Observations 02 Nov 2011 ---------------------------- Meade DSI Pro II Monochrome CCD camera without filters. using integration times of 06 sec min to 35 seconds maximum No image processing done. Used with 50mm focal length f/1.8 lens,field of view 7 x 5.3 degrees. A 6 sec exposure with nearby first quarter moon shows stars down to about mag +11 Exposure time to nearest second inserted into image FITS header from PC clock which is checked against GPS signal. Site 0433 : Longitude 18.51294 deg East, Latitude -33.94058 deg, Elevation 10 metres-situated in Pinelands (Cape Town),South Africa FOR CLASSIFIED.TLE: ----------------------- MERCURY 2 23855 96 026A 0433 G 20111102211444000 56 15 0101190+054006 39 23855 96 026A 0433 G 20111102211921000 56 15 0105280+055143 39 23855 96 026A 0433 G 20111102212251000 56 15 0108250+055847 39 23855 96 026A 0433 G 20111102212609000 56 15 0111200+060548 39 ANOTHER UNKNOWN!!!!! ----------------------- 99999 99 999A 0433 G 20111102211444000 56 15 0105560+045932 39 99999 99 999A 0433 G 20111102211605000 56 15 0106430+050651 39 99999 99 999A 0433 G 20111102211727000 56 15 0107340+051344 39 99999 99 999A 0433 G 20111102211921000 56 15 0108420+052317 39 99999 99 999A 0433 G 20111102212225000 56 15 0110280+053639 39 99999 99 999A 0433 G 20111102212251000 56 15 0110430+053734 39 99999 99 999A 0433 G 20111102212344000 56 15 0111150+054210 39 99999 99 999A 0433 G 20111102212609000 56 15 0112410+055236 39 99999 99 999A 0433 G 20111102212701000 56 15 0113130+055645 39 STRAYS SEEN: --------------------- EUTELSAT W3C 37836 11 057A 0433 G 20111102212251000 56 15 0108530+052148 39 EUROBIRD 16 25237 98 013A 0433 G 20111102212251000 56 15 0110460+052319 39 EUTELSAT W2M 33460 08 065B 0433 G 20111102212251000 56 15 0111070+051839 39 SESAT 26243 00 019A 0433 G 20111102212251000 56 15 0111320+052251 39 HOTBIRD 9 33459 08 065A 0433 G 20111102212251000 56 15 0058150+052527 39 HOTBIRD 8 29270 06 032A 0433 G 20111102212251000 56 15 0058270+052823 39 SICRAL 1B 34810 09 020A 0433 G 20111102212609000 56 15 0056070+051848 39 EUTELSAT W2A 34710 09 016A 0433 G 20111102212609000 56 15 0047510+052607 39 ARABSAT 5A 36745 10 032B 0433 G 20111102213032000 56 15 0225430+052752 39 INTELSAT NEW DAWN 37392 11 016A 0433 G 20111102213032000 56 15 0236110+052226 39 E BIRD 27948 03 043A 0433 G 20111102213032000 56 15 0237300+052544 39 NOTES: --------- (1) For fun decided to identify the geosats seen in the images taken with the wide field camera and of course (!) another unknown! Steady and quite bright - probably around may 7.5-8. Wonder if its the same unknown mistaken for Vortex 6 on 1 Nov - be nice if it is as we then can get a reasonably good orbit :-)) (2) Not all geosats seen reported as sometimes difficult to identify which is which - eg ignored the Astra 2A etc grouping which has 4 satellites as well as EUROBIRD. As the CCD camera has a few dead pixels I have still to remove them in software so there may well have been a few more geosats! Cheers Greg _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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