Re: 5919 Obs with camera and ObsReduce X,Y mode

From: Björn Gimle (bjorn.gimle@gmail.com)
Date: Fri Sep 07 2012 - 09:30:26 UTC

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    Some images of these tracks are now also posted on
    https://sites.google.com/site/starrymdnytt/Hem/intresseomraaden?pli=1
    as text and links about one page below the moon phase, and as image
    links at the very bottom of the page.
    
    /Björn
    
    2012/9/6 Björn Gimle <bjorn.gimle@gmail.com>:
    > On Sep.3 I was trying to image IGS 1A and 5A in one 10s, 11.7 by 20.8
    > deg exposure.
    > But apparently my aiming was poor - 5A was above the top right-hand
    > corner when it started.
    >
    > OTOH I got a bonus - METEOR 1-11 #05917 and the SL-8 R/B #29659 (both
    > unseen!) were also in the image (soon to be in my Facebook album,
    > along with the IGS 1A reduction).
    >
    > I have detected stars down to magnitude +10.8 in the image.
    > The 2-sec self timer was used to minimize shaking.
    > The image scale is 192 px/deg
    >
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