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Vanguard 1 - Oldest Satellite

Paramount ME, C-14 @ f/5.5, ST-10XME, -10° & binned 3x3. Mounted on a Paramount ME which automatically acquired and tracked the satellite. 10" exposure through clear filter. FOV is 18' x 26'. At the time the image was taken Vanguard was about 3,940 km away. Vanguard was launched 1958 MAR 17 and is the oldest satellite in space (not counting alien satellites... <g>).

Date: 11/17/2009
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