Observations 27 FEB 2011
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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 sensitivity
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/2.5 lens,integrating for 128 fields
which is equivalent to a max exposure of 2.56 seconds maximum
per image, but dependent on sky brightness. Field of view
2.4 x 1.8 degrees.
Individual frames are video time stamped with GPS derived signal.
Images processed and measured manually.
(2)Meade DSI Pro II Monochrome CCD camera without filters.
using integration times of 05 sec min to 30 seconds maximum
depending on brightness of sky in particular area.No image
processing done but dark field applied.
Used with 102mm aperture f/2.56 refractor ,field of view 84 x 63
arc minutes. 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 checked against GPS signal.
Images processed and automatically reduced using APEX.
Site 0433 : Longitude 18.51294 deg East, Latitude -33.94058 deg,
Elevation 10 metres-situated in Pinelands (Cape Town),South Africa
FOR CLASSIFIED.TLE:
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RHYOLITE 1
04418 70 046A 0433 F 20110227204825000 16 15 1159161-004346 28
04418 70 046A 0433 F 20110227204914000 16 15 1200051-004534 28
04418 70 046A 0433 F 20110227204948000 16 15 1200385-004643 18
04418 70 046A 0433 F 20110227205022000 16 15 1201131-004802 38
DPS-F2R
05205 71 039B 0433 F 20110227210932000 16 15 1138348+000728 15
05205 71 039B 0433 F 20110227211034000 16 15 1139369+000506 18
05205 71 039B 0433 F 20110227211128000 16 15 1140284+000403 28 +120 05
05205 71 039B 0433 F 20110227211209000 16 15 1141105+000215 28 +120 05
CANYON 5
06317 72 101A 0433 F 20110227230824500 16 15 0913117+100946 38 +136 10
06317 72 101A 0433 F 20110227231049500 16 15 0915123+095758 88 +135 05
06317 72 101A 0433 F 20110227231208500 16 15 0916180+095125 48 +178 04
06317 72 101A 0433 F 20110227231308500 16 15 0917095+094656 38
06317 72 101A 0433 F 20110227231348500 16 15 0917432+094356 38
RHYOLITE 2
06380 73 013A 0433 F 20110227204449000 16 15 1232006-013811 28 +115 05
06380 73 013A 0433 F 20110227204526000 16 15 1232381-013950 28
06380 73 013A 0433 F 20110227204622000 16 15 1233338-014150 28 +110 05
06380 73 013A 0433 F 20110227204651000 16 15 1234022-014328 18
RHYOLITE 3
10508 77 114A 0433 F 20110227234828500 16 15 0832253+181334 28
10508 77 114A 0433 F 20110227234920500 16 15 0833176+181006 38
10508 77 114A 0433 F 20110227234955500 16 15 0833520+180741 28
10508 77 114A 0433 F 20110227235039500 16 15 0834361+180435 28
VORTEX 4
14675 84 009A 0433 F 20110227231557500 16 15 0839401+104053 28
14675 84 009A 0433 F 20110227231637500 16 15 0840129+103959 28
14675 84 009A 0433 F 20110227231714500 16 15 0840425+103911 28
14675 84 009A 0433 F 20110227231747500 16 15 0841094+103828 28
DSP-F12
15453 84 129A 0433 F 20110227210334000 16 15 1140014+123000 28 +125 05
15453 84 129A 0433 F 20110227210459000 16 15 1141250+122408 28
15453 84 129A 0433 F 20110227210604000 16 15 1142276+121957 57
15453 84 129A 0433 F 20110227210647000 16 15 1143084+121650 38
15453 84 129A 0433 F 20110227210733000 16 15 1143524+121413 28
MAGNUM 1
15543 85 010B 0433 F 20110227204058500 16 15 1228431+095154 28 +085 05
