Unfortunately my ISP has seen fit to wipe out my old website completely , including the images and videos that were there. , so my geo obs have gone to the great orbital graveyard. However at http://satcom.website.orange.co.uk/ on the "Hotbirds 13E" button I have put a short time lapse video of five geos flaring and going in and out of shadow... Ok....so whos got pics of six...or even seven sats together in one orbital slot :O))) John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bjoern Gimle@GlocalNet" <bg_26934@glocalnet.net> To: <SeeSat-L@satobs.org>; <torbin@optonline.net> Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 6:10 PM Subject: Re: Observing Report: 4 Geosynchronous Satellites in the Same Field of View! > > Generally, giving both position AND time (to the nearest minute) > allows a more definitive identification. > The time (and direction) in which it passes the FOV helps. > Of course for a true geostationary it is 240 s/degree FOV > and in equatorial (decl) direction. > > /Björn > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Skywayinc@aol.com> > To: <seesat-l@satobs.org> > Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 3:56 PM > Subject: Observing Report: 4 Geosynchronous Satellites in the Same Field > of View! > > > Thought some on this list might be interested in this observation. > Ron is a member of the Amateur Observers' Society (AOS) of > New York. He and two other AOS members made this interesting > observation on Wednesday evening from Robert Moses State > Park, located in Suffolk County, Long Island, NY. Anybody want to > take a crack at identifying what these guys saw? > > -- joe rao > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Hi everyone, > > A few weeks ago I posted how I saw a geosynchronous satellite drift > out from M11. Well, tonight at Robert moses, I was looking at M11 > again. And wouldn't you know it, this time I see TWO satellites > slowly drifting across the face of M11. But wait, it turned out there > were a total of 4! It was very interesting to see this many clustered > together. They were not equally spaced from one another, nor were > they in a straight line or any apparent pattern. Bill Bradley pulled > out an application on his PDA and gave an estimated location of an > altitude 41.7º, and an azimuth of approx 200º. > > Rich Huber, Bill Bradley, and I took turns watching these dots remain > stationary among the drifting backdrop of stars passing by while > contemplating the purpose of why these satellites were clustered > together. I would estimate them to have been grouped within 20 arc > minutes. > > Cool stuff! > > Ron Lindenfeld > _torbin@optonline.net_ (mailto:torbin@optonline.net) > > > > **************It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find your > travel > deal here. > (http://information.travel.aol.com/deals?ncid=aoltrv00050000000047) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: > http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: > http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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