I just recently got a NexStar 8 and SatelliteTracker (thanks, Brent, for the beta-version of latter for the former), 'though unfortunately it's been cloudy...
Hi -- I cannot add anything to Bill's excellent tutorial on loading data, other than just to mention that the "100 (or so) brightest" list on the celestrak web...
Hi Jim, In regards to your issue #1, what exactly happens? I think you are correct that a new set coords. and 'goto' is issued, does the scope then lock up or...
Hi Brent -- Thanks for the quick response. Regarding issue #1 (next "GoTo" sent before slew to previous position completed), the telescope just seemed...
Hi, Managed some frames of ISS yesterday evening using a new camera setup - a second hand Panasonic colour CCTV camera at prime focus on the LX-200 at f20....
... scope ... and ... Jim, I am also testing the beta version for the NextStar. So far, an indoor test has demonstrated good results, apart from the second...
Sorry about the belated reply. I haven't read all the previous replies, so this may duplicate some. I just want to mention a few things: 1. I also talked to...
I have found it difficult to observe geosync satellites with an 8" meade scope. At a distance of 22,000 miles and they are not very big, I don't think they are...
I've been trying to order this software online but the online store provided at the site shows that they are are out od stock. I have not recieved any...
CSTAT is the old stuff. Now days try http://www.heavenscape.com/. There's a free version and one you pay a very low price for. Try it - you'll like it - much...
I have tried the Satellite Tracker and really like it. It only cost about $20 US. Get the free download and try it. Danny Sloop ... From: "JohnBMtl"...
I've tried hooking up the Satellite tracker software to my LX200GPS. It seems to run fine and tries to track staellites but after a few seconds the scope stops...
Use the "Autostar 497" interface and not the LX200. Use 'leap frog' tracking only. If the LX200GPS receives commands too quickly it will lock-up. I will be...
... I run C-Sat regularly in parallel with LXSAT. C-Sat is DOS-based, but was the best before LXSAT came along. It was written by Ron Dantowitz: he takes the...
Okay, next release will have orbital velocity. I can give the XYZ coordinates too but did not think it would be of interest? The rough dimensions in CSat is...
Nothing yet John. Still waiting for my 12" that I ordered March 1. As soon as it arrives, I'll get to work! Brent ... the Sat Tracker upgrade for the...
This was my first try at imaging ISS and I used my old 3" reflector with 900mm focal length. I attached my ToUCam to it, aimed thru the finder and tried to...
That's amazing for 3" of aperture! Nice shooting. Dave Dave Dockery Las Cruces, NM ... From: Martin Kellner [mailto:kellnerm@...] Sent: Thursday, June 13,...
Hi, I'm hoping to grab a few frames of tomorrow night's pass of the ISS and am wondering about camera settings. I'm using a CoolPix 995 on an 10" LX200 and...
... I find the resolution of this 3" telescope, hand-guided through a finder of presumably even lower resolution, equally amazing. I don't want to seem ...
Hi Bill, ... I can understand your skepticism, but look at www.analemma.de/english/ccdsatel.html and scroll down to the May 31, 2001 image. That's also a 90mm...
Hello, Ulrich -- ... I could be entirely mistaken (I do know how good 90mm optics can be). My biggest problems were identifying the view of the ISS, and...
Hi Bill, ... don't get me wrong, I wasn't criticizing you at all. I can understand perfectly well how you can doubt that such results are possible with these ...
Dear Ulrich, Bill! I am sure that I imaged ISS. It was not the first time that I followed the path of ISS, so I am sure about that. I was surprised by the...
Hi all sattracker last night we tested our new video camera with integration function. We use Brents software and caputred six frames from the video signal. ...
