Wednesday, 28 January 2009

Observed the flying toolbag

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This evening it was clear. Besides photographing the passes of Lacrosse 4 (00-047A) and the NOSS 3-1 du o (01-040A & C), I watched a ni...
Tuesday, 27 January 2009

My third Trojan asteroid

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As the weather did not allow observations the past week, some news from my asteroid searches. Whenever I want something to do in the evening...
Sunday, 18 January 2009

Lacrosse 3 and Uranus

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This evening it unexpectedly cleared. I photographed the only available pass of Lacrosse 3 (97-064A) to clearify whether it was still on-ti...
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Saturday, 17 January 2009

NOSS 3-4 duo through Perseus

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An initially very clear evening today allowed observations again. Lacrosse 3 (97-064A) was captured, along with NOSS 2-3D (96-029D) and th...
Sunday, 11 January 2009

The glinting behaviour of USA 32 (88-078A)

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The year 2009 has started with a period of frost, and hence clear skies. I observed on January 6 and 9 and this evening (the 11th), catchin...
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Tuesday, 6 January 2009

Bright SKYMED 2 surprise

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While waiting for USA 32 this evening, I was suprised by a bright object in a north-south trajectory majestically sailing through the zenith...
Tuesday, 30 December 2008

Clear skies continue!

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The series of clear frosty skies is continuing here. Following my last report on December 22nd observations, I have been able to do more obs...
Wednesday, 24 December 2008

More on Monday evening

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Below is a second astrophotography image I made last Monday evening (see previous post ). It shows M31, the Andromeda Galaxy. The image is t...
Tuesday, 23 December 2008

A very clear night, Lacrosses, the Breeze-M tank and the Pleiades

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Yesterday evening (22 Dec) was very clear. I obtained photographs of the passes of the Lacrosse 5 rocket (05-016B), and Lacrosse 4 (00-04...
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Monday, 15 December 2008

Short observing session

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Saturday evening saw a short break in the bad weather, and some clear sky. A slight haze and near full moon made the conditions not too exce...
Wednesday, 10 December 2008

Bad weather

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Bad weather and midwinter situations leading to only a very short observation window right after dusk are the main reasons why observing has...
Saturday, 29 November 2008

Space Shuttle STS-126

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After a very long period of poor weather, this evening was clear enough to see some stars and...Space Shuttle Endeavour STS-126 . The sky qu...
Tuesday, 18 November 2008

Asteroid (142014) Neirinck

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Today, it was my pleasure to announce to Pierre Neirinck that the IAU has approved this new asteroid name: (142014) Neirinck The naming cita...
Monday, 3 November 2008

A decaying tank that is not shot down

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Somewhere today, the Early Ammonia Servicer (EAS) will plunge into our atmosphere and decay. The EAS is a large refridgerator-sized tank fi...
Monday, 29 September 2008

Goodbye ATV-1

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The ATV-1 "Jules Verne", Europe's first cargo craft to the ISS, was de-orbited over the Pacific today. The past weeks it flew ...
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Wednesday, 24 September 2008

Short observing break (partly due to camera defect)

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Short observing break here. Several reasons: apart from it being overcast the past three days, it includes that; - I am working on a double ...
Sunday, 14 September 2008

Rich batch of objects

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The night of 13-14 September was a very clear one. The near-full moon was low in the sky and the sky very transparent. I hauled a rich batch...
Monday, 8 September 2008

Andromeda Galaxy

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Finally came to process some images I made after my satellite observing session of September 1st. Stacking 58 images with an exposure time o...
Saturday, 6 September 2008

Flares, strays and spy sats

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The evenings of September 1st and 3rd saw a nice catch of satellites. My new camera system (Canon EOS 450D + EF 50/2.5 Macro) really is a sa...
Sunday, 31 August 2008

Purple volcanic twilights, and KeyHole satellites

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Last Friday evening was clear again. Looking outside in twilight, I noted the sky was amazingly purple, due to volcanic aerosols spewn by th...