Obs ML (4353), 11 April 2007: USA 129

From: Marco Langbroek (marco.langbroek@wanadoo.nl)
Date: Wed Apr 11 2007 - 18:02:11 EDT

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    Obs SatTrackCam Leiden (Cospar 4353), 11 April 2007:
    
    24680 96 072A   4353 F 20070411195701100 17 75 1208122+183980 56  +010 10
    24680 96 072A   4353 F 20070411195711800 17 75 1211283+218330 56  +020 10
    24680 96 072A   4353 F 20070411195801100 17 75 1234413+402430 56  +035 10
    
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    Method: Canon Digital Ixus 400 + ASTRORECORD astrometric software.
    Camera at manual mode, "10 second" (= 10.7 second) exposure, wide field
    f2.8/7.41 mm.
    
    What these numbers mean:
    http://www.satobs.org/position/IODformat.html
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    Hrmpf! In the end 96-072A at its 19:58 UTC pass remained the only catch of this 
    evening.... :-(
    
    I did see 96-072A at its second pass (21:35 UTC) low west too, seeing it briefly 
    flare to +1 at 21:34:35 UTC: but when my camera opened it already was too faint.
    
    In addition I failed to see IGS 1B (03-009B) both naked eye and with the camera 
    and that surprises me, even though admittedly the attempt was at its emergence 
    from eclipse (21:31 UTC) so it might have been too faint. 30 seconds after 
    eclipse emergence and at 50 degrees elevation, I would expect to see it however, 
    but didn't. There is not a trace of it on the image either.
    
    - Marco
    
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