Observations 22 August 2008:
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Cosatrak 1 (Computerised satellite Tracking System).
Camera mount now carries two systems that can be operated
together as two totally different sytems and computers used.
Generally the DSI Pro II camera will be used for high altitude
slow moving objects. Tests seem to indicate that its sesnitivity
is comparable to the MINTRON ( possibly better) but as its not
possible (?) to time stamp to better than 1 second accuracy the
time resolution is not good enough for LEO objects.
(1) 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.
Used with 135mm focal length f/2.8 lens,integrating for 128 frames
which is equivalent to a max exposure of 2.56 seconds maximum
per image. Field of view 2.7 x 2.1 degrees.
Individual frames are video time stamped with GPS derived signal.
(2)Meade DSI Pro II Monochrome CCD camera without filters.
using integration times of 20 sec min to 60 seconds maximum
depending on brightness of sky in particular area.No image
processing done but dark field applied.
Used with 200mm focal length f/2.8 Nikkon telephoto lens,
field of view 1.88 x 1.40 degrees. Can get to magnitude 13
or so in less than 20 seconds exposure.
Exposure time to nearest second inserted into image FITS header
from PC clock which is automatically checked every minute against
GPS signal.
Site 0433 : Longitude 18.51294 deg East, Latitude 33.94058 deg S,
Elevation 10 metres-situated in Pinelands (Cape Town),South Africa
Correction to 22 August 2008 Part 1:
reported last report as UNKNOWN,identified by Mike McCants as
24822 97 027D 0433 T 20080822200619500 56 15 1716536+222149 39 +075 05
24822 97 027D 0433 T 20080822200624900 56 15 1717587+222038 39 +075 05
24822 97 027D 0433 T 20080822200628500 56 15 1718443+222056 39 +075 05
24822 97 027D 0433 T 20080822200633900 56 15 1719568+221938 39 +075 05
Part 2:
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For CLASSFD.TLE:
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32288 07 054B 0433 T 20080822172322000 56 15 1933585+062632 39 +085 05
32288 07 054B 0433 T 20080822173216000 56 15 1941416+063429 39 +085 05
23223 94 054A 0433 T 20080822204006000 56 15 1629575+045216 39 +095 05
23223 94 054A 0433 T 20080822204240000 56 15 1632346+044856 39 +095 05
23223 94 054A 0433 T 20080822203606000 56 15 1625461+045826 39 +095 05
26635 00 080A 0433 T 20080822194820000 56 15 1657549+035101 39 +090 05
26635 00 080A 0433 T 20080822201033000 56 15 1720115+033813 39 +090 05
08482 75 118A 0433 T 20080822193537000 56 15 1502134-090248 39 +140 05
15453 84 129A 0433 T 20080822213239000 56 15 0004069-021200 39 +130 05
15453 84 129A 0433 T 20080822213810000 56 15 0009242-015149 39 +130 05
Strays seen:
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FORTE - steady
24920 97 047A 0433 T 20080822172416700 56 15 1931480+072847 39 +075 05
ATLAS CENTAUR ROCKET - steady
06155 72 065B 0433 T 20080822173419800 56 15 1941310+070712 39 +030 05
AMSAT OSCAR 40, range 9200 kms
26609 00 072B 0433 T 20080822175249000 56 15 1838160+172629 39 +070 05
26609 00 072B 0433 T 20080822175335000 56 15 1843220+164852 39 +070 05
SL-12 R/B - steady
24829 97 028C 0433 T 20080822175621600 56 15 1840270+172358 39 +045 05
BREEZE M DEBRI - range 3450 kms - steady
31863 07 032B 0433 T 20080822182649600 56 15 1220259-330927 39 +040 05
31863 07 032B 0433 T 20080822182712600 56 15 1227288-325220 39 +040 05
31863 07 032B 0433 T 20080822183107400 56 15 1420260-215414 39 +040 05
COSMOS 252
03530 68 097A 0433 T 20080822183009500 56 15 1419178-201155 39 +085 05
ATLAS 2AS CENTAUR - range 3520 kms - variable
25372 98 037B 0433 T 20080822184057300 56 15 1615599+054237 39 +060 05
25372 98 037B 0433 T 20080822184114100 56 15 1621552+060157 39 +060 05
25372 98 037B 0433 T 20080822184129200 56 15 1627216+061750 39 +060 05
ATLAS 2AS CENTAUR - range 21060kms - variable
28155 04 003B 0433 T 20080822210834200 56 15 2107260+143608 39 +070 05
INTELSAT 907 - geostationary
27683 03 007A 0433 T 20080822204006000 56 15 1632252+051549 39 +135 05
SUPERBIRD B1 - geostationary
21893 92 010A 0433 T 20080822194820000 56 15 1657025+041248 39 +120 05
21893 92 010A 0433 T 20080822201033000 56 15 1718499+033121 39 +120 05
SL-12R/B - geostationary
26939 01 045D 0433 T 20080822214634000 56 15 0040340+000755 39 +125 05
ATLAS 3B CENTAUR - range 18900 kms - steady
28118 03 057B 0433 T 20080822214306000 56 15 0034413-000353 39 +075 05
Notes:
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(1) DSP-F5 #08482 - faint - not 100% confident as at limit of 200mm
telephoto lens capability - only seen on one frame.
Cheers
Greg
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