Observations 17 Sept 2017 ------------------------- Cosatrak 1 (Computerised satellite Tracking System). MINTRON video camera + Trimble GPS Used with ~80mm focal length telephoto lens. Field of view 4.31 by 3.22 degrees. Image scale 14.9 arc sec/pixel. Processed and measured with ASTRO-J and Astrometrynet site. Site 0435 : Longitude 18.510097 deg East, Latitude -33.9368 deg Elevation 25.5 metres-situated at apartment No 416,Pinelands Place, Pinelands (Cape Town),South Africa FOR CLASSFD.TLE: ---------------------- 39650 14 019A 0435 F 20170917175614947 16 15 2041410+180555 28 +040 05 39650 14 019A 0435 F 20170917175616512 16 15 2038530+175402 28 +040 05 39650 14 091A 0435 F 20170917175617488 16 15 2037260+174836 28 +040 05 39650 14 091A 0435 F 20170917175620194 16 15 2033070+173032 28 +040 05 39650 14 091A 0435 F 20170917175622978 16 15 2028410+171218 28 +040 05 NOTES: -------- (1) After an somewhat long break due to factors beyond my control I hope I am now back in action from a new observing site, which I have provisionally given the number 0435. My old site - 0433 is now no more. (2) This is the first reported observation from the new site and I have still a fair amount of work to do as well as developing an efficient way of predicting and processing observations. I only have a limited view of the sky - approx azimuth 345 through north to azimuth 92 degrees and covering elevation about 5 degrees up to about 70 deg. The observing location was specifically chosen to give me good coverage optical and radio-wise eastwards down to the horizon. (3) With this new station I can track satellites any time of the night as it is all permanently mounted in my new bedroom! (4) I hope soon to try observing geosats again from this location. Cheers Greg _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Mon Sep 18 2017 - 05:22:22 UTC
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