Data underlying the publication: "Optical observations find high brightness of the BlueWalker 3 satellite"
Dataset
This dataset contains the original observational video files (AAV format) as well as the resulting astrometrical and photometric data from observations over Sept 2022-Apr 2023 of the experimental Bluewalker 3 satellite (2022-111AL), observational data that are included in the paper "Optical observations find high brightness of the BlueWalker 3 satellite". They were obtained from Leiden, NL, with a WATEC 902H2 camera and 1.2/50 mm lens. They are part of a larger multi-institute dataset used to study the brightness characteristics and behaviour of the Bluewalker satellite and the general accuracy of orbital elements for this satellite, with an eye on characterizing the interference of this satellite (and future satellites in this class) with astronomical observations, and how to mitigate this.
History
- 2023-07-03 first online, published, posted
Publisher
4TU.ResearchDataFormat
Video files (AAV), data files (Excel), zippedFunding
- None
Organizations
TU Delft, faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Department of Space Engineering, Section Astrodynamics and Space MissionsDATA
Files (1)
- 10,432,292,290 bytesMD5:
4e9914b90b99817e99203de4e79f48dd
Bluewalker_imagery_and_data_Leiden.zip