15543 85 010B 0433 F 20110227204146500 16 15 1229270+094822 28 +085 05
15543 85 010B 0433 F 20110227204228500 16 15 1230063+094512 28 +085 05
15543 85 010B 0433 F 20110227204301500 16 15 1230400+094254 28
VORTEX 6
19976 89 035A 0433 F 20110227211856000 16 15 0925474+112144 28
19976 89 035A 0433 F 20110227211955000 16 15 0926445+112050 38
19976 89 035A 0433 F 20110227212037000 16 15 0927250+112010 28
19976 89 035A 0433 F 20110227212119000 16 15 0928060+111930 28
FLEETSATCOM 8
20253 89 077A 0433 F 20110227233516500 16 15 0846068+163438 38
20253 89 077A 0433 F 20110227233611500 16 15 0847025+163417 28
20253 89 077A 0433 F 20110227233645500 16 15 0847380+163403 28
20253 89 077A 0433 F 20110227233734500 16 15 0848280+163342 28
20253 89 077A 0433 F 20110227233818500 16 15 0849125+163324 38
UFO-F02
22787 93 056A 0433 F 20110227213515500 16 15 1005411+134737 28
22787 93 056A 0433 F 20110227213603500 16 15 1006299+134706 38
22787 93 056A 0433 F 20110227213636500 16 15 1007036+134643 28
22787 93 056A 0433 F 20110227213708500 16 15 1007358+134622 38
DSCS3-08
22915 93 074A 0433 F 20110227210219000 16 15 1137485+121629 18
22915 93 074A 0433 F 20110227210334000 16 15 1138577+121543 28 +110 05
22915 93 074A 0433 F 20110227210459000 16 15 1140261+121455 87
22915 93 074A 0433 F 20110227210604000 16 15 1141324+121418 67
22915 93 074A 0433 F 20110227210647000 16 15 1142157+121355 18
22915 93 074A 0433 F 20110227210733000 16 15 1143016+121329 28
UFO-F03
23132 94 035A 0433 F 20110227235845500 16 15 0934153+133733 28
23132 94 035A 0433 F 20110228000004500 16 15 0935342+133705 28
23132 94 035A 0433 F 20110228000039500 16 15 0936102+133651 28
23132 94 035A 0433 F 20110228000113500 16 15 0936439+133640 28
MERCURY 1
23223 94 035A 0433 F 20110227235216000 16 15 0812329+122808 28 +105 05
23223 94 054A 0433 F 20110227235250500 16 15 0813070+122855 87
23223 94 054A 0433 F 20110227235334000 16 15 0813502+122901 28 +105 05
23223 94 054A 0433 F 20110227235400500 16 15 0814177+122943 18
UFO-F07
23967 96 042A 0433 F 20110227234409000 16 15 0822488+105856 28 +120 05
23967 96 042A 0433 F 20110227234530500 16 15 0824107+105911 28
23967 96 042A 0433 F 20110227234613000 16 15 0824532+105904 28 +120 05
23967 96 042A 0433 F 20110227234638500 16 15 0825187+105919 28
DSP-F18
24737 97 008A 0433 F 20110227213847500 16 15 0930503+154648 28
24737 97 008A 0433 F 20110227213943500 16 15 0931473+154658 28
24737 97 008A 0433 F 20110227214027000 16 15 0932303+154645 28 +110 05
24737 97 008A 0433 F 20110227214057500 16 15 0933033+154712 38
MENTOR 2
25336 98 029A 0433 F 20110227234020500 16 15 0852326+123501 28
25336 98 029A 0433 F 20110227234118500 16 15 0853329+123334 28
25336 98 029A 0433 F 20110227234204000 16 15 0854176+123216 28 +075 05
25336 98 029A 0433 F 20110227234239000 16 15 0854509+123141 28 +075 05
MENTOR 2R
25337 98 029B 0433 F 20110227215037500 16 15 0830599+150851 28
25337 98 029B 0433 F 20110227215206500 16 15 0832305+150643 28
25337 98 029B 0433 F 20110227215306500 16 15 0833311+150517 28
25337 98 029B 0433 F 20110227215357500 16 15 0834226+150403 38
25337 98 029B 0433 F 20110227215435500 16 15 0835009+150306 28
UFO-F10
25967 99 063A 0433 F 20110227182158500 16 15 1005100+084756 28
25967 99 063A 0433 F 20110227182246500 16 15 1005586+084747 38
