Saturday, 25 February 2006

Defeated by clouds again

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After a whole day with a bright blue frosty sky, mid-altitude stratus clouds moved in around dusk. Alas, a pity, because there were a number...

Lacrosse 5 and Murphy...

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Soooooo.......I had the alarm clock set to try to catch an early morning pass (4:47 am local time) of Lacrosse 5 with the camera... And I...
Friday, 24 February 2006

First observations at the new location!

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After a long period with grey skyscapes and generally uncomfy weather, the skies turned into a beautiful blue today. So I ran Quicksat to s...
Friday, 17 February 2006

From Cospar 4352 to 4353

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The move has been completed! Station 4352 has changed location and become 4353 . Last Sunday we transferred all my belongings to my new home...
Saturday, 4 February 2006

Suitsat becomes Mutesat....

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Last night during an EVA, ISS station commander Bill McArthur and flight engineer Valery Tokarev released an old Orlan spacesuit into space....
Thursday, 2 February 2006

New Cospar ID and coordinates

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With the move, SatTrackCam will of course get a new Cospar ID. Pierre Neirinck has assigned my new location the Cospar ID number 4353 . The...

The new home of SatTrackCam...!

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I got the keys to my new home yesterday. So I have been amusing myself with measuring up the apartment, making a map of it, and trying to fi...
Saturday, 28 January 2006

Beautiful Stardust re-entry movie!

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Stardust Capsule Reentry Movie filmed from NASA DC-8 aircraft (requires Quicktime) This is a stunning movie of the Stardust capsule re-entry...
Friday, 20 January 2006

SatTrackCam is going to move!!!

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SatTrackCam is going to move! I am moving to a new home here in Leiden in mid-February. The move will be less than 1 kilometer in distance, ...
Saturday, 15 October 2005

Failed - trail too faint (Lacrosse 4)

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Saturday, October 15, 2005, 20:49:24 Just tried to image a pass of Lacrosse 4. The almost full moon was already up, and it was slightly hazy...
Tuesday, 11 October 2005

Clear sky and fine Lacrosse trail

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Clear skies again at last! Yesterday and today the sky was bright blue. Yesterday evening I managed to get two fine pictures of Lacrosse 4 (...
Saturday, 8 October 2005

Foggy skies and Lacrosses

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Saturday, October 08, 2005, 00:46:14 LT After many days of bad weather, I tried to capture a spy bird again. Earlier this evening I obtained...
Saturday, 1 October 2005

Bad weather

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We have bad weather here for over a week now. That is not unusual in this time of the year. Expect the next 3-4 months to see only sporadic ...
Monday, 19 September 2005

Blue skies and USA 129 again

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Monday, September 19, 2005, 23:24:36 LT Just an hour ago, captured what now is becoming an old friend: USA 129 (96-072A, #24680, a "Key...

Update

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Monday, September 19, 2005, 11:26:35 LT Quick update to my last post: * The context of other observations on USA 129 suggests that the de...

Astrometry fiesta

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Last night was an astrometry fiesta. I captured Lacrosse 3 (97-064A, #25017) during its 19:40 UTC pass, crossing Delphinus. Following this I...
Sunday, 18 September 2005

No observing opportunities

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Last week for various reasons saw no observing opportunities. Either weather was bad, or I had other things to do. This is a bad season any...
Tuesday, 13 September 2005

Delta t deviation

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It appears that my delta T values again come out some ~0.3s "early" relative to other stations. As this was not the case for my Au...

USA 129, but no aurora

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Monday, September 12, 2005, 23:59:46 LT An aurora warning was out, as the geomagnetic activity was very high due to a series of X-class flar...
Sunday, 11 September 2005

Accuracy problem with deltaT

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I posted a number of accuracy test lately. But now some results have appeared that deviate. It concerns the data on 96-072A (USA 129) of the...