Mintron 12V1C-EX and lens 12 mm f/1.4 field of view 30 x 22 degrees (pixel size 0.04 deg) The camera was aimed at the midpoint between shadow entry and shadow exit for geostationary satellites in Cetus. The Moon was 97 % lit not far away in Aries. name intdes catno UTC mag 2003 Oct 11 Unknown031007 2003-780A 90017 23:03.5 6 images with f=75 mm HotBird cluster at 13.0 E 23:37 7 first image with 12 mm Eutelsat W3 1999-018A 25673 23:53 3.7 2003 Oct 12 Sirius 2 1997-071A 25049 00:02 4 Express 3A 2000-031A 26378 00:06 3.6 Gorizont 29 1993-072A 22907 00:21 7.5 Atlantic Bird 3 2002-035A 27460 00:32 4.8 Without the Moon Eutelsat W3, Sirius 2 and Express 3A would have been visible to the naked eye. I enjoyed seeing Sirius 2 with a 10x50 binocular. Rainer Rainer Kracht Elmshorn, Germany Station 5005 53.7695N 9.6626E 9m Potsdam Datum 53.7679N 9.6614E 47m WGS84 R.Kracht@t-online.de ----------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from SeeSat-L, send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@satobs.org List archived at http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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