Observations 05 May 2004:
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Cosatrak 1 (Computerised satellite Tracking System), 1004x low
light level CCD surveillance camera (0.003 lux) with 145mm focal
length f/2.5 lens with focal length reducer, field of view
1.89 x 1.43 degrees.
Conditions terrible-very bright full moon, transparency poor, smoke?
Site 0433 : Longitude 18.51294 deg East, Latitude 33.94058 deg S,
Elevation 10 metres - situated in Pinelands (Cape Town), South Africa
14144 83 056D 0433 T 20040505174039000 56 15 0645294+194929 39 V+082 05
14144 83 056D 0433 T 20040505174112200 56 15 0649354+165708 39 V+080 05
14144 83 056D 0433 T 20040505174723900 56 15 0752414-414625 39 V+085 05
14144 83 056D 0433 T 20040505174836700 56 15 0821473-580842 39 V+084 05
23947 96 038C 0433 T 20040505172408600 56 15 0721584-340036 39 V+095 05
23947 96 038C 0433 T 20040505172918400 56 15 0936536-680230 39 V+093 05
23947 96 038C 0433 T 20040505173136500 56 15 1414473-734406 39 V+093 05
23947 96 038C 0433 T 20040505173304800 56 15 1622315-655253 39 V+094 05
25724 99 023A 0433 T 20040505181238300 56 15 0651362-022916 39 S+057 05
25724 99 023A 0433 T 20040505181336000 56 15 0730246-012636 39 S+052 05
25724 99 023A 0433 T 20040505181534100 56 15 0921182+025919 39 S+053 05
25724 99 023A 0433 T 20040505181702200 56 15 1102492+074303 39 S+048 05
90013 03 564A 0433 T 20040505181929700 56 15 1223396+055704 39 S+078 05
90013 03 564A 0433 T 20040505185727400 56 15 1301423+043843 39 S+081 05
14112 83 056A 0433 T 20040505183838800 56 15 0406265-683035 39 V+075 05
14112 83 056A 0433 T 20040505183852900 56 15 0349552-701046 39 V+074 05
14112 83 056A 0433 T 20040505183911600 56 15 0324006-721020 39 V+081 05
11389 79 050A 0433 T 20040505184245200 56 15 0430205-570020 39 V+075 05
11389 79 050A 0433 T 20040505184331000 56 15 0520276-472842 39 V+076 05
11389 79 050A 0433 T 20040505184415200 56 15 0554304-355835 39 V+081 05
Notes:
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(1) Not a good night - I should have gone to bed early! About an hour
into the tracking session discovered I had NOT switched the video
recorder on - lost 7 satellites - duh!!
(2) USA125 R2 was very difficult tonight - very faint the entire pass-
sometimes I think I was tracking on noisy pixels in the video
image.
(3) Saw one interesting looking "unknown" later identified as #27390
aka 02011B, orbit 250 x 26854 kms, i= 26.9, p=466 minutes.
Observed at a range of 7500kms, basically about mag 7 with a slow
smooth variation in the few seconds I watched it.
(4) Comet Neat at about magnitude +1 looked quite nice despite the
full moon.
Cheers
Greg
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