This URL was recently sent to the MAPUG mailing list. It has great video and images of ISS: http://www1.inetmail.de/Kristall/sat.htm [The page is not mine -...
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Brent Boshart
brentb@...
Jan 2, 2001 5:20 pm
Version 2.0.2 is now available for registered users. This version includes a parameter called "Tracking Factor" which substantially improves the continuous...
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John Curry
John@...
Jan 2, 2001 10:02 pm
Dear Brent, Thank you for explaining the new feature. I was wondering just what the values meant. I am still looking forward to trying it with my new 10" Mak...
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Bill Powers
powers_w@...
Jan 3, 2001 10:46 am
From Bill Powers (2001.01.02) -- Many thanks to Brent B. for writing a very pretty program and making it available to us for such an affordable price -- as...
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Bill Powers
powers_w@...
Jan 3, 2001 11:42 am
Hello, all: I wrote a simple little program for a PC that reads the computer clock, waits for an even-second transition, and then sets the LX200 clock to the ...
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Leonard B. Akers
bakers@...
Jan 4, 2001 4:51 am
... Bill, Check ,the link you posted. Netscape says it can't find it. Thanks Leonard B. Akers Christiansburg, VA 37.18N -80.43W...
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Bill Powers
powers_w@...
Jan 4, 2001 6:43 pm
From Bill Powers (01.04.1129 MST) ... Good, I gave the wrong address, so nobody got the program (the one I gave is for uploading and it requires a login and...
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Bill Powers
powers_w@...
Jan 5, 2001 9:58 am
Greetings, all -- Awoke with an idea for polar alignment of an equatorial mount. The drift method is sloooow, and the other methods that involve going back and...
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Brent Boshart
brentb@...
Jan 5, 2001 4:26 pm
Any recommendations for videography of Satellites? Paul, do you still recommend the PC232 or is there something else out that's relatively inexpensive. How...
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Paul Goelz
pgoelz@...
Jan 5, 2001 11:47 pm
... Dunno. Probably with the small satellites that image as star points, the two cameras are equivalent. However, I have not tried to image the ISS yet. If...
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Bill Powers
powers_w@...
Jan 7, 2001 5:10 pm
Hello, all. I tried the new equatorial alignment method and it seems to work. The problem is that I started pretty close to being aligned, and after three ...
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xrr@...
Jan 8, 2001 4:12 pm
Hello, I've just discovered this great satellite tracking software. I'm wondering if there's a way to use it with an Autostar instead of an LX200... The...
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Brent Boshart
brentb@...
Jan 8, 2001 6:03 pm
... I have also heard about the stack problem but have never been able to actually try an ETX (autostar). I get a fair number of inquiries about the ETX but no...
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Paul Goelz
pgoelz@...
Jan 8, 2001 9:39 pm
... I had an ETX for a couple days until I got tired of messing with it. The satellite tracking program did indeed track smoothly and continuously but was...
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xrr
xrr@...
Jan 9, 2001 9:54 am
Thanks for your answer, I've heard that a patch exist that would allow to send a command to stop the tracking before sending a new goTo. If I find it I will...
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xrr
xrr@...
Jan 9, 2001 9:57 am
Thanks for you comments, It's a bit strange the ETX is not reputed to have bad optics... maybe you got a bad one !... And even 5-15 seconds of backslash...
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Bill Powers
powers_w@...
Jan 9, 2001 9:14 pm
[From Bill Powers] ... Paul, I tried to use an ETX with Autostar for some high-magnification CCD imaging (trying to see how far image-sharpening algorithms...
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Paul Goelz
pgoelz@...
Jan 9, 2001 10:26 pm
... Sadly, I suspect it is the way of the future. The LX200 may be the last of the really beefy and precise (such as it is) scopes. ... That's my next target...
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Brent Boshart
brentb@...
Jan 10, 2001 12:20 am
... Now that ... it up ... Hey Paul, if you get some good video, how about posting a file here? I'm not sure if everyone can post files or just myself as ...
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Brent Boshart
brentb@...
Jan 11, 2001 12:53 am
I put up a page on my website of TLE file links. My favorite is http://www.celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/visual.txt which has very bright objects that are...
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Paul Goelz
pgoelz@...
Jan 12, 2001 3:03 am
... I'llpost them on my web site and post the URL here. That is if the clouds ever go AWAY! I had a clear night two nights ago and set up the scope..... only...
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Paul Goelz
pgoelz@...
Jan 12, 2001 3:04 am
... I think you misread my comment... I said it had TERRIFIC optics. The mount was another story... ... No it is not priced the same, and yes it is pretty...
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Paul Goelz
pgoelz@...
Jan 12, 2001 3:19 am
... Oh, forgot to mention..... get a second PC23C and use it as a finder cam if you ever plan on remote observation. It REALLY comes in handy. And of course...
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Bill Powers
powers_w@...
Jan 12, 2001 12:08 pm
[From Bill Powers] ... My experience exactly. I, too, ended up returning mine. Among other problems, the drive had a periodic error of almost two minutes of...
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Paul Goelz
pgoelz@...
Jan 13, 2001 1:02 pm
... Actually, I'm quite surprised that no one has come forward with repair and modification operation. I assume that Meade would make it hard to get parts,...
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Brent Boshart
brentb@...
Jan 13, 2001 5:24 pm
Here is a sneak preview of version 2.0.3 (http://sattracker.hypermart.net/map203.gif). You can display your entire Viewing Plan on the map. Clicking an object...
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DHyslop@...
Jan 14, 2001 6:17 am
... Looks good, but I'm wondering about doing it backwards, too-- instead of an earth-map view, how difficult would it be to make a sky- map view? At a...
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Brent Boshart
brentb@...
Jan 14, 2001 1:33 pm
... sky- What kind of projections were you thinking? From ground level as if you where standing there looking at the sky? The reason I went with the earth view...
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Mark Dahmke
mdahmke@...
Jan 14, 2001 8:00 pm
Re the idea of putting up a map of the sky from the observer's point of view - how about something similar to those generated by the heavens-above site, but...
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jdcegalis@...
Jan 15, 2001 12:35 am
I just downloaded the latest TLE file from (ftp://ftp.dransom.com/current.data) and I don't seem to be able to find the ISS anymore. Does anybody know where...
