Hi all, From the following links you can see what we suggest as the orientation of ISS at the moment of the video clip shown: ...
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dean.schrage@...
Feb 1, 2001 11:24 am
Thanks it appears to work nicely. What source are your deriving the Visual.txt file from? I usually rename the files because I keep a backlog of Visuals...
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Mark Crossley
mark@...
Feb 1, 2001 12:39 pm
Dean The filename is derived from the source filename. I've just uploaded a modified version of the script that prompts for and applies a prefix to the...
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Dean Schrage
dean.schrage@...
Feb 2, 2001 10:30 am
Hi Mark, This is an excellent utility. I would encourage you to post it to the SeeSat news group. I think their member list is very big (about 600). The...
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Dean Schrage
dean.schrage@...
Feb 2, 2001 10:34 am
Hi All, For some time I have subscribed to SeeSat which gives some interesting information regarding visual sat observing. The clip from their index page...
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Dean Schrage
dean.schrage@...
Feb 2, 2001 10:46 am
Hi All, I have added a table in this group to compile all the web pages for the group. I would encourage you to post a related URL link. It is under DataBase...
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jdcegalis@...
Feb 3, 2001 3:20 pm
Mark, How about retrieving sat data with a single click from this site also. It will require unzipping. The file you want is the "TLExxx" where xxx is the...
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Brent Boshart
brentb@...
Feb 3, 2001 5:16 pm
... If I can't derive the info for the filter from the TLE, that means I need to maintain a separate database. It would continually need to be updated as new ...
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Brooke Clarke
brooke@...
Feb 3, 2001 11:55 pm
Hello: I have been looking into automated sat tracking for some time. It was my understanding that the LX200 could only move at fixed speeds and therefore...
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Brent Boshart
brentb@...
Feb 4, 2001 1:53 am
... Did you see the video by Dean Schrage on the Satellite Tracker web site? It shows the tracking that the LX200 is capable of at significant magnification....
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Bill Powers
powers_w@...
Feb 4, 2001 4:31 pm
[From Bill Powers] ... A note about tracking speed. What SatTrack does right now is issue a series of reference signals to the telescope position control...
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Dean Schrage
d3experiment@...
Feb 6, 2001 11:04 am
Brent, I tried the latest release with the mouse control for offsets. Were there many requests to refine the fine adjustment even further? I found that for...
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Dean Schrage
d3experiment@...
Feb 6, 2001 11:11 am
I have recently uploaded the longer sequence of our recent ISS tracking. The clip is 2 minutes long. It shows more clearly how the panels rotate during the...
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Brent Boshart
brentb@...
Feb 6, 2001 10:00 pm
... even further? Yes, I have done this. There is a track bar to adjust the sensitivity. The finest should meet your needs. I've been holding back the latest ...
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ftherrmann2000@...
Feb 9, 2001 3:39 pm
Hello All! I've had SatTrack out two nights now trying to get an image of ISS. I've have gotten close, but am still trying to get everything tweaked. I have a...
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ftherrmann2000@...
Feb 9, 2001 3:41 pm
I've read bits and pieces about the mouse correction software. Only question I have is how do you use the mouse w/pad while standing up behind the finder? Or...
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Dean Schrage
d3experiment@...
Feb 9, 2001 3:57 pm
Hi Fred, We generally run a 2 man operation here. When correcting, I click the offset bars in the text mode (old way) and Paul Newman who is looking back at...
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glenng@...
Feb 9, 2001 11:11 pm
I'm looking forward to tracking some satellites for the first time on the next clear evening. I've got a 12" LX200 and was wondering if there were any...
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WRHollen@...
Feb 10, 2001 4:58 am
Glenn, I have a 12" LX 200 also as well as a STV. The last chance I had to image the ISS I did not have time to set up the scope so I was guiding the scope ...
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Brent Boshart
brentb@...
Feb 10, 2001 2:30 pm
Registered users can try http://sattracker.hypermart.net/sat204b.zip This has been ready for some time but I'm still waiting to hear back from ETX users on the...
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Ray Talipsky
ray@...
Feb 11, 2001 2:55 am
Hey Satellitetracker 2.0.4 Beta 3 fans Just gave Satellitetracker 2.0.4 Beta 3 a workout from sunset to about 20:30 EST. (a balmy 38deg F) LX-200 8" Gateway...
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Brent Boshart
brentb@...
Feb 11, 2001 3:50 am
... The logs are separate for each sat. Call up the sat again see the log ... Great idea! ... Yes suppose to work that way, the calculations in the viewing...
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Bill Powers
powers_w@...
Feb 11, 2001 2:20 pm
[From Bill Powers] ... At a minimum distance of 225 miles, the angular size of the largest (240-foot) solar array is [240/(225 * 5280)] * 206265 seconds of arc...
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ftherrmann2000@...
Feb 14, 2001 8:22 pm
Dean, Yes I will post an image as soon as I get something worth posting. Right now it appears that we're in the middle of monsoon season. This is about the...
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Ray Talipsky
ray@...
Feb 14, 2001 9:54 pm
Hey Dean ?? What type/Brand Video Cam are you using?? ?? Why is it mounted unsupported?? ?? Why not mount off of diagonal ?? to get more elevation capability? ...
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Alec Muffett
egroups@...
Feb 15, 2001 9:13 pm
This is a deeply cheeky question, but since I am not a habitual Windows user, it does have a point... I've followed Brent's software since the earliest...
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Paul Goelz
pgoelz@...
Feb 16, 2001 3:08 am
... I have not tracked the ISS, but I have tracked lots of other low orbit sats with my LX200. My desktop is a P233MMX with 64MB. Works great. I did disable...
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Brent Boshart
brentb@...
Feb 16, 2001 11:46 am
... when ... seemed The continuous squeal is normal. (Its a series of single beeps indicating the scope has arrived at the coords.) I have never had anyone...
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Dean Schrage
d3experiment@...
Feb 16, 2001 1:36 pm
found this link at the SeeSat use net. this was accomplished with hand tracking. Quite good, perhaps best I've seen yet. ...
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WRHollen@...
Feb 18, 2001 10:26 am
Brent, I know you get many suggestions, and all of us appreciate the great job you have done on continuously increasing the capabilities of the Satellite ...
