Optical 27th June 2009

From: Greg Roberts (grr@telkomsa.net)
Date: Mon Jun 29 2009 - 14:33:00 UTC

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    Observations 27 June 2009
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    Cosatrak 1 (Computerised satellite Tracking System).
    Camera mount now carries two systems that can be operated
    together as two totally different sytems and computers used.
    
    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 reducur 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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    22787 93 056A   0433 G 20090627183602000 16 15 1459495+055552 28  +127 03
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    22915 93 074A   0433 G 20090627164937000 16 15 1519289+074731 28  +136 02
    22915 93 074A   0433 G 20090627165145000 16 15 1521364+074441 58  +133 05
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    22915 93 074A   0433 G 20090627203518500 16 15 1904517+022338 18  +119 02
    22915 93 074A   0433 G 20090627203751500 16 15 1907246+022021 28  +118 02
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    23893 96 029A   0433 G 20090627194550000 16 15 1124214-100110 19  +126 06
    23893 96 029A   0433 G 20090627194750000 16 15 1128033-175520 19  +140 24
    23893 96 029A   0433 G 20090627194757000 16 15 1128160-182528 68  +138 07
    23893 96 029A   0433 G 20090627194954500 16 15 1131286-273137 58  +129 04
    23893 96 029A   0433 G 20090627195000500 16 15 1131382-280354 19  +130 06
    23893 96 029A   0433 G 20090627195403500 16 15 1135277-512738 88  +106 04
    23893 96 029A   0433 G 20090627195555500 16 15 1133336-635343 87  +098 02
    25669 99 017A   0433 G 20090627172015500 16 15 1428026+160713 78  +118 03
    25669 99 017A   0433 G 20090627172242500 16 15 1431410+154823 28  +116 01
    25669 99 017A   0433 G 20090627172403500 16 15 1433473+153718 38  +118 02
    26575 00 065A   0433 G 20090627211138500 16 15 1431128+052514 18  +138 01
    26575 00 065A   0433 G 20090627211257500 16 15 1432315+052514 47  +138 01
    26575 00 065A   0433 G 20090627211442500 16 15 1434167+052512 18  +138 01
    32378 07 060A   0433 G 20090627205143500 16 15 1406262+171354 48  +078 01
    32378 07 060A   0433 G 20090627205440500 16 15 1425082+214202 28  +074 01
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    32378 07 060A   0433 G 20090627205921500 16 15 1448210+271534 28  +068 01
    32378 07 060A   0433 G 20090627210011500 16 15 1451507+280533 38  +079 01
    32379 07 060B   0433 G 20090627181145000 16 15 1206454+265228 48  +107 01
    32379 07 060B   0433 G 20090627181229000 16 15 1207253+263309 48  +113 03
    32379 07 060B   0433 G 20090627181831000 16 15 1212494+235324 58  +117 02
    32379 07 060B   0433 G 20090627182322000 16 15 1217023+214612 88  +114 04
    32379 07 060B   0433 G 20090627182601000 16 15 1219179+203511 28  +105 01
    32379 07 060B   0433 G 20090627182859000 16 15 1221476+191544 38  +100 01
    32379 07 060B   0433 G 20090627183052000 16 15 1223228+182444 28  +103 01
    32706 08 010A   0433 G 20090627174116500 16 15 0930032-020707 48  +076 01
    32706 08 010A   0433 G 20090627174200500 16 15 0929528-043821 48  +074 00
    32706 08 010A   0433 G 20090627174257500 16 15 0929192-081722 38  +072 01
    33490 09 001A   0433 G 20090627164301000 16 15 1418312+030008 28  +089 01
    33490 09 001A   0433 G 20090627164432000 16 15 1420020+025917 18  +089 01
    33490 09 001A   0433 G 20090627164540000 16 15 1421100+025840 28  +089 01
    90004 99 750A   0433 G 20090627170344500 16 15 1437160-233804 38  +085 01
    90004 99 750A   0433 G 20090627170543500 16 15 1445128-162336 29  +113 09
    90004 99 750A   0433 G 20090627170941500 16 35 1457232-051899 19  +034 35
    90004 99 750A   0433 G 20090627171144500 16 35 1502215-006692 38  +007 14
    90004 99 750A   0433 G 20090627171150500 16 15 1502272-002725 38  +092 01
