FPAS Report Generator

FPAS Standard Reports

Has the observer got a COSPAR Station ID ?	No Yes	Enter the observer's COSPAR ID: (4 digits)
Initial of Your First Name Initial of Your Surname		Last digit of your year of birth: (e.g. 3 for 1973) Last digit of your day of birth: (e.g. 5 for 15th)
This is your report number (for the day of this observation)		You are the observer of the reported event You are creating the report but you are not the observer You are creating just an example or a dummy report
Observer's Latitude (decimal deg. N) Longitude (decimal deg. E) Altitude (m)		Satellite's NORAD if you don't know which satellite flared leave NORAD field blank
Observation Date (UTC) Day/Month/Year	//
Time of the Flare Maximum (UTC) Hour-Min-Second Write the seconds only if you know them	--	How accurate is your knowledge of the Flare time? You stated the accuracy inSeconds Minutes MX (IOD)
Which kind of event was observed?	A Flare A Flash An anti-Flare A Steady Behaviour	a marked brighness decrease the brightness was steady
How long was the satellite observed? you can leave this field empty		You stated the duration using: Seconds Minutes
Duration of the Event (e.g. how long the flare was detectable)		You stated the duration using: Seconds Minutes
Maximum brightness		Write the magnitude reached at the flare peak (or the magnitude immediately before/after an anti-flare) If you only know that the brighness increased by 2 mag. write: v2
Minimum brightness		Write the magnitude immediately after/before the flare (or the peak of an anti-flare) If the satellite reached invisibility write inv If you only know that the brightness decreased by 2 mag. write: v2
OPTIONAL FIELDS:
Can you provide information on the flash pattern or period?	No Yes	Some of the following fields can be left blank:
	Number of flashes: Total time: Time accuracy: Flash period: Pattern:	the number of counted events the total time in seconds which passed during the measurement the accuracy in the measurement of the total time, in seconds the time between flashes in seconds the flash pattern as in the PPAS standard (max. 16 chars)
This event was	Predicted Observed Spotted Accidental Unknown	the event was predicted and the observer was waiting for it not predicted, however the observer was observing this satellite Spotted during an observation of other objects Observed accidentally: no observation was being performed You don't know how the observer got the event
Which instrument was used to observe?	Unaided-eye Binoculars Telescope Photograph Recording Unknown
Which was the condition of the sky?	Excellent Good Fair Poor Bad Terrible Unknown	No Moon/clouds, great seeing, minimal air/light pollution No Moon/clouds, conditions could be better, but not much Young/old Moon, some air/light pollution: fainter stars invisible Gibbous Moon, haze, more air/light pollution: more stars invisible Bright Moon, air/light pollution, some clouds; difficult Bright Moon, air/light pollution, looking through clouds You don't know
How was the magnitude estimated?	By experience Directly Indirectly Don't know	without a comparison comparing with stars, seeing both the object at the same time comparing with stars, but without seeing both the objects you don't know how the magnitude was estimated
Which is the uncertainty of the estimated magnitude?	`0.1 0.2 0.5 1 2 3 4 >4.5`Don't know
Was the observation continuous?	Yes Shortly interrupted No Don't know	The observation was continuous without interruptions However no important events could be missed Some important events could be missed due to interruptions You don't know if the observation was continuous
Was the peak of the event observed?	Yes No (interrupted) No (too late) No (too early) Don't know	The peak occurred while observing and it was observed The peak occurred whille observing but the obs. was interrupted The peak occurred before the start of the observation interval The peak occurred after the end of the observation interval You don't know if the peak of the event was observed
Which was the colour of the Flare?	Neutral (White) Red Blue Yellow Green None of them ------	Some more details about the colour: No more details about the colour can be stated The colour was Light (not marked) Intense (the colour was very marked) (Please describe the colour in the remarks section)
At the observation time the flare position among stars was memorized or recorded ?	No Yes
	How can you better state the Flare position in sky?	Through the coordinates RA and DEC Through the coordinates AZ and EL Through the name of the closest star Through the closest star identified by its constellation and grade
	Flare position:
Do you know how the satellite was moving at the event time?	No Yes
	The satellite was:	geostationary (steady, no movement perceived) moving very slowly, difficult to perceive (< 0.1 deg/s) moving slowly (around 0.2 deg/s) moving (around 0.5 deg/s) moving fast (around 1 deg/s) moving very fast (> 1.5 deg/s)
	Toward which direction was the satellite moving?	`NE` `N-NE` `N` `N-NW` `NWE-NE` `W-NWE W E-SE W-SW` `SE S-SE S S-SW SWUL` `U-UL` `Up` `U-UR` `URL-UL` `R-URLeft Right L-DL R-DR` `DL D-DL Down D-DR DR` I don't know!
Remarks	Enter compact remarks if needed to explain *You have to send the photo to the administrator for inclusion into the archive.
Report Output Options	Do not embed TLE Single Line Output	check this box to generate a report without the TLE (Admins only) check this box to force the whole report to be on a single line

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