> 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. [...] >I can get a 1.4 > degree > field of view 30X magnificaton with a 40mm eyepiece. Not sure which > eyepiece > to use. I would recommend your lowest-power eyepiece. Higher powers will not give you any more resolution of the object (unless it is the ISS, Envisat, Space Shuttle Orbiter, etc.), and they will increase your odds of missing the satellite entirely. Besides, lower powers show you fainter objects - this once again increasing your odds of seeing the satellite. Good luck! ------------------------------ 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/web/. ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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