telescopic imaging of satellites...

From: Robert W. Fisher (rwfisher@mindspring.com)
Date: Thu Jul 07 2005 - 13:27:27 EDT

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I'm curious.  Is it possible to get useful images of LEO satellites 
with off-the-shelf equipment?  I would imagine that mount stability and 
slew rate would be the limiting factors.....

One of these days I'm planning to upgrade from a 4in Newtonian to a 
Schmidt-Cassegrain with a motorized mount and would like to know what's 
necessary to try and image LEO sats....

Thanks,
R. Fisher

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