On a similar note, if a satelllite moves across the face of the sun from an observer's location during the daytime, could this be theoretically observed as a dot quickly moving across the sun's disk under magnified conditions (for instance, pointing a telescope at the sun, and projecting the "output light" from the eyepiece onto a white object (like paper). It's the same method I use to see sunspots on the sun's "surface".) ? Has anyone ever tried it? Perhaps you wouldn't be able to spot the average satellite via this method, but you probably could see a large satellite like ISS in this fashion (a very short camera exposure time would probably yield a great profile of the International Space Station!) . ------------------------------ Jonathan T. Wojack tlj18@juno.com 39.706d N 75.683d W http://www.geocities.com/tlj18_99/ 5 hours behind UT (-5) ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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