I discovered a measurement error in my earlier analysis. The actual discrepancy now appears to be about 1.6' of arc. I've updated the following to reflect this: http://iss-transit.sourceforge.net/MissionAccomplished.html SkyMap gives the following for the position of Venus (presumably J2000) at the time: 48.2579° N, 17.0272° E; 208 m 10:09:17 UTC Local Apparent Sidereal Time: 4:25:55.503 ( 66.48126° ) RA 5h 7m 16.20s Decl +22° 41' 27.80" Dist 0.288837 AU Size 58.2" Az 158.5071° Elev +63.1480° Currently, it appears that my results, and the results from SkyMapPro Version 9 (a different program than SkyMap), are virtually identical to the results from SkyMap 6.6. Using the MCC TLE, "The Sky" gives a track about 0.5' of arc closer to Venus. Guide 8.0 is apparently on its way to my mailbox, so later in the week I should have its results as well. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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