Obs 12 March 2006

From: Greg Roberts (grr@iafrica.com)
Date: Mon Mar 13 2006 - 09:40:51 EST

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    Observations 12 Mar 2006:
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    Cosatrak 1 (Computerised satellite Tracking System).
    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/3.5 lens,integrating for 96 frames
    which is equivalent to an exposure of 1.92 seconds per image.
    
    Attached a "finder" to the system consisting of a WATEC 902H2 CCD
    camera attached to a 50mm f/1.8 lens - nice wide field and could
    see leo satellites down to about mag 7.5 in a very bright moonlit
    sky- useful in selecting suitable "position" fields as I can now
    see "ahead" of the track.
    
    Site 0433 : Longitude 18.51294 deg East, Latitude  33.94058 deg S,
    Elevation 10 metres - situated in Pinelands (Cape Town), South Africa
    
    
    For CLASSFD.TLE:
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    27198 91 082A   0433 P 20060312175907900 56 15 0004125-705913 39  +070 05
    27198 91 082A   0433 P 20060312180037300 56 15 0219016-501522 39  +065 05
    27198 91 082A   0433 P 20060312180149400 56 15 0300064-252856 39  +068 05
    90046 05 864A   0433 P 20060312180440100 56 15 0441210-064123 39  +065 05
    90046 05 864A   0433 P 20060312180901200 56 15 0500270-223555 39  +065 05
    90046 05 864A   0433 P 20060312181119800 56 15 0517284-345533 39  +062 05
    90046 05 864A   0433 P 20060312181300300 56 15 0537053-460028 39  +060 05
    90013 03 564A   0433 P 20060312181513800 56 15 0845202+121829 39  +083 05
    26473 00 047A   0433 P 20060312182408900 56 15 0819408-770439 39  +015 05
    26473 00 047A   0433 P 20060312182519800 56 15 0910498-430928 39  +009 05
    26473 00 047A   0433 P 20060312182629100 56 15 0926313-083633 39  +011 05
    22639 93 026B   0433 P 20060312190047700 56 15 0237253-232248 39  +080 05
    22639 93 026B   0433 P 20060312190135800 56 15 0216219-362000 39  +075 05
    22639 93 026B   0433 P 20060312190238600 56 15 0129457-522313 39  +082 05
    22519 92 086C   0433 P 20060312190927400 56 15 0801221+371524 39  +100 05
    22519 92 086C   0433 P 20060312191213500 56 15 0811477+334322 39  +095 05
    22519 92 086C   0433 P 20060312191408700 56 15 0818520+311548 39  +100 05
    11732 80 019D   0433 P 20060312192634000 56 15 0224126-413838 39  +089 05
    11732 80 019D   0433 P 20060312192817400 56 15 0141516-565511 39  +085 05
    11732 80 019D   0433 P 20060312192924200 56 15 0045569-653212 39  +075 05
    11731 80 019C   0433 P 20060312193252800 56 15 0138101-554009 39  +088 05
    11731 80 019C   0433 P 20060312193317100 56 15 0122062-585529 39  +087 05
    25725 99 023B   0433 P 20060312193726100 56 15 0511574+223156 39  +033 05
    25725 99 023B   0433 P 20060312193743100 56 15 0527361+243243 39  +070 05
    05681 71 110D   0433 P 20060312195509400 56 15 2214423-744813 39  +085 05
    05681 71 110D   0433 P 20060312195640300 56 15 1816055-865813 39  +090 05
    05681 71 110D   0433 P 20060312195702000 56 15 1346204-853408 39  +090 05
    90047 06 521A   0433 P 20060312194513200 56 15 0805274+001331 39  +120 05
    90047 06 521A   0433 P 20060312210108800 56 15 0841387-044135 39  +115 05
    90047 06 521A   0433 P 20060312214209300 56 15 0907077-073922 39  +110 05
    28385 04 034B   0433 P 20060312200810200 56 15 0833272-645647 39  +080 05
    28385 04 034B   0433 P 20060312201147800 56 15 0852163-652905 39  +085 05
    28385 04 034B   0433 P 20060312201523900 56 15 0911372-655255 39  +090 05
    23947 96 038C   0433 P 20060312201958800 56 15 0319177-602500 39  +080 05
    23947 96 038C   0433 P 20060312202347200 56 15 0550022-633900 39  +078 05
    23947 96 038C   0433 P 20060312203039600 56 15 0853525-510753 39  +075 05
    90049 05 605C   0433 P 20060312210805400 56 15 0549564+010231 39  +120 05
    90035 05 625A   0433 P 20060312212001700 56 15 1302091+052030 39  +120 05
    90030 05 544A   0433 P 20060312214816200 56 15 1258578+093713 39  +090 05
    90027 04 841A   0433 P 20060312221931300 56 15 0521010-341244 39  +070 05
    90027 04 841A   0433 P 20060312222006100 56 15 0537447-325348 39  +068 05
    90027 04 841A   0433 P 20060312222047300 56 15 0556512-310729 39  +066 05
    90027 04 841A   0433 P 20060312222204500 56 15 0630233-271507 39  +065 05
    90027 04 841A   0433 P 20060312222301100 56 15 0652444-240621 39  +062 05
    90027 04 841A   0433 P 20060312222421200 56 15 0720551-192537 39  +055 05
    90027 04 841A   0433 P 20060312222539200 56 15 0744371-145320 39  +050 05
    90027 04 841A   0433 P 20060312222710700 56 15 0808214-094719 39  +045 05
    90027 04 841A   0433 P 20060312222843300 56 15 0828373-050137 39  +060 05
    
    
    Strays seen:
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    SL-8 rocket
    23180 94 041B   0433 P 20060312181419700 56 15 0842093+122213 39  +038 05
    SL-3 rocket
    14453 83 109B   0433 P 20060312181442800 56 15 0839229+120738 39  +035 05
    Cosmos 1503
    14401 83 103A   0433 P 20060312195409800 56 15 2219081-735715 39  +080 05
    Intelsat 904
    27380 02 007A   0433 P 20060312212001700 56 15 1301117+051437 39  +120 05
    Globalstar M058
    25907 99 049A   0433 P 20060312221716800 56 15 0437527-362320 39  +065 05
    SL-14 rocket
    19196 88 046B   0433 P 20060312220739100 56 15 0430523-355922 39  +075 05
    
    Notes:
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    (1) Despite a very bright moon and some high cirrus I decided to track
        as one must "use what you can" when its available. I also wanted to
        evaluate the WATEC camera further and get observations on #90027 to
        assist Ivan with his radio tracking observations.
    
    (2) I am contemplating purchasing a relatively cheap GOTO telescope to
        have as a second tracking unit for the fainter high altitude objects.
        I have still to condition my mind to the astronomical cost of even a
        small GOTO- as well as convince my wife and Gucci the cat that its
        necessary for peace and  tranquility in our household :-))
    
    Cheers
    Greg
    
    
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