I've got an AP900 and having been using Satellite Tracker in LX200 compatability mode (not full LX200) and it gives a nice smooth slew. Haven't actually seen...
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glenng@...
Jul 1, 2001 10:07 pm
I found a document on the web that, at least for me, makes the orientations of the ISS clear: http://satellitecomms.50megs.com/iss/iss_appendix_c.html What did...
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dan@...
Jul 3, 2001 11:03 pm
Brent: A suggestion for Sat Tracker: Allow the joystick value to be changed in the preference box. Right now, each move of the joystick changes the time by...
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glenng@...
Jul 11, 2001 7:20 pm
Hi Phil, Mike, in about a week I'll be getting some early morning passes of the ISS (and hopefully the shuttle) here on the west coast. Do you, or anybody...
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G6GAK - Mike Tyrrell
g6gak@...
Jul 12, 2001 6:04 pm
Hi Glenn, It's great that you might get some shuttle pictures - our passes start on the 25th - day after it lands! we hope it will be delayed. Phil is working...
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Philip Masding
philip.masding@...
Jul 12, 2001 8:26 pm
Glenn, I am currently working on a new VB script/HTML program that will allow anyone to enter their latitude and longitude, read a TLE file and then produce a...
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glenng@...
Jul 12, 2001 8:58 pm
Outstanding! I sure wish I had spare time for programming again. I used to work as an electrical engineer and could justify the time spent programming for fun....
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glenng@...
Jul 17, 2001 8:28 pm
Looks like the Shuttle will be attached for an additional day. Maybe you guys in Manchester will get a shot at it. As expected, here in Oregon our several...
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G6GAK - Mike Tyrrell
g6gak@...
Jul 18, 2001 11:20 pm
Nothing doing at present in the UK - weather is set cloudy for several days. Still it might just prove possible at the weekend. Contrary to my last note I...
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glenng@...
Jul 20, 2001 5:37 am
I'm getting ready to try to video the ISS pass tomorrow morning. I decided it was a good time to ask about a couple of things that have been bugging me. First,...
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Brent Boshart
brentb@...
Jul 20, 2001 12:30 pm
... X-Debug: Blackmail[11026] Would have rejected this mail for 1 reasons. Good idea, personally I don't use the keys as they are hard to find in the dark! I...
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glenng@...
Jul 20, 2001 3:37 pm
Thanks Brent, I'll look into that Logitech mouse. Right now, once I get close, I cradle my laptop in my arm while I look through the finder and press the keys...
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Ray Talipsky
ray@...
Jul 20, 2001 6:56 pm
Glenn Get yourself a FingerMouse / FingerPointer and plug it in to the PS port on your laptop and put ST into mouse mode. http://www.greenworld.net/ If...
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Kristallwesen@...
Jul 28, 2001 8:42 am
Brent: like Dan Miller I think it will be very usefull to have more control over the Joystick-correction. But my problem is that it is too coase. In the...
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Brent Boshart
brentb@...
Jul 28, 2001 8:40 pm
In the next update I will make the preferences affect both the button adjustments and the joystick. Sorry, I sort of forgot about the joystick as I never use...
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Kristallwesen@...
Jul 29, 2001 10:11 am
Thank you very much, Brent. With our new digital camera is the enlargement even with a focal reducer bigger than with our analog camera. So if you go one step...
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Ray Talipsky
ray@...
Jul 29, 2001 3:08 pm
Satellitetracker update If your gonna do an update I would like to see more locations and it stay on last selected location and not go back to 1. Maybe set...
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heafnerj@...
Aug 1, 2001 4:02 am
Hello. I've had an LX-200 for several years but I've never experimented with computer control. I'm in the process of assembling a serial cable for use with my...
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Robin Wier
rwier@...
Aug 1, 2001 5:06 am
... Hi Ray, Agree on "location critical". More critical, IMO, than any list of loci could provide. Have exchanged sat pass descriptions over the phone. Other...
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Ray Talipsky
ray@...
Aug 1, 2001 3:08 pm
IMO???? I can get very accurate lat /long locations from Street Atlas or MS Streets and trips and set it into computer before I set out to starwatch so if GPS...
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Kristallwesen@...
Aug 2, 2001 4:57 pm
@ Joe Heafner yes, the cable is the same as you use it e.g. with "The Sky". @all we have taken a new image of the ISS with a new digital videocamera I think it...
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Philip Masding
philip.masding@...
Aug 2, 2001 9:07 pm
Tobias, The new images are great. Really good resolution. Mike and I certainly found that a digital video camera is the key to getting good pictures. In the...
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bradtest1@...
Aug 2, 2001 9:49 pm
Brent, I would like to request that you modify the program so as to allow the 6, 4, 8, and 2 keys to be used the same as a, d, u, and w respectively. These...
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Bill Powers
powers_w@...
Aug 3, 2001 3:00 am
To Tobias Lindemann A great picture of the ISS, Tobias, the best I've seen to date by quite a margin. Ausgezeichnet! Best regards, Bill P...
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Ray Talipsky
ray@...
Aug 3, 2001 3:31 am
Great Image! your web site states in "What you need" "Satellite Tracker Version 2.1.2 with many improvements" improvements you have made to software? Does the...
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Kristallwesen@...
Aug 3, 2001 4:17 pm
to Philip: yes, a digital camera is great because the still frames are much better than on an analog video. Unfortunately we have not enough pictures to make...
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Bill Davidson
wsd.da@...
Aug 3, 2001 6:53 pm
First, just in case there's any doubt, I want to say that I think all us "newbies" really appreciate all the details you successful photographers are willing...
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ftherrmann@...
Aug 3, 2001 9:52 pm
Click to see my first light image I recently took with the Orion 120mm short tube refractor. http://members.home.net/mpherrmann/crescent.jpg If it works this...
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PlowPlane@...
Aug 4, 2001 12:49 am
Hi all, I recently downloaded the sattracker program and need help in determining which satellite info files to download and from where. I have an lx200 8...
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Ray Talipsky
ray@...
Aug 4, 2001 2:35 am
I too use sattracker with 8" LX-200 I go out to Mike McCants site Mike McCants' Satellite Tracking TLE ZIP Files ...
