Satellite crossing Sombrero Galaxy
(imaged from Las Campans, Chile)
The above image was taken remotely from the Las
Campanas Observatory on July 17th 2003 00:07:27.589 Universal Time using the
telescope provided by Telescopes In
Education. The camera is the Apogee AP-7 Site detector with 512 by 512
pixels, Celestron C-14 OTA reduced to f/7.2, mounted on the Paramount
GT-1100S. The RAW fits data can be FTP'd from the following link.
The remote observatory is detailed here Remote
Observatory Control Power Point presentation.
ftp://tbisque.com/pub/chile-7-17-03/M104RAW.FIT
TheSky provides the following information for the image after
performing the astrometry.
Image Link Information
Width: 00°16'15"
Height: 00°16'12"
Scale: 1.90 arc-secs/pixel
North angle: 179.09°
Delta RA = -683962.0, Delta Dec=41838.8
RA: 12h 40m 08.5s Dec: -11°38'29"
RA: 12h 39m 57.5s Dec: -11°37'19" (Epoch 2000)
Azm: 290°15'20" Alt: +52°39'09"
Rise: 15:14 Transit: 21:42 Set: 04:14
Hour angle: 02h 22m 09.3s
If anyone is able to correctly identify this satellite for me it
would be greatly appreciated. My attempts to do so have failed so
far! There is a free copy of either TheSky or CCDSoft version 5 for anyone
that successfully identifies it.
You can
Email
me here.
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