Optical 03 Feb 2013 - all

From: Greg Roberts (grr@telkomsa.net)
Date: Mon Feb 04 2013 - 14:36:48 UTC

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    Observations 03 Feb 2013 -all
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    Cosatrak 1 (Computerised satellite Tracking System).
    
    FLI ML8300M CCD camera with mechanical shutter + Trimble GPS
    
    Used with 102mm aperture f/5 SKYWATCHER refractor.
    Field of view 123 x 93 arc minutes.
    Image scale 8.86 arc sec/pixel.
    Images processed and measured with APEX in 90% of the cases,
    the remainder manually.
    
    Site 0433 : Longitude 18.51294 deg East, Latitude -33.94058 deg,
    Elevation 10 metres-situated in Pinelands (Cape Town),South Africa
    
    FOR CLASSFD.TLE:
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    STRAYS SEEN:
    ----------------------
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    28089 03 053A   0433 E 20130203193918572 16 15 0807279+052326 37
    28089 03 053A   0433 E 20130203193944765 16 15 0807540+052325 77
    33056 08 030B   0433 E 20130203195542525 16 15 0752322+052807 57
    33056 08 030B   0433 E 20130203195640429 16 15 0753307+052809 97
    33056 08 030B   0433 E 20130203195704744 16 15 0753547+052809 37
    33277 08 038D   0433 E 20130203190119310 16 15 0849599+090109 18
    33277 08 038D   0433 E 20130203190159157 16 15 0850314+090052 28
    33277 08 038D   0433 E 20130203190223038 16 15 0850496+090041 28
    33379 08 046B   0433 E 20130203192350865 16 15 0825233+081031 48
    38014 11 077A   0433 E 20130203195542525 16 15 0754443+052657 57
    38014 11 077A   0433 E 20130203195640429 16 15 0755428+052659 97
    38014 11 077A   0433 E 20130203195704744 16 15 0756067+052659 37
    
    NOTES:
    ---------
    (1) Initially did not look a promising night as the wind was blowing
        too hard and shaking the telescope, however it calmed down and
        the seeing was fantastic. In the few years that I have been
        monitoring my seeing I had never seen less than 12 arc seconds
        but this night it was averaging between 7 and 8 arc seconds.The
        result was that I got approx 65 of the 72 high altitude classified
        satellites predicted which makes a "record" for me where my previous
        best had been about 45 classified satellites. In the darker areas
        of my bright city lit sky I was getting down to magnitude +14 to
        +15 with 1 second exposures - unbelievable for my location - so the
        wind blew away all the "gunk" above Cape Town which we breathe in
        normally - worse than smoking!
    
    (2) Had a look at Comet Lemmon - close to the south celestial pole
        (dec -86 degrees) pole and quite impressive - I think this might
        turn out to be a worthwhile naked eye comet for "down under" as it
        already has a short tail even under my sky conditions and it still
        has some time to go before perihelion passage.
    
    Cheers
    Greg 
    
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