> At 0700, the Horizons > output had > Chandra passing between a distinctive pair of 12th-magnitude stars. > At the > appointed time, I failed to see Chandra between the stars, but less > than a > minute later, as it pulled clear from the "glare" of those stars, I > was able to > glimpse it. I tracked it for 20 minutes, during which time it > passed by enough > comparison stars to get a good magnitude estimate for it. At > magnitude 14.4, > it was just about what Highfly predicted for it, using a Quicksat > standard > magnitude of 3.5. Hello, Just curious - how fast was Chandra moving in the telescopic field? At 74,000 kilometers, I would think that it would not move much faster than the "fixed stars" when one's telescopic tube is "stationary". I can't see such distant objects due to excessive light pollution, and a limited aperture on my telescope. ------------------------------ Jonathan T. Wojack tlj18@juno.com 39.706d N 75.683d W 4 hours behind UT (-4) ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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