FITSAT-1 LED

FITSAT-1 LED Flashing Experiments Successful

[HP]

  http://www.fit.ac.jp/~tanaka/fitsat.shtml


[Guide]

  http://www.jinkou-eisei.jp/FITSAT/index.html
  http://www.jinkou-eisei.jp/FITSAT/obs.html
  http://www.jinkou-eisei.jp/FITSAT/obs02_1.html
  http://www.jinkou-eisei.jp/FITSAT/obs02_2.html
  http://www.jinkou-eisei.jp/FITSAT/obs02_3.html
  https://sites.google.com/site/myniwakapage/

  
  02:14-02:14JST, 11 Dec 2012, Ele 29 deg in Yokohama Japan


        
  04:19-04:26JST, 16 Jan 2013, Ele 33 deg in Yokohama Japan


[LED Schedule]

  

  http://www.fit.ac.jp/~tanaka/fitsat.shtml
  http://www.satflare.com/track.php?q=fitsat#MAP


[LED Observation] #1

  http://www.jinkou-eisei.jp/FITSAT/121211_news.html
  http://www.jinkou-eisei.jp/FITSAT/images/121211_m.jpg

  

  (C)Kurashiki Science Center
  Kurashiki City, Okayama Japan
  2:17:30-2:19:30JST, 11 Dec 2012
  Diameter short focus telescope 10cm (F=400mm F4)
  Nikon D800, ISO12800, 10 seconds exposure


[LED Observation] #2

  http://www.jinkou-eisei.jp/FITSAT/121212_news.html
  http://www.jinkou-eisei.jp/FITSAT/images/121212_watanabe.jpg

  

  (C)Tsuyoshi Watanabe
  Ebina City, Kanagawa Japan
  1:24:23-1:24:25JST, 12 Dec 2012
  Takahashi e160, Diameter short focus telescope 16cm (F=530mm, F3.3)
  Nikon D800E, ISO12800, 2 seconds exposure


[LED Video]

  It was succeeded in the video of the FITSAT-1 LED (10Hz) on 14 Dec 2012
  by Toyama Astronomical Observatory in Japan. Because they pursued FITSAT-1,
  it seems to us so that the many stars flow through the back of a satellite
  flashing on and off small in the vicinity of the screen center.
  Note: In the video, they are many ordinary stars not the meteors.

  FITSAT-1 Video
  http://www.tsm.toyama.toyama.jp/_ex/curators/hayashi/20121214FITSAT.avi (490MB)
  http://www.tsm.toyama.toyama.jp/_ex/curators/hayashi/20121214FITSAT.mpg (144MB)
  http://www.jinkou-eisei.jp/FITSAT/images/121214_toyama_FITSAT.wmv       ( 72MB)
  http://www.jinkou-eisei.jp/FITSAT/121214_news.html

  FITSAT-1 Screen Shot
  

  (C)Tadashi Hayashi
  Toyama City, Toyama Japan
  1:09:04-1:11:04JST, 14 Dec 2012
  CONTRAVES telescope 100cm (F=8000mm) changed to F=800mm
  by Eye piece(F=60mm) and C_Mount camera lens(F=6mm, F0.8)
  WATEC Neptune100 (Monochromatic video camera)

  Toyama Astronomical Observatory
  http://www.tsm.toyama.toyama.jp/tao/index.htm

  The International Project for Radio Meteor Observation
  http://www.amro-net.jp/radio.htm


[LED Schedule Update]

  

  http://www.fit.ac.jp/~tanaka/fitsat.shtml
  http://www.satflare.com/track.php?q=fitsat#MAP
  http://turing.cs.fit.ac.jp/~fitsat/led_world.html
  http://turing.cs.fit.ac.jp/~fitsat/led.html


  23:01-23:11JST, 17 Dec 2012, Ele 62 NW-W-S-SE
  The flashing planned time over Japan, it's 2 minutes of 23:05:30-23:07:30JST.
  The viewpoint in Yokohama is from right under Jupiter to the neighborhood of
  the central three stars of Orion. I examined it to here, but the observation
  seems to be impossible because the weather of Yokohama will be rain tomorrow.

    


[LED New Photos]

  20130111: New flashing plan:
  10th Jan. 23:57:30 - 23:59:30 UTC  New Delhi India     (10Hz Green)
  11th Jan. 13:52:30 - 13:54:30 UTC  San Francisco USA   (10Hz Green)
  12th Jan. 15:38:00 - 15:40:00 UTC  SE Australia        (10Hz Red)
  14th Jan. 11:02:30 - 11:04:30 UTC  Central USA         (10Hz Green)
  15th Jan. 22:26:00 - 22:28:00 UTC  Wulmuqi China       (10Hz Green)
  17th Jan. 20:22:30 - 20:24:30 UTC  Central India       (10Hz Green)
  19th Jan. 03:19:00 - 03:21:00 UTC  North Italy         (10Hz Green)

  20130113: Miss Jodie Reynolds K6JLR and Mr. Will Bierman took photos of
  flashing NIWAKA successfully using standard lens (f=40mm, 2.5sec exposure):

  2013.01.11, 13:53:07 UTC    2013.01.11, 13:53:24 UTC
     data

  but not confirmed. At it was just before dawn,
  other satellites were also bright by sunlit.

  http://www.fit.ac.jp/~tanaka/fitsat.shtml (English)
  http://turing.cs.fit.ac.jp/~fitsat/led_japan.php (Japan)


[LED Observation] #3

    
  ISO12800                    ISO1600

  (C)JR5EPQ / Shozo Sasaoka
  Seiyo City, Ehime Japan
  4:21:10JST, 16 Jan 2013
  Canon EOS 60Da + PPENTAX SMC-P
  2 seconds exposure
  Left, ISO12800 f=500mm F4.5
  Right,ISO1600 B/W reverse, f=135㎜ F2.5

  (Cf) by Simone
  
　http://www.satflare.com/fpas_reader.html?id=GSC73A201301151921


[FITSAT-1 Flashing Plan]

  20130121:
  We have learned through the experiments of flashing NIWAKA:
  1. The night sky must be dark enough to see the milky way.
  2. Photos successfully used around F4, 400mm lens and ISO12800 camera.
  3. Most people noticed their success after took photo and magnified.
     This means the camera must be turned to the accurate direction, and
     shuttered at exact time. Multiple shutters will be useful.
  4. The green beam always turn to the magnetic north, and the red beam
     turn to the magnetic south, so the beams do not turn to the ground
     around the equator. In order to observe the light, higher latitude 
     will be good result.

  As observing the light is not so easy, we will flash the light on
  request. If you have a plan for observing the light, please advice me
  the time and date with your latitude and longitude. Now we have a plan
  for flashing at 09:25:00 on 9th Feb. for the west coast of USA.
  (Time will be changed by the latest TLE.)
  http://www.fit.ac.jp/~tanaka/fitsat.shtml


[LED Observation] #4

  

  (C)Mr. mossch
  Seiwa Forest Kimitsu, Chiba Japan
  23:51:00-23:53:00JST, 13 Feb 2013
  Nikon D90, AF NIKKOR 180mm F2.8, ISO Hi1
  6 seconds exposure, Equivalent to ISO6400
  sensitizing one step of the ISO3200
  http://www.flickr.com/photos/54092930@N02/8470529641/
  http://www.astroarts.jp/photo-gallery/
  (C)AstroArts