    90040 05 683A   0433 G 20090627171520500 16 15 1402517-260835 28  +116 00
    90040 05 683A   0433 G 20090627171659500 16 15 1404295-260754 28  +117 01
    90040 05 683A   0433 G 20090627171837500 16 15 1406089-260706 18  +114 01
    90061 06 667A   0433 G 20090627175841500 16 15 1513363+304311 38  +115 01
    90061 06 667A   0433 G 20090627180052500 16 15 1517045+301004 78  +122 03
    90061 06 667A   0433 G 20090627180619500 16 15 1522544+291426 28  +127 08
    90077 07 757A   0433 G 20090627172600500 16 15 1742093-243755 28  +108 01
    90077 07 757A   0433 G 20090627172755500 16 15 1744347-243523 97  +107 01
    90077 07 757A   0433 G 20090627172949500 16 15 1747029-243335 28  +091 01
    90082 08 731A   0433 G 20090627213310500 16 15 1435075+335338 28  +108 04
    90082 08 731A   0433 G 20090627213539500 16 15 1439346+315342 38  +102 10
    90082 08 731A   0433 G 20090627213950000 16 15 1447262+280248 68  +109 07
    90082 08 731A   0433 G 20090627214200000 16 15 1451478+254324 19  +124 07
    90082 08 731A   0433 G 20090627214358000 16 15 1455563+232257 38  +100 02
    90082 08 731A   0433 G 20090627214743000 16 15 1504302+180746 48  +131 04
    90082 08 731A   0433 G 20090627214956500 16 15 1510093+142003 48  +090 01
    90082 08 731A   0433 G 20090627215157500 16 25 1515763+101938 29  +140 72
    96019 96 519A   0433 G 20090627220153000 16 25 1627488+030310 28  +120 19
    96019 96 519A   0433 G 20090627220501000 16 15 1630374+025504 29  +130 09
    96019 96 519A   0433 G 20090627220841000 16 15 1634162+024431 59  +129 13
    96029 96 529A   0433 G 20090627221745000 16 15 1536474-005456 88  +125 04
    96029 96 529A   0433 G 20090627221950000 16 15 1538527-010154 29  +126 06
    96029 96 529A   0433 G 20090627222053000 16 25 1539926-010528 48  +118 32
    96038 96 538A   0433 G 20090627221014000 16 15 1529441-065201 37  +137 01
    96038 96 538A   0433 G 20090627221323000 16 15 1532580-065208 47  +140 02
    96038 96 538A   0433 G 20090627221457000 16 15 1534349-065208 77  +137 01
    96040 96 540A   0433 G 20090627215521500 16 15 1830142-101940 18  +129 32
    96040 96 540A   0433 G 20090627215716500 16 15 1832139-101901 28  +131 03
    96040 96 540A   0433 G 20090627215854500 16 15 1833546-101910 28  +112 01
    96077 96 577A   0433 G 20090627211732500 16 15 1638493+003347 38  +125 02
    96077 96 577A   0433 G 20090627211854500 16 15 1640092+002937 58  +131 03
    96077 96 577A   0433 G 20090627211959500 16 15 1641131+002619 58  +129 03
    96089 96 589A   0433 G 20090627201257000 16 15 1558196-045236 28  +145 03
    96089 96 589A   0433 G 20090627201502000 16 15 1600323-045233 28  +147 04
    96089 96 589A   0433 G 20090627201605000 16 15 1601382-045230 38  +147 04
    96094 96 594A   0433 G 20090627195939500 16 15 1915198-093417 28  +134 03
    96094 96 594A   0433 G 20090627200222500 16 15 1917338-093322 77  +066 01
    96094 96 594A   0433 G 20090627200433500 16 15 1919225-093245 18  +121 01
    96095 96 595A   0433 G 20090627193025000 16 25 1359794+000536 38  +123 20
    96095 96 595A   0433 G 20090627193233000 16 15 1401544-000319 29  +136 09
    96095 96 595A   0433 G 20090627193358000 16 15 1403188-000914 29  +128 06
    96095 96 595A   0433 G 20090627193523000 16 35 1404721-002432 19
    96102 96 602A   0433 G 20090627192353500 16 15 1750480-120152 87  +136 02
    96102 96 602A   0433 G 20090627192531500 16 15 1752147-120148 28  +133 00
    96102 96 602A   0433 G 20090627192653500 16 15 1753257-120138 28  +137 02
    96103 96 603A   0433 G 20090627191823500 16 15 1446349-144000 28  +135 02
    96103 96 603A   0433 G 20090627191945500 16 15 1448243-144511 18  +128 05
    96103 96 603A   0433 G 20090627192123500 16 15 1450404-145209 28  +122 02
    96137 96 637A   0433 G 20090627191050000 16 15 1556278-093424 28  +145 11
    96137 96 637A   0433 G 20090627191245000 16 15 1558266-093749 48  +142 03
    96137 96 637A   0433 G 20090627191514000 16 15 1601001-094219 28  +143 03
    
