Observations 02 Nov 2011
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Meade DSI Pro II Monochrome CCD camera without filters.
using integration times of 06 sec min to 35 seconds maximum
No image processing done.
Used with 50mm focal length f/1.8 lens,field of view 7 x 5.3
degrees. A 6 sec exposure with nearby first quarter moon shows
stars down to about mag +11
Exposure time to nearest second inserted into image FITS header
from PC clock which is checked 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 CLASSIFIED.TLE:
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MERCURY 2
23855 96 026A 0433 G 20111102211444000 56 15 0101190+054006 39
23855 96 026A 0433 G 20111102211921000 56 15 0105280+055143 39
23855 96 026A 0433 G 20111102212251000 56 15 0108250+055847 39
23855 96 026A 0433 G 20111102212609000 56 15 0111200+060548 39
ANOTHER UNKNOWN!!!!!
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99999 99 999A 0433 G 20111102211444000 56 15 0105560+045932 39
99999 99 999A 0433 G 20111102211605000 56 15 0106430+050651 39
99999 99 999A 0433 G 20111102211727000 56 15 0107340+051344 39
99999 99 999A 0433 G 20111102211921000 56 15 0108420+052317 39
99999 99 999A 0433 G 20111102212225000 56 15 0110280+053639 39
99999 99 999A 0433 G 20111102212251000 56 15 0110430+053734 39
99999 99 999A 0433 G 20111102212344000 56 15 0111150+054210 39
99999 99 999A 0433 G 20111102212609000 56 15 0112410+055236 39
99999 99 999A 0433 G 20111102212701000 56 15 0113130+055645 39
STRAYS SEEN:
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EUTELSAT W3C
37836 11 057A 0433 G 20111102212251000 56 15 0108530+052148 39
EUROBIRD 16
25237 98 013A 0433 G 20111102212251000 56 15 0110460+052319 39
EUTELSAT W2M
33460 08 065B 0433 G 20111102212251000 56 15 0111070+051839 39
SESAT
26243 00 019A 0433 G 20111102212251000 56 15 0111320+052251 39
HOTBIRD 9
33459 08 065A 0433 G 20111102212251000 56 15 0058150+052527 39
HOTBIRD 8
29270 06 032A 0433 G 20111102212251000 56 15 0058270+052823 39
SICRAL 1B
34810 09 020A 0433 G 20111102212609000 56 15 0056070+051848 39
EUTELSAT W2A
34710 09 016A 0433 G 20111102212609000 56 15 0047510+052607 39
ARABSAT 5A
36745 10 032B 0433 G 20111102213032000 56 15 0225430+052752 39
INTELSAT NEW DAWN
37392 11 016A 0433 G 20111102213032000 56 15 0236110+052226 39
E BIRD
27948 03 043A 0433 G 20111102213032000 56 15 0237300+052544 39
NOTES:
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(1) For fun decided to identify the geosats seen in the images taken
with the wide field camera and of course (!) another unknown!
Steady and quite bright - probably around may 7.5-8. Wonder if
its the same unknown mistaken for Vortex 6 on 1 Nov - be nice if
it is as we then can get a reasonably good orbit :-))
(2) Not all geosats seen reported as sometimes difficult to identify
which is which - eg ignored the Astra 2A etc grouping which has 4
satellites as well as EUROBIRD. As the CCD camera has a few dead
pixels I have still to remove them in software so there may well
have been a few more geosats!
Cheers
Greg
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