Optical 08 Feb 2012 Part 1

From: Greg Roberts (grr@telkomsa.net)
Date: Thu Feb 09 2012 - 14:08:15 UTC

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    Observations 08 FEB 2012
    ----------------------------
    
    Cosatrak 1 (Computerised satellite Tracking System).
    
    FLI ML8300M CCD camera with mechanical shutter + Trimble GPS
    
    Used with NIKON ED AF NIKKOR 80-200mm f/2.8 telephoto lens
    set at 200mm focal length. Field of view 5.2 x 3.8 degrees,
    image scale 23.0 arc sec/pixel.
    Images processed and automatically reduced using APEX.
    Time is accurate to within 50 milliseconds. RMS error of
    positions reported by APEX as about 4 arc sec.
    
    Site 0433 : Longitude 18.51294 deg East, Latitude -33.94058 deg,
    Elevation 10 metres-situated in Pinelands (Cape Town),South Africa
    
    FOR CLASSFD.TLE:
    -----------------------
    28537 05 004A   0433 P 20120208192829071 16 15 1716178-755738 28
    28537 05 004A   0433 P 20120208193047426 16 25 1210556-654518 58
    28537 05 004A   0433 P 20120208193158990 16 25 1120602-511138 38
    28537 05 004A   0433 P 20120208193257948 16 25 1101714-381031 48
    28541 05 004B   0433 P 20120208192833282 16 15 1718387-754216 58
    28541 05 004B   0433 P 20120208193043211 16 15 1224202-672119 79
    28541 05 004B   0433 P 20120208193133728 16 15 1139108-574420 38
    28541 05 004B   0433 P 20120208193257948 16 15 1104526-392632 39
    28546 04 050B   0433 P 20120208221854222 16 15 0729190+075218 68
    28546 04 050B   0433 P 20120208222004454 16 15 0732124+080355 38
    28546 04 050B   0433 P 20120208222050625 16 15 0734165+081234 48
    28546 04 050B   0433 P 20120208222117545 16 25 0735472+081766 19
    35815 09 047A   0433 P 20120208193945615 16 15 0840282+052344 28
    35815 09 047A   0433 P 20120208194112593 16 15 0841460+052356 28
    35815 09 047A   0433 P 20120208194226650 16 15 0843596+052400 28
    35815 09 047A   0433 P 20120208194325693 16 15 0843596+052346 28
    35937 09 052A   0433 P 20120208220001701 16 25 0448206-290127 28
    35937 09 052A   0433 P 20120208220043416 16 15 0454590-374954 48
    35937 09 052A   0433 P 20120208220151196 16 25 0509276-531378 29
    35937 09 052A   0433 P 20120208220238142 16 25 0524494-635607 38
    35938 09 052B   0433 P 20120208214823709 16 25 0516617-334621 29
    35938 09 052B   0433 P 20120208214828931 16 15 0518083-350035 19
    35938 09 052B   0433 P 20120208215013200 16 15 0603109-595122 28
    35938 09 052B   0433 P 20120208215204000 16 15 0922542-794917 28
    36869 10 039B   0433 P 20120208200854742 16 25 0449904-171019 28
    36869 10 039B   0433 P 20120208201014893 16 15 0450150-170959 58
    36869 10 039B   0433 P 20120208201046715 16 15 0450313-170953 29
    36869 10 039B   0433 P 20120208201152012 16 15 0450544-170947 58
    78701 10 062X   0433 P 20120208183135205 16 15 0209514+255059 98
    78701 10 062X   0433 P 20120208183232824 16 25 0211216+143960 28
    78701 10 062X   0433 P 20120208183312632 16 15 0210417+032207 19
    78701 10 062X   0433 P 20120208183343532 16 15 0208595-081235 58
    78701 10 062X   0433 P 20120208183432062 16 15 0202135-314433 49
    78701 10 062X   0433 P 20120208183518393 16 15 0144435-561602 49
    78701 10 062X   0433 P 20120208183522802 16 25 0141988-582040 28
    90070 06 829A   0433 P 20120208195137773 16 25 0841230+045023 28
    90070 06 829A   0433 P 20120208195154954 16 25 0845652+040656 49
    90070 06 829A   0433 P 20120208195211068 16 25 0849830+032564 78
    90070 06 829A   0433 P 20120208195343695 16 15 0912184-000530 19
    90070 06 829A   0433 P 20120208195358766 16 35 0915731-005931 28
    90070 06 829A   0433 P 20120208195413173 16 25 0918888-010430 98
    90070 06 829A   0433 P 20120208195426723 16 15 0921509-012942 29
    90070 06 829A   0433 P 20120208195440927 16 15 0924555-015434 39
    
    STRAYS SEEN:
    --------------------
    23842 96 021A   0433 P 20120208193946615 16 15 0850556+052204 29
    25623 99 004C   0433 P 20120208183358967 16 15 0209426-164218 49
    25623 99 004C   0433 P 20120208183401174 16 15 0210278-170349 69
    25623 99 004C   0433 P 20120208183403383 16 15 0211145-172553 49
    25623 99 004C   0433 P 20120208183405595 16 15 0211555-174502 39
    27951 03 043E   0433 P 20120208193946615 16 15 0851432+051856 38
    28134 03 060A   0433 P 20120208193946615 16 15 0842339+052120 48
    28134 03 060A   0433 P 20120208194112593 16 15 0843585+052107 28
    28134 03 060A   0433 P 20120208194226650 16 15 0845096+052123 28
    28134 03 060A   0433 P 20120208194325693 16 15 0846107+052105 28
    28645 05 015B   0433 P 20120208193946615 16 15 0840038+064136 48
    28645 05 015B   0433 P 20120208194112593 16 15 0840570+064032 28
    32294 07 056B   0433 P 20120208193946615 16 15 0840389+052554 48
    32294 07 056B   0433 P 20120208193945615 16 15 0841271+052616 28
    32294 07 056B   0433 P 20120208194112593 16 15 0842426+052627 28
    32294 07 056B   0433 P 20120208194226650 16 15 0843574+052637 28
    32294 07 056B   0433 P 20120208194325693 16 15 0844580+052611 28
    33060 08 031A   0433 P 20120208193245312 16 15 1058455-380601 29
    33060 08 031A   0433 P 20120208193249521 16 35 1103673-380772 28
    37605 11 022A   0433 P 20120208193946615 16 15 0851346+051757 48
    37393 11 016B   0433 P 20120208193946615 16 15 0840214+052402 29
    37393 11 016B   0433 P 20120208193945615 16 15 0840467+052531 28
    37393 11 016B   0433 P 20120208194112593 16 15 0842032+052601 28
    37393 11 016B   0433 P 20120208194226650 16 15 0843191+052556 28
    37393 11 016B   0433 P 20120208194325693 16 15 0844160+052531 28
    
    NOTES:
    ----------------
    (1) Not a good night for tracking due to very bright full moon.
    
    (2) PAN was found by Ian Roberts but there is some uncertainty which
        satellite is which as there are three in a tight cluster- PAN (#35815),
        YAHSAT 1A (#37393) and SKYNET 5B (#32294). I measured manually, as
        well as using APEX, and there is a bit of a mess-up as APEX and I dont
        agree which is which so for the moment all that can be said is that
        PAN is parked next to YAHSAT 1A.
    
    (3) More to come tomorrow.
    
    Cheers
    Greg
    
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