Obs 15 Oct 2006

From: Greg Roberts (grr@telkomsa.net)
Date: Tue Oct 17 2006 - 01:52:20 EDT

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    4th attempt - Ive changed details re email address
    that may be causing the message to be regarded as
    spam.The site mentioned is 100% legitimate
    
    Observations 15 Oct 2006:
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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 50mm focal length f/1.8 lens,integrating for 128 frames
    which is equivalent to an exposure of 2.56 seconds per image.
    Field of view 6.9 x 5.5 degrees.Could see stars down to mag +10
    in real time, leo tracking limit less than mag +8.
    
    Site 0433 : Longitude 18.51294 deg East, Latitude  33.94058 deg S,
    Elevation 10 metres - situated in Pinelands (Cape Town), South Africa
    
    
    For CLASSFD.TLE:
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    90027 04 841A   0433 P 20061015174259700 56 15 2109000+214708 39  +082 05
    90027 04 841A   0433 P 20061015175022800 56 15 2153150+085904 39  +078 05
    90027 04 841A   0433 P 20061015175500600 56 15 2243040-043542 39  +063 05
    90027 04 841A   0433 P 20061015175847000 56 15 2352510-202548 39  +050 05
    90027 04 841A   0433 P 20061015180147300 56 15 0120480-331701 39  +070 05
    19460 88 078A   0433 P 20061015182143700 56 15 2158280-240519 39  +035 05
    90057 06 676A   0433 P 20061015182339700 56 15 2145140-242907 39  +110 05
    90013 03 564A   0433 P 20061015184309400 56 15 2333360+023902 39  +080 05
    
    
    Strays seen:
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    Delta 1 R/B  variable
    03346 68 069B   0433 P 20061015173639700 56 15 2019280+315113 39  +075 05
    Cosmos 2116  variable
    21030 90 114C   0433 P 20061015174653200 56 15 2136430+110015 39  +075 05
    Delta 1 R/B steady
    11636 79 101B   0433 P 20061015175119800 56 15 2159510+071206 39  +045 05
    SL-14 R/B steady
    16327 85 113B   0433 P 20061015175252600 56 15 2229520+021047 39  +035 05
    Cosmos 2384 variable
    27055 01 058A   0433 P 20061015175723500 56 15 2321000-125759 39  +075 05
    Cosmos 2406 steady
    28352 04 021A   0433 P 20061015180147300 56 15 0117170-330033 39  +035 05
    SL-8 R/B steady
    23093 94 024B   0433 P 20061015181029500 56 15 2139170-230420 39  +045 05
    Cosmos 2333 steady
    24297 96 051A   0433 P 20061015182109800 56 15 2138370-241705 39  +035 05
    Cosmos 506  brief period visible, then invisible
    06119 72 057C   0433 P 20061015182907000 56 15 2151130-234236 39  +065 05
    Landsat 2 steady
    07615 75 004A   0433 P 20061015183047300 56 15 2137420-233832 39  +065 05
    Meteor 1-20 steady
    07574 74 099A   0433 P 20061015183212500 56 15 2153180-232623 39  +055 05
    Cosmos 1812 steady
    17295 87 003A   0433 P 20061015183815800 56 15 2132490-242200 39  +025 05
    Cosmos 714 brief visibility then invisible
    07681 75 016D   0433 P 20061015194215600 56 15 2124570+000653 39  +070 05
    Delta 2 R/B steady
    25359 98 035B   0433 P 20061015200159300 56 15 1904400+001707 39  +065 05
    
    Notes:
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    (1) Purpose was to locate #90027. Thanks to input from radio observers
        was able to find the satellite.
    
    (2) Terrible night with MUCH cirrus ahead of approaching cold front.
    
    (3) Played with a new program Ive just found and its almost the perfect
        answer for my video tracking. Ive written to the author suggesting
        some "improvements".
    
        Its better than STARRY NIGHT and just as pretty, and FREE.
        The author obviously knows the needs of a visual tracker.
    
       www "dot" heavensat "dot"ru/english/
    
        (replace "dot" with ".")
        It makes predictions using SGP4 or SDP4 and can handle up to 10000
        satellites. The star database supplied goes to about magnitude +9.
    
        Im now going to go and play with it some more.
    
    Cheers
    Gregs 100% legitimate though! 
    
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