Thursday, 26 November 2009

More flares by GOCE!

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After my observation of GOCE (09-013A), ESA's Gravity field and steady state Ocean Circulation Explorer , mildly flaring at 19 Novembe...
Tuesday, 24 November 2009

Altering tumbling period of the USA 144/Misty-2 decoy (1999-028C)

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In August I used a series of photographs to determine the tumbling period of 99-028C, the enigmatic USA 144/Misty-2 "Decoy" ( see...
Friday, 20 November 2009

Yesterday's GOCE flare modelled

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After measuring the image I obtained of yesterday's GOCE flare, I determined the flare time to be 17:40:34.9 UTC (Nov 19). Using Simon...

STSS Demo 1 (USA 208) passing the Andromeda nebula

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After observing it visually through the ETX-70 2 days ago (see my report here ), I had some idea that the STSS Demo 2 (09-052B) and it...
Thursday, 19 November 2009

Gravity Probe GOCE (Gravity field and steady state Ocean Circulation Explorer) flaring

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This evening I tried, for the second time, to capture the ESA gravity probe satellite GOCE (2009-013A) on photograph. My first attempt was ...
Wednesday, 18 November 2009

Space Shuttle Atlantis STS-129 and the STSS Demo-2

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Yesterday evening it unexpectedly cleared, in front of a storm depression. This allowed me to observe Space Shuttle Atlantis STS-129 , laun...
Monday, 9 November 2009

USA 179 and 184

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After a month-long absence due to amongst other a hollidays in Canada, I was able to do some observations again last Saturday evening. It wa...
Tuesday, 29 September 2009

The Lacrosse 5 "disappearance trick", and a BWGS meeting

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On Saturday 26 September, a small number of BWGS satellite observers gathered at the house-boat of Leo Barhorst (Cospar 4253) at Almere. Pre...
Tuesday, 22 September 2009

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The past week saw several bright evenings, yielding a rich haul of satellite positions. Observations were done in the evenings of September ...
Tuesday, 15 September 2009

Who knows more about this patch? (updated)

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I recently obtained this cool looking patch: click image to enlarge All I know is that it is connected to the NRO operations at Vandenberg...
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More HTV-1 and Molniya satellites

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Yesterday evening 13-14 September was clear again. I had a very fine near-zenith pass of the HTV-1 (09-048A) on it's way to the ISS. I...
Sunday, 13 September 2009

More observations from last evening

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The clouds that threatened last evenings HTV-1 observation (see previous post ) moved out somewhat later, allowing me to bag several objects...
Saturday, 12 September 2009

The HTV-1, on it's way to the ISS (UPDATED)

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This evening I had a nice pass of the new Japanese cargoship HTV-1 (09-048A, launched on September 10th) on it's maiden flight to the ...

Molniya orbits and a Keyhole flare again

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The evening of September 10 saw more than a nice Space Shuttle pass ( see previous post ) and the ISS. In fact, it was a prolific evening wh...
Friday, 11 September 2009

Space Shuttle Discovery STS-128

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Yesterday it was a close call whether I would see the Space Shuttle Discovery STS-128 or not. A large field of clouds passed in late twilig...
Wednesday, 9 September 2009

A keyhole flare, and an SDS-3 satellite (USA 198)

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Last two evenings were clear. On September 7th I watched and imaged the KH-12 Keyhole USA 129 (96-072A), together with my neighbour who saw...
Wednesday, 2 September 2009

A Keyhole flaring, a Molniya ELINT and the USA 144 decoy again

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The evenings of August 31 and September 1 were clear. On August 31 I targetted two higher objects with the EF 100/2.8 Macro USM: USA 184 (0...
Sunday, 30 August 2009

The USA 144/Misty-2 launch patch

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Following my previous post with an analysis of the brightness variation of the USA 144/Misty-2 decoy (99-028C), one of the readers of this...

The tumbling period of the USA 144/Misty-2 Decoy (99-028C)

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On August 25 and August 27, I obtained a series of photographs of the USA 144/Misty-2 decoy (see here and especially here ). On the request...
Friday, 28 August 2009

The Terra (EOS AM-1) satellite, IGS 1B near M31, and more

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Yesterday evening the street lights went out in town, due to some malfunction. This made my sky a bit darker than usual. I captured the KH-1...