Observations 30 MAY 2010
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( plus a few from 29 May 2010 not reported earlier)
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.
Meade DSI Pro II Monochrome CCD camera without filters.
using integration times of 5 sec min to 25 seconds maximum
depending on brightness of sky in particular area.No image
processing done, but some done automatically in the auto reduction
software.
Used with 4 inch SKYWATCHER refractor- model 1025 - fitted with home
made focal reducer to give an f/2.56 system. Image scale is 6.56 arc
sec/pixel and field of view 84.8 x 63.2 arc minutes. Shows 15th
magnitude stars in real time with reasonably good conditions.
Video system is MINTRON camera with telephoto lens,approximate
focal length 105mm at f/2.8. Video frames are accurately time
stamped. Maximum exposure about 2.5 seconds but usually less as
lens adjusts to sky brightness.
Exposure time to nearest second inserted into image FITS header
from PC clock which is automatically checked every minute against
GPS signal.
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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For 29 May 2010:
28538 05 004B 0433 P 20100529175225400 56 15 0554127-371759 39 +060 05
For 30 May 2010:
04510 70 069A 0433 F 20100530184807000 16 35 0938854-059013 29
04510 70 069A 0433 F 20100530185032000 16 15 0941506-061107 38
04510 70 069A 0433 F 20100530185620000 16 15 0948389-063945 88
12046 80 087A 0433 F 20100530200608000 16 15 1412306-033028 78 +131 04
12046 80 087A 0433 F 20100530200659000 16 15 1413204-033316 48 +129 02
12046 80 087A 0433 F 20100530200744000 16 15 1414040-033606 19 +130 04
12046 80 087A 0433 F 20100530200826000 16 15 1414445-033840 19 +117 04
12046 80 087A 0433 F 20100530200905000 16 15 1415223-034104 78 +126 03
19976 89 035A 0433 F 20100530203559000 16 15 1710042-003753 28 +119 01
19976 89 035A 0433 F 20100530203739000 16 15 1711258-003901 18
19976 89 035A 0433 F 20100530203907000 16 15 1712364-003957 18
19976 89 035A 0433 F 20100530203959000 16 15 1713182-004030 28
19976 89 035A 0433 F 20100530204036000 16 15 1713478-004050 38
19976 89 035A 0433 F 20100530204115000 16 15 1714190-004114 18
19976 89 035A 0433 F 20100530204154000 16 15 1714497-004136 18
19976 89 035A 0433 F 20100530204304000 16 15 1715450-004215 18
20963 90 097B 0433 F 20100530182240500 16 15 1623099-014411 18
20963 90 097B 0433 F 20100530182348500 16 15 1624183-014820 28
20963 90 097B 0433 F 20100530182456500 16 15 1625264-015230 28
20963 90 097B 0433 F 20100530182529500 16 15 1625572-015353 28
20963 90 097B 0433 F 20100530182835500 16 15 1629050-020528 28
24737 97 008A 0433 F 20100530191643000 16 15 1311387+120141 18
24737 97 008A 0433 F 20100530191742000 16 15 1312382+115952 28
24737 97 008A 0433 F 20100530191821000 16 15 1313164+115841 28
24737 97 008A 0433 F 20100530191858000 16 15 1313535+115730 28
25967 99 063A 0433 F 20100530195409500 16 15 1742249+031754 38
25967 99 063A 0433 F 20100530195538500 16 15 1743537+031656 38
25967 99 063A 0433 F 20100530195628000 56 15 1744416+031606 39 +095 05
25967 99 063A 0433 F 20100530195706000 56 15 1745206+031550 39 +095 05
25967 99 063A 0433 F 20100530195733000 16 15 1745487+031540 28
26635 00 080A 0433 F 20100530181458000 16 15 0952118+092837 97
26635 00 080A 0433 F 20100530181605000 16 15 0953168+092822 28
26635 00 080A 0433 F 20100530181644000 16 15 0953561+092812 18
26635 00 080A 0433 F 20100530181740000 16 15 0954522+092757 67
