Both suggestions are something I'd like to try , but you have to take into account the British weather ! Its hard enough getting a clear sky at the exact time.....let alone setting up two scopes in perfect unison :O)) Something for the future perhaps. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "JAY RESPLER" <jrespler@superlink.net> To: <SeeSat-L@satobs.org> Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2006 6:09 AM Subject: Re: Double Exposure : Two telescopes capture Discovery/ISS solar transit > ALLEN THOMSON wrote: >> >> satcom <john@satcom.freeserve.co.uk> wrote: > Yesterday afternoon >> fellow UK observer Chris Batty joined me on the Wirral coast to capture a >> solar transit by ISS and Discovery.We set up two identical telescopes >> just a couple of meters apart. >> >> It would be interesting to get synchroni[sz]ed two-telescope observations >> with a large enough separation that there would be a measurable parallax. >> That way you could measure the distance to the satellite. > > You could also get some nice 3D pictures of ISS in front of sun. > -- > Jay Respler > -- > JRespler@superlink.net > SKY VIEWS & TYPEWRITERS ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA > http://uweb.superlink.net/jrespler > Freehold, New Jersey > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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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