Something that I believe hasn't been mentioned is the built-in software of telescopes such as my Meade LXD55 Schmidt/Newtonian- there's not much point in knowing where a satellite is, unless you can look at it (hopefully with something better than your own unaided eyes). At least it's supposed to be able to track satellites; I've failed twice in tracking the ISS, but I think I might have succeeded if I'd read that part of the manual more closely... If I can't get it to work properly, and can assure myself that it's not because of operator error- and I can't find an existing program that works- I'll probably write my own controller program in the Java language. My web page at: http://iss-transit.sourceforge.net/ConsecutiveLunarTransits.html shows screen captures from CalSKY and SkyMap. ----------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from SeeSat-L, send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@satobs.org List archived at http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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