Optical 25 Sept 2010-part 3- last

From: Greg Roberts (grr@telkomsa.net)
Date: Mon Sep 27 2010 - 12:09:43 UTC

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    Observations 25 SEPT 2010
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    NexGen mount carrying 4 inch SKYWATCHER.
    
    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
    
    UNIDENTIFIEDS:
    ---------------------------
    No 1 - not worth bothering about
    Short trail,moving northwards,variable,MEO
    99001           0433 G 20100925214030500 16 15 1959168+024126 78  +140 05
    No 2
    99007           0433 G 20100925220759000 16 15 1922405+045359 78  +080 05
    99007           0433 G 20100925220823000 16 15 1923312+042435 78  +080 05
    99007           0433 G 20100925220835500 16 15 1923181+040857 78  +080 05
    99007           0433 G 20100925220848000 16 15 1923320+035348 78  +080 05
    
    STRAYS SEEN:
    -------------------
    SL-12 R/B(2)
    11862 80 049F   0433 G 20100925194046000 16 15 2203243-022743 59
    11862 80 049F   0433 G 20100925194124000 16 25 2204003-022477 49
    11862 80 049F   0433 G 20100925194159000 16 15 2204361-022300 28
    COSMOS 1700
    16199 85 102A   0433 G 20100925185547000 16 15 2324002-014106 28
    16199 85 102A   0433 G 20100925185652000 16 15 2325041-013732 97
    16199 85 102A   0433 G 20100925185741000 16 15 2325522-013443 18
    16199 85 102A   0433 G 20100925185829000 16 15 2326391-013147 28
    16199 85 102A   0433 G 20100925185909000 16 15 2327185-012911 18  +122 03
    TELECOM 2C
    23730 95 067A   0433 G 20100925185547000 16 15 2324487-013832 28
    23730 95 067A   0433 G 20100925185652000 16 15 2325526-013807 97
    23730 95 067A   0433 G 20100925185741000 16 15 2326406-013752 18
    23730 95 067A   0433 G 20100925185829000 16 15 2327276-013734 18
    23730 95 067A   0433 G 20100925185909000 16 15 2328070-013721 18  +127 03
    PAKSAT 1
    23779 96 006A   0433 G 20100925192130000 16 15 2222102+052343 28
    23779 96 006A   0433 G 20100925192221000 16 15 2223014+052340 28
    23779 96 006A   0433 G 20100925192306000 16 15 2223455+052341 38
    23779 96 006A   0433 G 20100925192343000 16 15 2224234+052340 38
    23779 96 006A   0433 G 20100925192422000 16 15 2225017+052340 67
    METEOSAT 7
    24932 97 049B   0433 G 20100925185547000 16 15 2324089-013203 28
    24932 97 049B   0433 G 20100925185652000 16 15 2325146-013139 18
    24932 97 049B   0433 G 20100925185741000 16 15 2326039-013120 18
    24932 97 049B   0433 G 20100925185829000 16 15 2326523-013101 18  +135 02
    24932 97 049B   0433 G 20100925185909000 16 15 2327328-013044 18  +133 02
    SL-12 R/B(2)
    26939 01 045D   0433 G 20100925182908000 16 15 0012431-013734 38
    26939 01 045D   0433 G 20100925182936000 16 15 0013105-013716 18
    26939 01 045D   0433 G 20100925183004000 16 15 0013385-013658 28
    26939 01 045D   0433 G 20100925183041000 16 15 0014174-013629 97
    26939 01 045D   0433 G 20100925183105000 16 15 0014410-013612 87
    ATLANTIC BIRD 1
    27508 02 040A   0433 G 20100925204316500 16 15 1954335+051718 28
    27508 02 040A   0433 G 20100925204415500 16 15 1955331+051653 18
    27508 02 040A   0433 G 20100925204457500 16 15 1956157+051717 28
    27508 02 040A   0433 G 20100925204545500 16 15 1957030+051717 28
    THURAYA 2
    27825 03 026A   0433 G 20100925172824000 16 15 2056002+030348 28
    27825 03 026A   0433 G 20100925172939000 16 15 2057157+030430 28
    27825 03 026A   0433 G 20100925173044000 16 15 2058211+030506 28
    27825 03 026A   0433 G 20100925173113000 16 15 2058500+030522 28
    BREEZE M R/B range 38760 kms
    28656 04 008C   0433 G 20100925185652000 16 15 2326528-015630 48
    28656 04 008C   0433 G 20100925185741000 16 15 2327185-015809 38
    28656 04 008C   0433 G 20100925185829000 16 15 2327505-015915 48  +131 03
    28656 04 008C   0433 G 20100925185909000 16 15 2328110-020038 88  +127 06
    
    
    VIDEO OBSERVATIONS
    ====================
    50mm f/1.8 lens on MINTRON camera.Time stamped video frames.
    Measured manually.
    
    FOR CLASSFD.TLE
    -------------------------
    90070
    90070 06 829A   0433 G 20100925175104600 56 15 2058020+064732 39  +050 05
    90070 06 829A   0433 G 20100925175124300 56 15 2102530+065749 39  +050 05
    90070 06 829A   0433 G 20100925175148400 56 15 2108360+071125 39  +050 05
    90070 06 829A   0433 G 20100925175209800 56 15 2113220+072248 39  +050 05
    90070 06 829A   0433 G 20100925175249400 56 15 2121510+074404 39  +050 05
    
    STRAYS SEEN:
    =============
    PSLV R/B STEADY
    28050 03 046B   0433 G 20100925172108500 56 15 2310220-280904 39  +045 05
    NOAA 10 VARIABLE
    16969 86 073A   0433 G 20100925173857000 56 15 2312060+045347 39  +050 05
    B-SAT 1B drifting geosat,two flashes about 156 seconds apart to +3
    25312 98 024B   0433 G 20100925174259200 56 15 2307230-001519 39  +030 05
    DELTA 1 R/B  range 2440 kms, steady
    10517 77 118B   0433 G 20100925175338000 56 15 2109560+093522 39  +040 05
    SL-8 R/B  steady
    15078 84 067B   0433 G 20100925180408900 56 15 2109210+093237 39  +040 05
    COSMOS 2429  steady
    32052 07 038A   0433 G 20100925181054900 56 15 2115010+113145 39  +060 05
    SL-14R/B steady
    21820 91 086B   0433 G 20100925181154200 56 15 2131120+104447 39  +065 05
    
    NOTES:
    ---------
    (1) Concludes observations made 25th September 2010.
    
    Cheers
    Greg
    
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