Observations 08 APRIL 2010: --------------------------------------- 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. Testing out 80mm f/l f/2.0 lens and 50mm f/l f/1.8 lens 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: ================== 20344 89 061D 0433 F 20100408211412000 56 15 1632383-614937 39 +085 05 20344 89 061D 0433 F 20100408211629000 56 15 1705202-600814 39 +075 05 20344 89 061D 0433 F 20100408212137000 56 15 1758424-554808 39 +078 05 25336 98 029A 0433 F 20100408182311000 56 15 0716594+141452 39 +090 05 25336 98 029A 0433 F 20100408182537000 56 15 0719155+141422 39 +090 05 25336 98 029A 0433 F 20100408182622000 56 15 0720061+141340 39 +090 05 28384 04 034A 0433 F 20100408175910000 56 15 0848529+255937 39 +105 05 28384 04 034A 0433 F 20100408180508000 56 15 0919376+174316 39 +093 05 28384 04 034A 0433 F 20100408180804000 56 15 0942065+114639 39 +090 05 28384 04 034A 0433 F 20100408180936000 56 15 0957310+074717 39 +080 05 28384 04 034A 0433 F 20100408181235000 56 15 1038454-022633 39 +060 05 28384 04 034A 0433 F 20100408181406000 56 15 1108317-091337 39 +075 05 28384 04 034A 0433 F 20100408181832000 56 15 1334098-313610 39 +080 05 28647 05 016B 0433 F 20100408174844300 56 15 0519250-044858 39 +035 05 28647 05 016B 0433 F 20100408174930500 56 15 0638370+133151 39 +030 05 28647 05 016B 0433 F 20100408175020000 56 15 0749290+280211 39 +033 05 90070 06 829A 0433 F 20100408172808000 56 15 1149285-112455 39 +073 05 90070 06 829A 0433 F 20100408172941000 56 15 1202128-110109 39 +075 05 90070 06 829A 0433 F 20100408173124000 56 15 1214401-103205 39 +077 05 90070 06 829A 0433 F 20100408173249000 56 15 1224025-100548 39 +072 05 90070 06 829A 0433 F 20100408173402000 56 15 1231152-094224 39 +080 05 23862 96 029D 0433 F 20100408185048300 56 15 0703150+220727 39 +070 05 23862 96 029D 0433 F 20100408185418800 56 15 0756520-092945 39 +065 05 31701 07 027A 0433 F 20100408183612000 56 15 0817450-283925 39 +045 05 31701 07 027A 0433 F 20100408183828600 56 15 1109490-641533 39 +045 05 31708 07 027C 0433 F 20100408183612000 56 15 0816540-261749 39 +045 05 31708 07 027C 0433 F 20100408183828600 56 15 1100460-625116 39 +045 05 23936 96 029E 0433 F 20100408184227600 56 15 1010240-390102 39 +060 05 23936 96 029E 0433 F 20100408184407800 56 15 1206320-560513 39 +060 05 35938 09 052B 0433 F 20100408191152100 56 15 0525500-263004 39 +055 05 35938 09 052B 0433 F 20100408191246400 56 15 0530220-370114 39 +050 05 35938 09 052B 0433 F 20100408191408000 56 15 0537250-544151 39 +055 05 Strays seen: ============== SERT 2 04327 70 009A 0433 F 20100408172742400 56 15 1206200-121657 39 +055 05 COSMOS 860 09486 76 103A 0433 F 20100408172814700 56 15 1156000-134246 39 +045 05 DELTA 2 R/B(1) 34382 09 011C 0433 F 20100408181354100 56 15 1110360-110510 39 +075 05 CZ-3B R/B variable to invisible 33052 08 028B 0433 F 20100408185418800 56 15 0746330-073410 39 +060 05 TUBSAT B variable 22970 94 003B 0433 F 20100408190902000 56 15 0513190-074334 39 +075 05 SL-8 R/B 22676 93 036B 0433 F 20100408180804000 56 15 0946002+110621 39 +035 05 GLOBALSTAR MO43 25874 99 041C 0433 F 20100408180936000 56 15 0952591+082733 39 +055 05 25874 99 041C 0433 F 20100408181050000 56 15 1038362-015619 39 +055 05 ATLAS 2A CENTAUR range 22360 kms 25968 99 063B 0433 F 20100408181406000 56 15 1103042-081239 39 +091 05 GLOBALSTAR MO14 25306 98 023A 0433 F 20100408200026400 56 15 0733320-031516 39 +075 05 DELTA 2 R/B(1) variable 23640 95 041B 0433 F 20100408184955500 56 15 0658220+213914 39 +065 05 NOTES: ----------- (1) Testing out different lenses. 80mm f/2 lens - too fast for my sky, could only do short exposures. Focus too soft - unsuitable for tracking. 50mm f/1.8 lens - apart from small image scale does not perform too badly. 80mm lens used with Meade DSI Pro II CCD camera and 50mm lens used with MINTRON video camera. Stopped by cloud eventually. (2) All measured manually - too lazy to set up APEX for a one time only application. Cheers Greg _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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