Scott- Heavens-above does have the feature you need. Click Bright Satellite passes, and then click previous PM until you hit the date. Here are the times from...
Rich Looking at the times and max brightness for Orlando what I saw was either the Grace-2 Earth Observation satellite or the Cosmas 1703 rocket body. The...
Hard to say. The rocket bodies are far larger than the payloads. Perhaps a chance alignment of the rocket body? They begin to tumble over time, and sometimes...
The object I saw was not tumbling and was much brighter than the rocket bodies list on Heavens Above. Also, the oject traveled much faster across the sky than...
This satellite tracking program is sort of cool. http://www.satscape.co.uk/ "My advice is always free and worth every penny!" -Christopher Erickson Network...
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Hi all, I have an Orion XT8" Dobsonian (focal length 1200 mm; f 5.9) and would like to explore putting the OTA on an EQ mount. I'm not liking the manual...
The Orion Atlas should handle that scope well. You will need to get some scope rings that will fit your OTA as well. If the Atlas mount doesn't come with a...
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Had a great time watching 8.2 arcsec Mars for a couple hours yesterday. Can still see some pretty good detail, certainly not time to give up yet. Both polar...
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A picture of the moon tonight. I am enjoying the AC power supply for the camera very much. Nice seeing, the bottom half of this is a 1 second exposure: ...
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Yes Mike, Mars is still out there! Right now (10:30 pm Thurs night) I'm looking at Syrtis Major clearly seen on Mars' tiny disk. Warm temps.... Scott...
Thanks for the report, Scott. Last night was fantastic, a role model for Alaska astronomy! Good seeing all night, good transparency, and warm-ish. I worked...
Sorry wrong URL http://www.pbase.com/mclemens1969/image/94180568 Tonight looks very promising. If its the same as last night, I'm going for another polar...
Mike, Wonderful image! I noticed something with Saturn this season. I'm not sure it's for real or just me but past years I would describe the "ball" of the ...
Thanks Scott One thing to perhaps consider is that the TV102 would have a yellowed image compared with your Traveler. I have a hard time making long term...
Mike, The color comparisons I've seen were when I was using the Traveler. As I recall, the TV102 and Traveler images were prettty much the same. I sounds as if...
Hi Scott Yes I am fully remote now except for opening the observatory roof and removing the lens cap, and powering up the camera/guider. I've got a lot of...
Chris, would the mount on the Orion also accomidate the 8" Celestron that I have? ... http://www.telescope.com/control/product/~category_id=refractors/~pcat ...
The SVP (Sky View Pro) is a Chinese clone of the venerable Vixen GP mount and would handle the C8 OTA just fine. Unless your '8" Celestron' is a Newt instead...
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