Flaring geosats: results 3 March 2011

From: Marco Langbroek (marco.langbroek@wanadoo.nl)
Date: Tue Mar 08 2011 - 12:05:47 UTC

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    Hi all,
    
    As mentioned earlier, used the Canon EOS 450D with EF 2.5/50mm lens on March 3 
    and 4 to capture flaring geosats. Below some results for March 3.
    
    As this lens normally only captures the Mentor's, all of the objects below can 
    be said to have been brighter than usual.
    
    - Marco
    
    Objects captured on one single 24 x 18 degree image of March 3, 21:17:32.30 -
    21:17:42.35 UTC:
    
    26369 00 028A   4353 G 20110303211732300 17 75 1038379-072650 56
    36101 09 065A   4353 G 20110303211732300 17 75 1037538-072720 56
    36745 10 032B   4353 G 20110303211732300 17 75 1014276-073130 56
    26719 01 011A   4353 G 20110303211732300 17 75 1005365-073060 56
    26638 00 081A   4353 G 20110303211732300 17 75 1004065-074180 56
    36592 10 025A   4353 G 20110303211732300 17 75 0954384-073510 56
    25495 98 057A   4353 G 20110303211732300 17 75 0952324-073440 56
    28899 05 044A   4353 G 20110303211732300 17 75 0950478-072040 56
    25153 98 006B   4353 G 20110303211732300 17 75 0949072-071880 56
    36581 10 021A   4353 G 20110303211732300 17 75 0943583-073800 56
    27400 02 015B   4353 G 20110303211732300 17 75 0943322-074590 56
    
    These are resp.:
    
    Eutelsat W4     - vb
    Eutelsat W7     - b
    Arabsat 5A      - f
    Eurobird        - f
    Astra 2D        - f
    Badr-5          - f
    Eurobird 2      - b
    Inmarsat 4-F2   - f
    Inmarsat 3-F5   - b
    Astra 3B        - f
    Astra 3A        - f
    
    f = faint
    b = bright
    vb = very bright
    
    
    Objects captured on one single 24 x 18 degree image of March 3, 23:49:42.30 -
    23:49:52.35 UTC:
    
    33750 09 008B   4353 G 20110303234942300 17 75 1000559-073540 56
    36830 10 037A   4353 G 20110303234942300 17 75 1002038-074300 56
    29273 06 033B   4353 G 20110303234942300 17 75 1010106-073710 56
    27460 02 035A   4353 G 20110303234942300 17 75 1011026-073670 56
    36033 09 058B   4353 G 20110303234942300 17 75 1029211-074040 56
    32487 08 006A   4353 G 20110303234942300 17 75 1029523-074240 56
    26927 01 042A   4353 G 20110303234942300 17 75 0957110-073750 56
    
    these are resp.:
    
    Atlantic Bird 4A  - f
    Nilesat 201       - b
    Syracuse 3B       - b
    Atlantic Bird 3   - b
    Thor 6            - vb
    Thor 5            - b
    Atlantic Bird 1   - f
    
    
    f = faint
    b = bright
    vb = very bright
    
    Results of March 4 will follow later, probably after next week as I am very busy 
    preparing a series of classes I have to give next week, and the current series 
    of ISS - Shuttle passes is taking time too.
    
    - Marco
    
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