25967 99 063A 0433 F 20110227182338500 16 15 1006501+084741 28
DSCS3-12
26575 00 065A 0433 F 20110227232730500 16 15 0852486+065354 28
26575 00 065A 0433 F 20110227232827500 16 15 0853460+065407 28
26575 00 065A 0433 F 20110227232903500 16 15 0854226+065415 28
26575 00 065A 0433 F 20110227232938500 16 15 0854575+065423 28
SDS-3F1
26635 00 080A 0433 F 20110227232347500 16 15 0857226+101128 28 +114 00
26635 00 080A 0433 F 20110227232426500 16 15 0858017+101129 18
26635 00 080A 0433 F 20110227232501500 16 15 0858364+101130 28 +114 02
26635 00 080A 0433 F 20110227232533500 16 15 0859093+101131 28
DSP-F21
26880 01 033A 0433 F 20110227183244000 16 15 1003261+111428 38
26880 01 033A 0433 F 20110227183345000 16 15 1004259+111424 28 +120 05
26880 01 033A 0433 F 20110227183440000 16 15 1005227+111418 28 +120 05
26880 01 033A 0433 F 20110227183523000 16 15 1006064+111456 38
MILSTAR 5
27168 02 001A 0433 F 20110227213104500 16 15 1006160+095057 28
27168 02 001A 0433 F 20110227213208500 16 15 1007197+095043 38
27168 02 001A 0433 F 20110227213251500 16 15 1008035+095033 28
27168 02 001A 0433 F 20110227213328500 16 15 1008409+095025 28
MILSTAR 5R
27169 02 001B 0433 F 20110227212407500 16 15 1017016+075407 38
27169 02 001B 0433 F 20110227212544500 16 15 1018383+075330 28
27169 02 001B 0433 F 20110227212643500 16 15 1019374+075307 28
27169 02 001B 0433 F 20110227212731500 16 15 1020262+075248 18
USA 171R
27938 03 041B 0433 F 20110227212407500 16 15 1018336+073935 38 +100 01
27938 03 041B 0433 F 20110227212544500 16 15 1020109+074150 28
27938 03 041B 0433 F 20110227212643500 16 15 1021103+074305 28
27938 03 041B 0433 F 20110227212731500 16 15 1021592+074410 18
UFO-F11
28117 03 057A 0433 F 20110227182521500 16 15 1004060+071255 28
28117 03 057A 0433 F 20110227182642000 16 15 1005263+071210 28 +115 05
28117 03 057A 0433 F 20110227182741000 16 15 1006256+071154 28 +115 05
28117 03 057A 0433 F 20110227182840500 16 15 1007250+071133 38
28117 03 057A 0433 F 20110227182958000 16 15 1008408+071047 28 +115 05
DSP-F22R3
28161 04 004D 0433 F 20110227205350000 16 15 1146330+085821 28
28161 04 004D 0433 F 20110227205446000 16 15 1147293+085818 28
28161 04 004D 0433 F 20110227205528000 16 15 1148107+085755 97
28161 04 004D 0433 F 20110227205616000 16 15 1148585+085743 18
DSP-F23
32287 07 054A 0433 F 20110227202515000 16 15 1038023+041915 38
32287 07 054A 0433 F 20110227202605000 16 15 1038526+041915 28
32287 07 054A 0433 F 20110227202658000 16 15 1039455+041914 18
32287 07 054A 0433 F 20110227202741000 16 15 1040288+041915 18
USA 202
33490 09 001A 0433 F 20110227180758500 16 15 0747013+082026 38 +142 00
33490 09 001A 0433 F 20110227180959000 16 15 0749031+081949 38
33490 09 001A 0433 F 20110227181104000 16 15 0750077+081931 38
33490 09 001A 0433 F 20110227181156000 16 15 0751005+081914 28
WGS F2
34713 09 017A 0433 F 20110227205813000 16 15 1148521+052026 18
34713 09 017A 0433 F 20110227205912000 16 15 1149510+052025 18
34713 09 017A 0433 F 20110227205952000 16 15 1150306+052024 28
34713 09 017A 0433 F 20110227210040000 16 15 1151183+052015 28 +095 05
PAN (or YAMAL 2 #28089)
35815 09 047A 0433 F 20110227211354000 16 15 1114526+052344 87
35815 09 047A 0433 F 20110227211440000 16 15 1115391+052343 97
