Hi Don, Good to see some of you managed to catch the transit ... I have one near here today....but 8/8 cloud forecast all day :O( Rather than a focal reducer , you could try using a 25 mm eyepiece projection set up , that will give you a good field of view. The problem with hi mag is that , as you found out , the slightest variance in time , location , or kep details can mean missing the transit all together. Coincidentally , just this morning , I created a new webpage for broadband users....it has two full size transit animations on it.One lunar , one solar. Eventually I am going to put all six transits here , in full size. The new address is......... http://mysite.freeserve.com/satcom_transits Regards, John. ----- Original Message ----- From: <Mir16609@aol.com> Subject: ISS Lunar Transit > Two of the four observers present witnessed the transit. Both used small > refractors. A third observer using a small refractor the transit. I tried to > record the transit with my 10" dob and a Meade electronic eyepiece. The > observed track was a few minutes of arc above the predicted track (it was > supposed to track just above Tycho) and out of my FOV. Time to get a focal length > reducer. > > Location: Brighton Dam, Maryland, USA > 39.1916N, 77.0067W > 02:39:24 UTC 31 January 2004 > Az 249 deg, El 59 deg. > > Cheers, > Don Gardner 39.1799 N, 76.8406 W, 100m ASL > http://hometown.aol.com/mir16609/ > http://www.howardastro.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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