DCB Obs APR 21th UT - SAR LUPE 1, FIA Radar 2, USA 129, NOSS 2-1 Triplet (Variable Brightness!).

From: Derek C Breit (breit_ideas@poyntsource.com)
Date: Sun Apr 22 2012 - 20:28:53 UTC

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    EQUIPMENT-
    Orion ST80 with Mogg 0.6 FR and a Mintron integrating camera. ST80 is
    piggybacked on a 12" LX200 which does the slewing and tracking. Focal
    Reducer is at max distance from detector and still capable of focus. 
    FOV - 1.98 x 1.48 Degrees 
    Time by IOTA-VTI GPS Time inserter
     
    Equipment Notes - Luminance only is recorded to video. 
    
    
    For CLASSIFIED
    29658 06 060A   8739 G 20120421035735633 26 25 1258413+541247 37  
    29658 06 060A   8739 G 20120421035825650 26 25 1112708+201552 37  
    
    38109 12 014A   8739 G 20120421041502426 26 25 0037120+724044 37  
    38109 12 014A   8739 G 20120421041551976 26 25 0212708+662584 37  
    38109 12 014A   8739 G 20120421041646998 26 25 0306780+565277 37  
    38109 12 014A   8739 G 20120421041736081 26 25 0332239+475252 37  
    
    24680 96 072A   8739 G 20120421043121951 26 25 1209496+551624 37  
    24680 96 072A   8739 G 20120421043144707 26 25 1215272+650456 37  
    
    20691 90 050C   8739 G 20120421044229292 26 25 1323062+555969 37 M+022 01
    20691 90 050C   8739 G 20120421044311101 26 25 1330250+452344 37 N+076 05
    
    20692 90 050D   8739 G 20120421044613252 26 25 1337023+165116 37 M-040 10
    20692 90 050D   8739 G 20120421044641614 26 25 1340953+114402 37  
    
    20642 90 050E   8739 G 20120421044645518 26 25 1336972+221425 37  
    
    
    NOTES-
     WIDEFIELD SETUP USED !
    
    Obs - Pred: 0.013 deg X-track; 0.165 s late, relative 0.09 day old elset:
    Obs - Pred: 0.017 deg X-track; 0.187 s late, relative 0.09 day old elset:
    
    Obs - Pred: 0.013 deg X-track; 0.661 s early, relative 2.02 day old elset:
    Obs - Pred: 0.036 deg X-track; 0.796 s early, relative 2.02 day old elset:
    Obs - Pred: 0.027 deg X-track; 0.777 s early, relative 2.02 day old elset:
    Obs - Pred: 0.026 deg X-track; 1.152 s early, relative 2.02 day old elset:
    
    Obs - Pred: 0.026 deg X-track; 0.068 s early, relative 0.07 day old elset:
    Obs - Pred: 0.058 deg X-track; 0.049 s early, relative 0.07 day old elset:
    
    Obs - Pred: 0.030 deg X-track; 0.334 s early, relative 0.10 day old elset:
    Obs - Pred: 0.042 deg X-track; 0.376 s early, relative 0.10 day old elset:
    
    Obs - Pred: 0.134 deg X-track; 0.439 s early, relative 0.10 day old elset:
    Obs - Pred: 0.048 deg X-track; 0.784 s early, relative 0.10 day old elset:
    
    Obs - Pred: 0.055 deg X-track; 0.221 s early, relative 0.10 day old elset:
    
    
    COMMENTS:
    The NOSS 2-1 trio.. Started following the lead craft at Mizar / Alcor. It
    promptly hit mag 2, then dropped to mag 7.5 shortly thereafter. It was never
    steady up until it neared shadow entry. Speaking of shadow entry, I followed
    the leader until near shadow entry, then went backwards to find the other 2
    components. It was easy to find them in the right spot in OBSREDUCE, so I
    *ASSUME* they are the D and E objects..
    And the -4 flare from D was blue and was a perfect match for Venus or a
    middle of the road Iridium. If there was an actual Iridium in the area, it
    could have been what I saw.. I did not double check.
    
    Derek C Breit
    BREIT IDEAS Obs - Morgan Hill, CA - COSPAR 8739
    E. Longitude -121 42 10.0, Latitude 37 6 47.8, Alt. 282m;
    
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