Purpose and Acceptable Use SeeSat-L is intended to facilitate rapid, reliable communications among visual satellite observers. Visual observations and CLOSELY related subjects remain its sole focus. All else is off-topic. I want SeeSat-L to remain the big tent under which our small but diverse hobby thrives. This means that we must continue to be accepting of all who contribute, regardless of their experience or area of special interest. For example, beginners must not be belittled for posting "I saw ISS", and experienced observers must not be criticized for posting positional observations or photometric flash period observations. Effective immediately, observations, orbital elements and discussion of objects for which official government-issued elements are not published are restored as on-topic. I respect the right of governments to provide as much or as little information about their satellites as they see fit, subject to applicable international agreements. However, the space around Earth belongs to us all, and we have the right to discover what is in orbit there, and to freely share our knowledge as we see fit. If someone has posted something that you believe is off-topic or that you find abusive or offensive, please do not post a response to SeeSat-L, but please do e-mail me your concerns, and I will respond as I see fit. I am open to suggestions regarding the operation and use of SeeSat-L. Please feel free to send me an e-mail, or to start a discussion on USESAT-L, Anyone may subscribe by sending a message with the word subscribe as the subject, addressed to UseSat-L-request@satobs.org Communicate Observations Clearly Please state the date and time of your observations, preferably as UTC (co-ordinated universal time). If you use local time, please state whether or not it is standard or daylight-savings time, and state the number of hours ahead or behind UTC. If your observation includes positional information, whether descriptive or numeric, please include the co-ordinates of your observing site, or at least the geographical name of the place. Plain Text Only; No Attachments Only plain text messages, without attached files are acceptable on SeeSat-L. Please avoid: - excessive quoting when sending responses to SeeSat-L. - sig-lines longer than 4 lines. - commercial advertisements. Clear skies! Ted Molczan ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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