    STRAYS SEEN:
    --------------
    ASTRA 2B  GEOSTATIONARY
    26494 00 054A   0433 G 20090627183355000 16 15 1455392+052743 28  +124 02
    26494 00 054A   0433 G 20090627183749000 16 15 1459341+052744 28  +122 02
    ASTRA 2A GEOSTATIONARY
    25462 98 050A   0433 G 20090627183437000 16 15 1456384+053347 38  +123 03
    25462 98 050A   0433 G 20090627220706000 16 15 1632131+030031 28  +122 01
    EUROBIRD GEOSTATIONARY
    26719 01 011A   0433 G 20090627183459000 16 15 1458159+052626 18  +118 01
    26719 01 011A   0433 G 20090627183541000 16 15 1458580+052627 18  |120 01
    XTRA-EUR GEOSTATIONARY
    28542 05 005A   0433 G 20090627183416000 16 15 1459459+053020 28  +109 01
    28542 05 005A   0433 G 20090627183541000 16 15 1501109+053015 18  +110 02
    GALS 1  22963  94002A
    22963 94 002A   0433 G 20090627164751000 16 15 1519195+072255 58  +112 01
    22963 94 002A   0433 G 20090627164855000 16 15 1520224+072001 28  +115 01
    NSS 703 GEOSTATIONARY
    23305 94 064A   0433 G 20090627203947500 16 15 1911283+051530 87  +118 01
    23305 94 064A   0433 G 20090627203858500 16 15 1910392+051530 18  +115 01
    NSS 5 GEOSTATIONARY
    24957 97 053A   0433 G 20090627203914500 16 15 1911222+051640 18  +114 01
    24957 97 053A   0433 G 20090627204125500 16 15 1913335+051641 18  +114 01
    COSMOS 2413 GLONASS
    28508 04 053A   0433 G 20090627203858500 16 35 1910462+055787 59  +127 09
    28508 04 053A   0433 G 20090627203947500 16 15 1911123+060218 89  +126 20
    ARIANE 42P+DEB
    22670 92 072C   0433 G 20090627172242500 16 15 1431529+154742 18  +115 01
    22670 92 072C   0433 G 20090627172403500 16 15 1433086+154653 28  +116 01
    ATLANTIC BIRD 1 GEOSTATIONARY
    27508 02 040A   0433 G 20090627211257500 16 15 1430210+052104 27  +129 01
    27508 02 040A   0433 G 20090627211138500 16 15 1429018+052107 18  +130 01
    BREEZE-M R/B
    28998 03 024C   0433 G 20090627204242500 16 15 1309081+040353 38  +130 06
    28998 03 024C   0433 G 20090627204319500 16 15 1309439+040006 38  +127 03
    THURAYA 2 GEOSTATIONARY
    27825 03 026A   0433 G 20090627164324000 16 15 1416464+030351 28  +107 01
    27825 03 026A   0433 G 20090627164409000 16 15 1417319+030325 18  +107 01
    CZ-3A R/B
    26383 00 032B   0433 G 20090627203347000 16 15 1905451+024014 28  +097 01
    26383 00 032B   0433 G 20090627203318000 16 15 1905188+022347 28  +096 01
    ARIANE 5 DEB SYLDA
    28545 05 005D   0433 G 20090627220706000 16 15 1632130+030032 38  +086 01
    28545 05 005D   0433 G 20090627220738000 16 15 1633166+030411 68  +086 01
    COMSTAR 4 GEOSTATIONARY
    10975 78 068A   0433 G 20090627193221000 16 15 1402358-000333 28  +135 04
    