26635 00 080A 0433 F 20100530181824000 16 15 0955360+092746 28
26880 01 033A 0433 F 20100530194458500 16 15 1721578+040919 48
26880 01 033A 0433 F 20100530194552500 16 15 1722483+040827 38
26880 01 033A 0433 F 20100530194654500 16 15 1723502+040700 28
26880 01 033A 0433 F 20100530194729500 16 15 1724246+040610 28
26880 01 033A 0433 F 20100530194803500 16 15 1724593+040523 28
28117 03 057A 0433 F 20100530194928500 16 15 1731038+025657 28
28117 03 057A 0433 F 20100530195104500 16 15 1732401+025636 18
28117 03 057A 0433 F 20100530195151500 16 15 1733273+025626 28
28117 03 057A 0433 F 20100530195223500 16 15 1733597+025620 28
28117 03 057A 0433 F 20100530195255500 16 15 1734314+025612 28
33490 09 001A 0433 F 20100530163246500 16 15 1215199+050052 28
33490 09 001A 0433 F 20100530163330500 16 15 1216047+050015 28
33490 09 001A 0433 F 20100530163421500 16 15 1216551+045934 28
33490 09 001A 0433 F 20100530163512500 16 15 1217462+045852 28
33490 09 001A 0433 F 20100530163540500 16 15 1218147+045830 28
34713 09 017A 0433 F 20100530183338500 16 15 1527200+051833 28
34713 09 017A 0433 F 20100530183454500 16 15 1528367+051831 28
34713 09 017A 0433 F 20100530183528500 16 15 1529104+051831 18
34713 09 017A 0433 F 20100530183600500 16 15 1529426+051831 87
90004 99 750A 0433 F 20100530183847500 16 15 1131117-074834 29
90004 99 750A 0433 F 20100530184019500 16 25 1139553-043152 28
90004 99 750A 0433 F 20100530184152500 16 15 1146560-013258 39
90004 99 750A 0433 F 20100530184318500 16 15 1153077+010013 38
90004 99 750A 0433 F 20100530184453500 16 15 1159166+033416 28 +115 03
90059 06 675A 0433 F 20100530173214000 16 15 1226378+311323 38
90059 06 675A 0433 F 20100530173349000 16 15 1228153+311720 28
90059 06 675A 0433 F 20100530173500000 16 15 1229277+312015 29 +144 11
90059 06 675A 0433 F 20100530173542000 16 15 1230100+312200 28 +146 04
90059 06 675A 0433 F 20100530173625000 16 15 1230520+312341 18 +138 03
90059 06 675A 0433 F 20100530173704000 16 15 1231307+312515 38 +135 03
90059 06 675A 0433 F 20100530193159000 16 15 1353007+343225 29
90059 06 675A 0433 F 20100530193256000 16 15 1353331+343328 58
90059 06 675A 0433 F 20100530193337000 16 15 1353549+343419 38
90059 06 675A 0433 F 20100530193417000 16 15 1354183+343503 38
90059 06 675A 0433 F 20100530193504000 16 15 1354431+343556 58
90059 06 675A 0433 F 20100530193552000 16 15 1355114+343646 19
96041 96 541A 0433 F 20100530202359000 16 15 1541554-074156 28 +122 02
96041 96 541A 0433 F 20100530202453000 16 15 1542505-074409 18 +130 01
96041 96 541A 0433 F 20100530202529000 16 15 1543276-074540 28 +129 02
96041 96 541A 0433 F 20100530202607000 16 15 1544072-074717 18
96094 96 594A 0433 F 20100530201849000 16 15 1401029-012020 68
96094 96 594A 0433 F 20100530202013000 16 15 1402172-012505 28
96094 96 594A 0433 F 20100530202052000 16 15 1402522-012716 78
96094 96 594A 0433 F 20100530202131000 16 15 1403277-012937 28 +125 01
28637 05 011B 0433 F 20100530170449500 56 15 0851040-473749 39 +080 05
28637 05 011B 0433 F 20100530170454600 56 15 0851427-451938 39 +080 05
28637 05 011B 0433 F 20100530170717800 56 15 0853588+100246 39 +075 05
28637 05 011B 0433 F 20100530170723100 56 15 0853485+112105 39 +080 05
32379 07 060B 0433 F 20100530172701900 56 15 1325557-220755 39 +015 05
32379 07 060B 0433 F 20100530172709600 56 15 1329370-201350 39 +015 05
32379 07 060B 0433 F 20100530172834100 56 15 1404454-000437 39 +025 05
