Friday May 10 I hope to see Globalstar 48 3/4 degree from Venus and Mars at 20.50.50 local time using an 8" reflector at 48X with a 25mm eyepiece which gives me almost 1 degree field of view. Venus will be 18 degrees above the horizon and the sun will be 7 degrees below the horizon. Skymap predicted magnitude 10.4 . Rob Matson has pointed out "The problem with trying to see satellites near these two is that the phase angle is particularly bad (given that the pass has to be in the west-northwest)". I can get a 1.4 degree field of view 30X magnificaton with a 40mm eyepiece. Not sure which eyepiece to use. This is my chance for a once in a lifetime sighting of 2 planets and a sat in same telescopic view. Probability of clear skies, ?. Lat 39.4697 Lon -79.3393 Alt 2573 ft ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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