35815 09 047A 0433 F 20110227211527000 16 15 1116251+052343 38
35815 09 047A 0433 F 20110227211607000 16 15 1117059+052344 87
WGS F3
36108 09 068A 0433 F 20110227233111500 16 15 0853588+052724 28
36108 09 068A 0433 F 20110227233219500 16 15 0855067+052723 18
36108 09 068A 0433 F 20110227233258500 16 15 0855463+052723 18
36108 09 068A 0433 F 20110227233332500 16 15 0856201+052723 28
90070
90070 06 829A 0433 F 20110227203351500 16 15 0738245+311232 38
90070 06 829A 0433 F 20110227203441500 16 15 0744398+313206 38
90070 06 829A 0433 F 20110227203547500 16 15 0752375+315645 48
90070 06 829A 0433 F 20110227203642500 16 15 0759000+321621 48
90070 06 829A 0433 F 20110227203802500 16 15 0807548+324329 48
STRAYS SEEN:
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ARIANE 44P R/B
25461 98 049B 0433 E 20110227230824500 16 15 0915030+102702 28 +108 01
25461 98 049B 0433 E 20110227231049500 16 15 0916494+102723 28 +107 01
25461 98 049B 0433 E 20110227231208500 16 15 0917472+102736 28 +116 01
25461 98 049B 0433 E 20110227231308500 16 15 0918314+102746 28
25461 98 049B 0433 E 20110227231348500 16 15 0919012+102752 38
ARIANE 44LP DEB
27047 89 062K 0433 F 20110227234239000 16 15 0854527+130658 28 +130 05
INTELSAT 904
27380 02 007A 0433 E 20110227205813000 16 15 1147589+052138 18
27380 02 007A 0433 E 20110227205912000 16 15 1148578+052137 18
27380 02 007A 0433 E 20110227205952000 16 15 1149374+052136 28
27380 02 007A 0433 F 20110227210040000 16 15 1150249+052127 28 +105 05
ATLANTIC BIRD 1
27508 02 040A 0433 E 20110227233111500 16 15 0854447+052445 28
27508 02 040A 0433 E 20110227233219500 16 15 0855528+052445 18
27508 02 040A 0433 E 20110227233258500 16 15 0856324+052446 18
27508 02 040A 0433 E 20110227233332500 16 15 0857060+052447 28
THURAYA 2
27825 03 026A 0433 E 20110227180758500 16 15 0746400+082508 38 +130 05
27825 03 026A 0433 E 20110227180959000 16 15 0748415+082434 38
27825 03 026A 0433 E 20110227181104000 16 15 0749461+082416 38
27825 03 026A 0433 E 20110227181156000 16 15 0750388+082400 28
YAMAL 2 ( OR PAN #35815)
28089 03 053A 0433 E 20110227211354000 16 15 1114582+052457 87
28089 03 053A 0433 E 20110227211440000 16 15 1115446+052456 97
28089 03 053A 0433 E 20110227211527000 16 15 1116306+052454 38
28089 03 053A 0433 E 20110227211607000 16 15 1117114+052454 87
BLOCK DM-SL R/B
33377 08 045B 0433 E 20110227182521500 16 15 1005486+071647 28
33377 08 045B 0433 F 20110227182642000 16 15 1007138+071740 28 +118 05
33377 08 045B 0433 F 20110227182741000 16 15 1008167+071857 28 +118 05
33377 08 045B 0433 E 20110227182840500 16 15 1009214+072011 38
33377 08 045B 0433 F 20110227182958000 16 15 1010443+072110 28 +118 05
NOTES:
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(1) Poor transparency at start of evening, followed by a local fire which
smoked out the sky after which conditions improved so a long session.
(2) Will report video observations tomorrow -
USA 129 #24680
OFEQ 9
OFEQ 5
plus some others.
(3) Did a search for MERCURY 2 - remains missing. Looks like Ill have to
devote several hours to a complete scan of my sky at the declination
of MERCURY 2 at the time.... urgh :-(((
Cheers
Greg
Cheers
Greg
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