Hey Bill, here's a report of someone seeing the Shenzhou 3 (not 5) module with the naked eye <http://wntapp.cc.utexas.edu/~ecannon/75seen.htm>, so it must be...
Hi John, Thanks for your kind word. I am discussing with some amateurs in Hong Kong who are famous for stacking images to produce excellent planetary images....
Hi every one at this group I'm a new member. I have started to studying LEO satellite orbitdetermination and tracking methods,but i have not enouhg references...
Just do a google search on "Orbital mechanics" and choose the level you want to start at. good place to start The Physics Hypertextbook Orbital Mechanics I ...
Hi John, I need to know the possition (x,y,z) and velocity (Vx,Vy,Vz) of the satellite while tracking with the azimuth and elevation angles from the scope to...
Click "viewing plan", and note the details at the bottom. After selecting a satellite, you can generate a text file of data for the pass. You can choose the...
Thanks, I did that and got the file. However, there is no indication what the distance to the satellite is. Is there any way to get it? Ury ... selecting a ......
I think you'll have to start from scratch from the TLE file. Basic orbital mechanics wouldn't be too bad, but I have no idea whether various subtleties (like...
thanks, ... orbital ... subtleties do you know of freewares that do these calculations without pointing the scope? ... I am trying radar imaging and for this I...
... There is all sorts of freeware/shareware for satellites at <http://www.stargazing.net/astrotips/english/satellites.html>. "TrackSat" looks promising- you...
Hi, I am new in this group. I am evaluating Satellite Tracker. Can anyone explayne me the right"flow" to track a satellite. How to synchronize the telescope...
I am not an expert... in fact i have not even successfully tracked a
satellite. I was very close to the ISS... I believe the error was from
lon/lat being off....
Don, I'm sorry you feel that way. I will let others contribute to this board so I do not jump to answer every question and often answer questions directly to...
Hey Brent. Some people kid's ,eh? I guess with the advent of instant emailing, patience and good manners are out the window... Wayne ... [Non-text portions of...
... I have to jump in here. I'm a lurker here, but I have been a VERY satisfied user of Satellite Tracker for several years. It is one of a very small...
Hi Don, thank you very much for your help. Andrea ... tracked a ... from ... them at ... it is ... stations.txt...) ... each ... tracking... ... alert you of ...
I too am a lurker. (Is this becoming Lurker Confessions?) One comment: ISS is a bad place to start. It moves too fast, and its so low the drag induced...
Well, Perhaps I need to justify my position. I just joined the group about 2 weeks age... all has been quiet in the group
for that time... I saw a question...
Thanks Brent-- Sometimes I'm too lazy to drag out the scope and step out with my binos instead. Guess I'll just keep picking the brains of the good folks over...
Actually Paul, there are bugs. There have been problems with using some USB-Serial adapters. Unfortunately, I am not able to duplicate the problems so its very...
... adjustment... ... The timing offset changes the timing of the tracking, to account for errors in the computer's time setting. This is meant to be used ...
Calculating magnitude is tricky beacuse most satellites have odd shapes, so it depends on the orientation during the pass. The Iridium flares are an obvious...
I've heard that there have been many problems with USB-serial adapters, at least for controlling an LX200, with many astro programs, so I don't think the...
Paul, I made a little BASIC program that uses the text file output (RA/dec at regular time increments) from Brent's program for input, and sends a string of...
Might be a dumb question, but how do you "unwind" the scope without loosing its allignment???? Do you need to keep aware of the hard stops and where the scope...
Yes, you can hit a hard stop when tracking. Unfortunately, the AutostarII will not prevent it just as you can hit a hard stop with the handcontroller. I...
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