
Used with 145mm focal length f/2.5 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
90037 05 638A 0433 G 20051128183527000 56 15 0411195+105444 39 +088
05
14139 83 060C 0433 G 20051128182630800 56 15 2321062+205512 39 +087
05
14139 83 060C 0433 G 20051128182850600 56 15 2243233-071021 39 +085
05
14139 83 060C 0433 G 20051128183040700 56 15 2151124-355458 39 +087
05
90008 00 838A 0433 G 20051128184156300 56 15 2316011-010147 39 +104
05
23862 96 029D 0433 G 20051128190527900 56 15 0347146+032404 39 +042
05
23908 96 029C 0433 G 20051128190527900 56 15 0345108+022922 39 +035
05
23936 96 029E 0433 G 20051128190538000 56 15 0348221+030618 39 +042
05
28888 05 042A 0433 G 20051128193904800 56 15 0800270-311308 39 +055
05
28888 05 042A 0433 G 20051128193911600 56 15 0756256-302209 39 +055
05
28888 05 042A 0433 G 20051128193921200 56 15 0750524-290715 39 +055
05
28888 05 042A 0433 G 20051128193929800 56 15 0745527-275614 39 +054
05
28888 05 042A 0433 G 20051128211530900 56 15 1713175-731502 39 +060
05
28888 05 042A 0433 G 20051128211619200 56 15 1921103-730638 39 +057
05
28888 05 042A 0433 G 20051128211719200 56 15 2146366-624950 39 +055
05
90034 05 592A 0433 G 20051128194143200 56 15 0211297+042147 39 +100
05
90034 05 592A 0433 G 20051128205916900 56 15 0329029+054753 39 +085
05
90034 05 592A 0433 G 20051128210529800 56 15 0335161+055443 39 +085
05
90034 05 592A 0433 G 20051128212718800 56 15 0357026+061919 39 +085
05
90034 05 592A 0433 G 20051128212822800 56 15 0358068+062020 39 +085
05
91043 03 828A 0433 G 20051128190540800 56 15 0344109+040722 39 +110
05
91043 03 828A 0433 G 20051128191059900 56 15 0349289+040948 30 +110
05
Another unknown ?
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23305 94 064A 0433 G 20051128213416200 56 15 0613011+052004 39 +115
05
23305 94 064A 0433 G 20051128213515000 56 15 0613597+052037 39 +115
05
23305 94 064A 0433 G 20051128213719800 56 15 0616079+052137 39 +115
05
91046 05 342GEO 0433 G 20051128213416200 56 15 0613132+051950 39 +115
05
91046 05 342GEO 0433 G 20051128213515500 56 15 0614107+051919 39 +115
05
91046 05 342GEO 0433 G 20051128213719800 56 15 0616179+051850 39 +110
05
Notes:
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(1) Have I checked that the dates are correct ? -- yes! ( I seem to
be
prone to making mistakes with dates! - as witness yesterdays
posting
when I had May 24 instead of November 24. I have no idea how I
managed this!! My apologies - guess its time I "retired".
(2) More observations still to come, eg #90041, another two of #90008,
#90039, #27938 (USA 171 rocket),#90036 and KH9-17 #13172, plus
lots
of others of little importance.
(3) I attempted to make observations of the last two unknowns I
discovered, #91043 and #91045. I am still trying to sort them out
and until a few minutes ago I thought there was a possibility
that #91045 was in fact #90034 as it should be in the same field
of
view on the 28th Nov and I only have one object there which I am
now reasonably confident is #90034 and is reported as such.
However on looking at my observations on 24 Nov I reported #90034
at 21h54mUT and "found" #91045 about ten minutes later with a
declination almost two degrees less than #90034 so I dont think I
made a mistake. I will check the DVD recording of the 24th Nov
tomorrow, so it looks like I have lost #91045 for the moment.
I found an unknown geostationary close to where #91043 was
predicted
so hopefully this is the candidate. I still have another field to
search for a later observation.
(4) In trying to sort out the observations of 28 Nov of #91045 I found
another unknown. It was very close to #23305 NSS703 ( an
Intelsat)
and appeared to be slowly moving past it. Both looked identical in
terms of optical characteristics. I hope I have the items
correctly
labelled - ie the unknown is not reported as #23305 and vice
versa.
(5) "Recovered" 90008 which I had lost - used Mike McCants INT3
program
and bam ! - there in the centre of the field.
(6) My thanks to Mike and Scott Campbell for search orbits for #91043
and #91045.
Cheers
Greg
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