Hi Jeff, Yes this is something I considered a few years ago.I had the idea that if , during the Solar Outrage periods , when the sun passed behind each geosat in turn , a large projection of the sun could be produced , it might just be possible to see a tiny pin point silhouette of a geo bird. Earlier this year I did scan the sun , during the outage , with a 5 arc minute field of view set up , but no sign.The physical size of the birds in arc seconds , is just too small to be resolved. Shame really ;o( Regards, John Subject: Re: Geosat Transit Question > Thanks John, > You've clearly confirmed that there are no new > ideas :) In thinking about it some more, the best case > scenario I could come up with is being on the equator > at vernal *and* autumnal equinox. On those two days > the sun would rise directly in the east and pass > directly overhead and set directly in the west. While > doing so, it would pass behind every "above horizon" > geosat for the given longitude of the observer. A > movie of the magnified sun would show each geosat > passing across the diameter of the sun. It would, of > course, have to be clear all day and I'm thinking of > the desert east of the Andes. However like you say, > given the diameter of the satellites and the distance > from the observer and the brightness of the sun, I > don't know if this would be an observable event. > > Regards, > Jeff > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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