Mintron 12V1C-EX and lens 12 mm f/1.4 field of view 30 x 22 degrees (pixel size 0.04 deg) 2003 Oct 07, limiting mag 8.6 to 9.0 The camera was aimed at the midpoint between shadow entry and shadow exit for geostationary satellites in Cetus. The Moon was 94 % lit not far away in Aquarius. Many bright geosats were found (sometimes between moonlit clouds): name intdes catno UTC mag 2003 Oct 07 Express 4A 2002-029A 27441 20:40.5 5 Hot Bird 5 1998-057A 25495 21:09 5 Express 4A 2002-029A 27441 21:35.5 7.5 - 8.0 Raduga 1-4 1999-010A 25642 21:41 6.5 HotBird cluster at 13.0 E 22:22 5.5 Arabsat 2A 1996-040A 23948 22:31 5 Eutelsat 2-F3 1991-083A 21803 22:41 5 Inmarsat 3-F5 1998-006B 25153 22:41.5 5.5 Gorizont 27 1992-082A 22245 22:46.5 6.5 Gorizont 23 1991-046A 21533 22:49 6 flashing Unknown031007 2003-780A 90017 23:02 7 Astra cluster at 19.2 E 23:05 5.3 Raduga 29 1993-013A 22557 23:04 7 Eutelsat W2 1998-056A 25491 23:14 6 HotBird cluster at 13.0 E 23:28 3.5 Eutelsat W3 1999-018A 25673 23:48.5 5.5 Skynet 4F 2001-005B 26695 23:57 6 Sirius 2 1997-071A 25049 23:58 5 2003 Oct 08 DSP 20 2000-024A 26356 00:02 4.5 flashing Gorizont 29 1993-072A 22907 00:19 5.5 PPAS 91- 46 A 03-10-07 22:45:55 RK 408.3 0.3 7 58.33 mag 6->INV 91- 46 A 03-10-07 22:59:32 RK 583.0 0.3 10 58.30 mag 6->INV 00- 24 A 03-10-08 00:02:45 RK 110.1 0.3 11 10.01 mag 4.5->INV The unknown satellite was only visible from 23:01:08 UTC (emerging from a cloud) until 23:03:57 UTC. Kindly enough it reappeared a day later between clouds from 23:02:40 until 23:04:20 UTC. A second unknown satellite appeared in these images (Oct 08) about 0.85 deg eastwards of the first unknown. The second unknown was not visible in the Oct 07 images. So it's probably not geosync. Rough elset for the first unknown satellite: UNK031007 1 90017U 03281.00000000 .00000000 00000-0 00000+0 0 02 2 98017 3.0000 87.7337 0000100 0.0000 298.5457 1.00274000 07 1 03 10 07 23 02 19.3 0 47.35 -10.748 2000 1 03 10 08 23 03 20.8 0 52.33 -10.730 2000 Rainer Rainer Kracht Elmshorn, Germany Station 5005 53.7695N 9.6626E 9m Potsdam Datum 53.7679N 9.6614E 47m WGS84 R.Kracht@t-online.de ----------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from SeeSat-L, send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@satobs.org List archived at http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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