    UNKNOWN        Originally thought to be NOSS 2-2A running early.
    -----------------
    00000           0433 G 20090627201925000 16 15 1640062+323410 48  +099 01
    00000           0433 G 20090627202024000 16 15 1643305+333134 38  +099 01
    00000           0433 G 20090627202029000 16 15 1643488+333642 38  +095 01
    00000           0433 G 20090627202034000 16 15 1644073+334155 28  +084 01
    00000           0433 G 20090627202040000 16 15 1644235+334614 28  +079 01
    00000           0433 G 20090627202045000 16 15 1644416+335120 38  +095 01
    00000           0433 G 20090627202101000 16 15 1645370+340705 58  +107 02
    00000           0433 G 20090627202159000 16 15 1648441+345855 38  +102 01
    00000           0433 G 20090627202231000 16 15 1650238+352642 48  +102 01
    00000           0433 G 20090627202237000 16 15 1650402+353113 38  +096 01
    00000           0433 G 20090627202242000 16 15 1650568+353550 38  +084 01
    00000           0433 G 20090627202247000 16 15 1651111+353930 38  +081 01
    00000           0433 G 20090627202253000 16 15 1651277+354411 48  +096 01
    00000           0433 G 20090627202308000 16 15 1652176+355814 48  +106 02
    00000           0433 G 20090627202340000 16 15 1653511+362348 38  +099 01
    00000           0433 G 20090627202346000 16 15 1654072+362821 38  +087 01
    00000           0433 G 20090627202351000 16 15 1654214+363200 28  +084 01
    00000           0433 G 20090627202356000 16 15 1654372+363620 38  +096 01
    00000           0433 G 20090627202402000 16 15 1654527+364039 58  +106 02
    00000           0433 G 20090627202521000 16 15 1658379+374211 38  +085 01
    00000           0433 G 20090627202758000 16 15 1705302+393309 58  +094 03
    00000           0433 G 20090627202813000 16 15 1706036+394127 48  +103 02
    
    Notes:
    ------
    (1) Cloud cleared at sunset resulting in near perfect observing conditions
    
    (2) All reductions done by APEX-II but took a LONG time as a result of
        over 600 images, some in the milky way which slows things down a lot.
    
    (3)An object originally thought to be NOSS 2-2A, and thus misidentified
        for APEX, took a very long time to match the observations with the stars
        and it would appear that it is an unknown and not NOSS 2-2A. It was
       quite bright and varying with a regular period. I cannot find a match
       in my database of 13500 odd objects. It MAY be a Molniya type object?
       (but Im probably wrong :-))
    
    (4)96094 produced a slow flash over a period of a few seconds to about
       magnitude +03 or so- prior to this was varying around mag +12
    
    (5)Probably have a few errors -APEX occassionally goes "wrong"but I
         go wrong FAR more frequently!!!!!
    
    Cheers
    Greg
    
    
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