Hi Ed.... I'm confident that with my existing set - up I could capture ISS in daylight.....in fact my lunar transit does show the station approaching the Moon from quite some distance. My biggest problem , as I track manually , is the initial acquisition of the target. I have tried on a couple of occassions to see if I could see the station during favorable daylight passes , but so far , failed. My best chance would be when the complex passes near Venus or Jupiter , both of which can be daylight objects at certain times of the year , of cause all of this is highly dependant on our wonderful English weather ! Regards. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Davies" <edavies@nildram.co.uk> To: <SeeSat-L@satobs.org> Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 9:22 AM Subject: Re: ISS Daytime Lunar Transit Visible? > John Locker wrote: > > Catching the station in daylight ( without the aid of a transit ) is a task > > I have yet to achieve...but I am sure it can be done Tom. > > Would using a filter to chop out the blue end of the spectrum help? > Perhaps even using a webcam with the internal filter removed to use > a bit of IR too. > > Aligning and focusing the telescope might be the difficult bit. > > Ed. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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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