Re: Echostar 1 & 2

From: KA8VIT (ka8vit@ka8vit.com)
Date: Sat Mar 22 2008 - 15:20:06 UTC

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    The link to the single image didn't work for me...  but I did download
    the zip file and looked at those.
    
    Pretty cool.
    
    The sats were clear and the star streaked.
    
    Bill
    
    Patrick Wiggins wrote:
    > I hope this isn't too basic for y'all but while playing around with my 
    > observatory's recently discovered ability to track and image 
    > satellites this morning I managed a series of 10 pictures of Echostars 
    > 1 & 2 drifting past a few stars.
    >
    > A single image is posted here:
    > http://gallery.utahastronomy.com/main.php?g2_itemId=11066
    >
    > But, just for fun, I also zipped all 10 into a single file and posted 
    > it to:
    > http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/ECHOSTAR.ZIP
    >
    > When I get some time I plan on putting all ten shots into a "movie" 
    > but I figured if I posted them maybe others (with cloudy skies and 
    > nothing better to do) might want to do the same.
    >
    > Enjoy,
    >
    > patrick
    >
    
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