Observations 06 OCT 2013: ---------------------------- Cosatrak 1 (Computerised satellite Tracking System). FLI8300M CCD camera with 135mm focal length f/2.8 lens Field of view 5.7 x 7.5 degrees All measuring manually in between trying to stay awake. Site 0433 : Longitude 18.51294 deg East, Latitude 33.94058 deg S, Elevation 10 metres-situated in Pinelands (Cape Town),South Africa Using new SPACECOM elements for idents and hope that the "comedy" is now over and their elements are correct. FALCON 9 OBJECTS: ---------------------- 39265 13 055A 0433 G 20131006172804262 55 15 2144482-381428 19 39265 13 055A 0433 G 20131006172810454 55 15 2143587-364621 19 39265 13 055A 0433 G 20131006172818150 55 15 2143026-345553 19 39625 13 058A 0433 G 20131006172825835 55 15 2142128-330721 19 39265 13 055A 0433 G 20131006172833520 55 15 2141124-311655 19 39265 13 055A 0433 G 20131006191247097 55 15 1710288-102238 19 39265 13 055A 0433 G 20131006191329403 55 15 1721412-043721 19 39265 13 055A 0433 G 20131006191551979 55 15 1750434+130225 19 39265 13 055A 0433 G 20131006191503638 55 15 1741517+071322 19 39271 13 055G 0433 G 20131006172448388 55 15 2153340-380531 19 39271 13 055G 0433 G 20131006172459491 55 15 2151510-353127 19 39271 13 055G 0433 G 20131006172513056 55 15 2149589-321939 19 39271 13 055G 0433 G 20131006190600245 55 15 1550279-374540 19 39271 13 055G 0433 G 20131006190648927 55 15 1613332-322058 19 39271 13 055G 0433 G 20131006190713258 55 15 1623343-293249 19 39271 13 055G 0433 G 20131006190931615 55 15 1712267-111039 19 +025 05 39271 13 055G 0433 G 20131006190933615 55 15 1713051-101914 19 +025 05 39271 13 055G 0433 G 20131006190945708 55 15 1716247-083716 19 +025 05 39284 13 055T 0433 G 20131006183037463 55 15 1741522-201829 19 +095 05 39284 13 055T 0433 G 20131006183045549 55 15 1745367-182447 19 +090 05 39284 13 055T 0433 G 20131006183050136 55 15 1748218-170001 19 +085 05 39284 13 055T 0433 G 20131006183055724 55 15 1750159-160031 19 +090 05 STRAYS SEEN: ---------------- 37739 11 033A 0433 G 20131006185550791 55 15 1713540-201515 19 01361 65 034C 0433 G 20131006185838095 55 15 1714417-201659 19 +095 05 05917 72 022A 0433 G 20131006181848099 55 15 1839520-244405 19 +040 05 12458 81 044A 0433 G 20131006190713258 55 15 1616597-294902 19 +090 05 12682 81 077B 0433 G 20131006172844284 55 15 2146387-381428 19 +055 05 12682 81 077B 0433 G 20131006172901204 55 15 2141463-315142 19 +055 05 25908 99 049B 0433 G 20131006191551979 55 15 1756466+141949 19 21689 91 061B 0433 G 20131006174026829 55 15 2103247-325959 19 +040 05 NOTES: -------- (1) Object A is probably CASSIOPE as the brightest of the payloads placed in orbit. Bright enough to see in fairly bright twilight with 0.2 sec exposure with my system. (2) Rocket is object G - easy under any conditions- also photographed in strong twilight with 0.2 second exposures- couldnt go longer because sky too bright. The brightness can vary quite a lot depending on phase angle - from about +4 at the one horizon and then mag +2.5 at the other end of the same pass. I dont think the satellite is tumbling etc (3) Object T still remains a mystery - now seen it on at least two occassions so what it actually is remains a mystery but around mag +9 and slowly variable. (4) On second pass of object A I actually tracked on it automatically - ("integrated track") was then a very easy object as the tracking on it effectively added about 2 to 3 magnitudes to the satellites magnitude. (5) Now that the objects are hopefully correctly identified I will try tonight and do an "integrated" track on the objects that are believed to be the major payloads. (6) Still have a fair number of classified satellites to report and will use APEX but probably not today as I now want to plan my observing stategy for tonight. Tomorrow I have the JUNO flyby so means another nights tracking. After that I will probably go silent for a while again to fully recover :-)) I still have the new 10-inch reflector to get sorted out which, whilst not a difficult task, is going to take a considerable amount of time. (7) Dont see an OBJECT F in the new idents - maybe I missed it somewhere... Cheers Greg _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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