32379 07 060B 0433 F 20100530173005600 56 15 1436330+172935 39 +040 05
Strays seen:
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Video 29 MAY 2010:
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HINODE (SOLAR B) steady
29479 06 041A 0433 P 20100529162846200 56 15 1203106+051931 39 +065 05
COSMOS 1323 steady
12978 81 116D 0433 P 20100529165036900 56 15 1036506-173306 39 +070 05
THOR BURNER 2 ROCKET steady
02422 66 082B 0433 P 20100529165848500 56 15 1240444-255902 39 +045 05
METEOR 2-18 Steady
19851 89 018A 0433 P 20100529171035000 56 15 1316126-253741 39 +040 05
SL-14 R/B
15517 85 013B 0433 P 20100529175332000 56 15 0559333-364511 39 +060 05
ARIANE 44L R/B range 13500 kms, steady
26696 01 005C 0433 P 20100529193805000 56 15 1252203+052305 39 +070 05
Video 30 May 2010:
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SL-8 R/B
28522 05 002B 0433 F 20100530164716700 56 15 0640070-025306 39 +080 05
SL-14 R/B steady
18959 88 020B 0433 F 20100530164928900 56 15 0637276-041723 39 +050 05
SL-8 R/B steady
27437 02 026B 0433 F 20100530171034900 56 15 1536533-482655 39 +040 05
COSMOS 1842 steady
17911 87 038A 0433 F 20100530171118500 56 15 1546275-480758 39 +035 05
SL-14 R/B
11672 80 005B 0433 F 20100530171232800 56 15 1600300-474933 39 +040 05
ATLAS 2AS Centaur range 8850 kms, variable
26072 00 007B 0433 F 20100530173115000 56 15 1224465+315329 39 +060 05
SL-14 R/B steady
22237 92 080B 0433 F 20100530173418200 56 15 1231327+320154 39 +035 05
COSMOS 1605
15359 84 109A 0433 F 20100530173418200 56 15 1230441+321830 39 +080 05
SL-12 R/B steady
27473 02 037D 0433 F 20100530175501900 56 15 0732433-090623 39 +065 05
GLOBALSTAR MO59 variable
25944 99 058B 0433 F 20100530180649500 56 15 0743409-101240 39 +070 05
SL-14R/B variable
17536 87 020B 0433 F 20100530181726800 56 15 0950177+093138 39 +060 05
EXPRESS 2 nice flash to +2, geostationary
24435 96 058A 0433 F 20100530183559100 56 15 1529195+062009 39 +020 05
DELTA 1 R/B steady
04794 70 106B 0433 F 20100530185246400 56 15 0943296-063801 39 +050 05
COSMOS 2371
26394 00 036A 0433 E 20100530195409500 16 15 1740273+024911 38
THURAYA 2
27825 03 026A 0433 E 20100530163246500 16 15 1214510+050538 28
27825 03 026A 0433 E 20100530163540500 16 15 1217459+050314 28
INTELSAT 904
27380 02 007A 0433 E 20100530183338500 16 15 1526484+051707 28
27380 02 007A 0433 E 20100530183600500 16 15 1529109+051705 87
INSAT 1A
13129 82 031A 0433 E 20100530202453000 16 15 1544111-081124 28 +132 03
13129 82 031A 0433 E 20100530202529000 16 15 1544484-081257 38 +132 03
COSMOS 1540
14783 84 022A 0433 P 20100530192330000 16 15 1743212-103508 28
14783 84 022A 0433 P 20100530192959500 16 15 1750062-104259 38
INTELSAT 10
26766 01 019A 0433 F 20100530194145000 16 15 1711582+051040 38 +095 05
INTELSAT 7
25473 98 052A 0433 F 20100530194145000 16 15 1712349+051051 38 +090 05
INTELSAT 902
26900 01 039A 0433 F 20100530183203000 16 15 1533545+051543 38 +095 05
Notes:
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(1) Conditions fair, seeing rather poor 14 to 18 arc seconds!
(2) Failed to see DSP-F19 but at apogee and poor sky - low in eastern
city lit sky
(3) Failed to see 90085 at apogee - very poor phase angle and low in
western sky.
(4) Found what I believe to be VORTEX 6 - slight inclination change?
(5) UFO-11 found - last seen approx 252 days ago. Was where it should be.
(6) USA 198R (#32379) very bright - near perigee.
Cheers
Greg
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