PPAS Format change ------------------ [I don't want to start up a discussion about the PPAS format on SeeSat-L as it is only significant for some of the SeeSat subscribers, so in case you're interested please reply to my new e-mail address kjon@yucom.be, I will post an overview of the reactions within a week or so] The PPAS format was defined within the Belgian Working Group Satellites several years ago. It has been used for a long time mainly to report observations of flashing satellites, focussing on the flashing period itself. Because of the Y2K transition and other limited fields in the format, it was decided to change the format. This is the proposal : [set word wrap off, use font like courier or so] Current Situation : ------------------- - PPAS format : 80 characters : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789 00- 3 B 00-01-31 21:26:12.6 JPH 167.3 0.2 10 16.73 F'F' u mag+2->inv 96- 10 A 98-05-17 21:26:12.6 JPH 167.3 0.2 10 16.73 F'F' u mag+2->inv 97- 34 C 98-06-16 2:51:53.5 WN 23.2 .4 24 0.97 FF', irr afterwards yy-nnncc yy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss.t OBS sss.t s.t nnn ss.ttt remarks ¦ date & hour ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ +- flash period ¦ of observation ¦ ¦ ¦ +- number of periods ¦ ¦ ¦ +- precision of time +- cospar identification ¦ +- counting time of satellite +- initials of observer -> current PPAS format NOT Y2K compliant, limited fields width, not easily sortable. Proposed New format : --------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789 1996- 10AAE 1998-05-17 21:26:12.6 JPH 99167.3 0.2 10 16.73 F'F' u mag+2->inv 1997- 34 C 1998-06-16 2:51:53.5 WN 23.2 .4 24 0.97 FF', irr afterwards 2000- 1 B 2003-10-16 22:13 YZ 250.0 1.0 10 25.0 1981- 59 A 1998-09-22 20:13:58 RO SLIGHTLY 1981- 59 A 2000-01-01 21:59 XX 90000.0 .15 16000 5.0000 This should be a very long line 1981-159XXA 2000-12-31 23:59:59.99 XYZ 19000.0 10 1600 5.1234 This is.. YYyy-nnnccC YYyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss.tt OBS sssss.t s.t nnnnn ss.ttt remarks ¦ date & hour ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ +- flash period ¦ of observation ¦ ¦ ¦ +- number of periods ¦ ¦ ¦ +- precision of time +- cospar identification ¦ +- counting time of satellite +- initials of observer Please send your reactions to : kjon@yucom.be Kurt Jonckheere, observations collector for the Belgian Working Group Satellites. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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