John Burns wrote: > It seems that the use of astrometry.net will require the use of a > motorised equatorial mount (or fast shutter speeds) to minimise star > trails. Still frames from video would also work. > > Has anyone on this list used a camera tracking the stars to capture > dim > satellites? Is the satellite trail visible at all? > > I'm getting very accurate results from the matched images when > checking > against catalogs, however this is dependent on the stars being (close to > circular) points. > > I'd like test against images anyone has taken of dim satellites (eg > mag > 5+) when tracking stars. > > John Oh sure.. NOW I see this message.. I *only* track the stars on a motorized equatorial mount.. Satellite trails are quite visible, including Geosats.. I can send you all the images of mine you wish to test, especially since I do not acquire too many a night.. (Yet!) It sure worked well on the one you did already. Derek ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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