SATOBS ML (4353), 2 Sep 2011 (II): IGS 1B (01-044A not seen)

From: Marco Langbroek (marco.langbroek@wanadoo.nl)
Date: Sat Sep 03 2011 - 10:31:31 UTC

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    Obs SatTrackCam Leiden (Cospar 4353):
    
    27699 03 009B   4353 F 20110902205832300 17 75 1645346+362020 56
    27699 03 009B   4353 F 20110902205902300 17 75 1510202+493850 56
    27699 03 009B   4353 F 20110902205912350 17 75 1434151+519430 56
    
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    Canon EOS 450D + EF 50/2.5 Macro @ 2.8, 800 ISO + ASTRORECORD astrometric software.
    What these numbers mean: http://www.satobs.org/position/IODformat.html
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    The astrometric data connected to last evening's spectacular IGS 1B appearance 
    (-8 flare! http://www.satobs.org/seesat/Sep-2011/0018.html).
    
    On the flare image, I only measured the start of the trail (1st point), as the 
    trail end is so overexposed due to the flare that it could not be reliably 
    measured. Point 2 and 3 are from a second image where it was past flaring already.
    
    Later this night I tried in vain to look (both visually (naked eye) and 
    photographically) for 01-044A between 00:28 and 00:40 UTC (Sep 3). Nothing seen 
    (except for two strays), but conditions were far from excellent (haze, and only 
    the part of the trajectory just after shadow exit could be covered due to 
    housing in the way of view of the later parts of the trajectory).
    
    - Marco
    
    
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    Dr Marco Langbroek  -  SatTrackCam Leiden, the Netherlands.
    e-mail: sattrackcam@wanadoo.nl
    
    Cospar 4353 (Leiden):   52.15412 N, 4.49081 E (WGS84), +0 m ASL
    Cospar 4354 (De Wilck): 52.11685 N, 4.56016 E (WGS84), -2 m ASL
    SatTrackCam: http://home.wanadoo.nl/marco.langbroek/satcam.html
    Station (b)log: http://sattrackcam.blogspot.com
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