Are there any debris pieces with magnitude brighter than +4?
Gordon
Newcastle, Australia
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From: <chiayk1@singnet.com.sg>
To: <seesat-l@satobs.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 12:56 PM
Subject: 3rd failed attempts on FY-1C debris
>
> HI folks:
>
> This morning is my THIRD *failed attempts at to see the FY 1C
debris.
>
> The last two were with 25mm lens/watec902H2, moving to
100mm/watec902H2
> saw nothing ( LM ( LM not deep enough and sky not that good). All the
> candidates were flagged as 5.5-6.6 mag range and theoretically some
should
> be seen crossing the rather large FOV.
>
> The 3rd attempt is with 300mmf2.8 lens+mintron and another 25mm as
field
> finder.
> I cranked up the integration to reach deeper magnitude and expect
> 'rod'-shaped satellite to move across the very small fov now ~ 1.5
degree+
> but alas again saw nothing from the video walkman screen. So my next
one
> will be C8+f3.3..prime focus+mintron.
>
> I am curious whether there were any other +ve sighting of these
debris (
> x1 i know of so far)and how many were detected using what setup? Is
there a
> way to sort the debris entries into larger pieces how?
>
> Thanks
>
> rgds
> ykchia
>
>
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