Optical 26 Nov 2010

From: Greg Roberts (grr@telkomsa.net)
Date: Sat Nov 27 2010 - 13:15:29 UTC

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    Observations 26 NOV 2010
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    CoSatrak system
    
    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.
    
    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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    CCD Observations
    36868 10 039A   0433 F 20101126192429000 16 15 2312484+165520 68
    36868 10 039A   0433 F 20101126192443000 16 15 2312543+165524 48
    36868 10 039A   0433 F 20101126192552500 16 15 2313286+165726 48
    36868 10 039A   0433 F 20101126192659500 16 15 2314134+165856 19
    36868 10 039A   0433 F 20101126192813000 16 15 2314486+170113 38
    36868 10 039A   0433 F 20101126192909500 16 15 2315240+170304 58
    36868 10 039A   0433 F 20101126192954500 16 15 2315448+170339 38
    36868 10 039A   0433 F 20101126193131500 16 15 2316379+170609 48
    36868 10 039A   0433 F 20101126193216500 16 15 2317006+170725 88
    36868 10 039A   0433 F 20101126193324500 16 15 2317406+170908 19
    Video observations 50mm focal length f/1.8 + MINTRON camera
    36514 10 015A   0433 F 20101126190327000 56 15 1456250-733655 39  +035 05
    36514 10 015A   0433 F 20101126190335100 56 15 1020300-742940 39  +035 05
    36514 10 015A   0433 F 20101126190407300 56 15 0813590-605108 39  +035 05
    36514 10 015A   0433 F 20101126190421700 56 15 0753090-542604 39  +035 05
    36514 10 015A   0433 F 20101126190435300 56 15 0740040-483621 39  +035 05
    24680 96 072A   0433 F 20101126195717700 56 15 0920020-745552 39  +040 05
    24680 96 072A   0433 F 20101126195829500 56 15 0541060-751819 39  +035 05
    24680 96 072A   0433 F 20101126195946500 56 15 0253510-573209 39  +025 05
    24680 96 072A   0433 F 20101126200012800 56 15 0227290-474653 39  +010 05
    24680 96 072A   0433 F 20101126200139600 56 15 0138570-104337 39  +010 05
    24680 96 072A   0433 F 20101126200220100 56 15 0126020+033937 39  +020 05
    
    STRAYS SEEN:
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    SUNSAT
    25636 99 008C   0433 F 20101126200718000 16 15 0840518-444154 68  +098 05
    
    NOTES:
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    (1)Will report rest of classified satellites and strays tomorrow-running
       short of time today - got out of bed too late!!!
    
    Cheers
    Greg
    
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