Wednesday, 17 March 2010

Early March observations and pulsing (?) brightness of the STSS Demo-1

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I am well behind on reporting on my March observations so far. I observed on the evenings of 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9 and 16 March. Observed objects...
Friday, 5 March 2010

The Lacrosse 5 (05-016A) "disappearance trick": comparison of different occasions

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Note added 13-11-2011:   visitors coming here through the link on Spaceweather.com , please read this story here first (click link) as the...
Monday, 22 February 2010

Chasing satellites through clouds and unusual brightness behaviour of the STSS Demo 2

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The evening of Saturday-Sunday 20-21 February saw a very dynamic weather situation. Fields of clouds came and went very rapidly: the sky cou...
Saturday, 20 February 2010

A magnificent view of the Space Shuttle Endeavour STS-130 and the ISS in tandem!

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click image to enlarge The weather predictions for this morning suggested a possibility of clear sky - and hence a possibility to see a morn...
Friday, 19 February 2010

Slowly uncovering more clues in the Misty-2/USA144 patch

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I have written before about the launch patch of the enigmatic USA 144 launch from Vandenberg on 1999 May 22. This was possibly the Misty-2 ...
Monday, 15 February 2010

Again USA 200, and another Proton Breeze-M tank

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A somewhat belated report on the 11th. It was very clear on the night of 11-12 Feb. As I had dinner guests, I couldn't take advantage of...
Friday, 12 February 2010

Mexican "impact" / fireball event is NOT due to Kosmos 2421 debris

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News is doing the rounds of a spectacular fireball/sonic boom near Mexico city on 10 Feb, 18:30 local time (= 11 Feb, 00:30 UTC). Initial r...
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Wednesday, 10 February 2010

USA 200 and a Proton Breeze-M tank - UPDATED

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The last 3 weeks have been clouded and saw no opportunity to observe. Yesterday around midnight, I however noted it had cleared. It was a sh...
Thursday, 14 January 2010

The weather at SatTrackCam Leiden

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Weather conditions obviously have a major impact on the activities at SatTrackCam Leiden. Last two weeks for example have seen a lot of snow...
Saturday, 9 January 2010

GOCE keeps flaring

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Yesterday evening (Jan 8) started clear. I captured GOCE (09-013A) flaring again, and then observed Lacrosse 3 (97-064A). I also tried the ...
Monday, 4 January 2010

GOCE flares compared (second UPDATE)

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With four timed brightness profiles now available for GOCE flares, I created a comparison chart. In this diagram, each profile has been shif...

Another GOCE flare

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Yesterday evening started very clear, but ended cloudy. Nevertheless I was able to bag several objects: the Lacrosses 2 & 3, the NOSS 3-...
Saturday, 2 January 2010

Off to a good start: a GOCE and a Lacrosse 2 flare

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2010 started off well with a very clear evening of January 1st. I observed GOCE (09-013A), the Lacrosses 2 & 3 (91-017A & 97-064A...
Thursday, 31 December 2009

Last observations of the year, and 2009 at a glance

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December 2009 saw a lot of clouded sky, a few clear frosty skies, and lots of snow (for our country at least). After my December 6th observa...
Monday, 7 December 2009

An unidentified HEO object

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Yesterday evening was very clear. I photographed the STSS Demo r/b (09-052C) using the EF 50/2.5 Macro, and then switched to the EF 100/2.8...
Friday, 4 December 2009

The STSS demo rocket

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On November 30, Russel Eberst recovered the "lost" rocket stage 2009-052C from the STSS Demo launch. This allowed Ted to obser...
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...