Re: Intro & questions
JAY RESPLER (jrespler@InJersey.com)
Fri, 7 Nov 1997 00:45:54 -0500 (EST)
On Tue, 4 Nov 1997 Mike_Spreitzer.PARC@xerox.com wrote:
> My name is Mike Spreitzer, and I found this list when I got interested in the
> question of whether I could see the satellite from which I get my TV (I'm a
> DishNet subscriber). I have a 1/3-meter Dobsonian, and an only modestly
> light-polluted back yard (I live in Tracy, in California's central valley; on a
> relatively good night, my unaided eye can see all but the dimmest star in the
> little dipper). I suspect it will be barely possible, if possible at all. Any
> opinions?
You most likely can see that sat. I don't know which one you're looking
at, but I have seen 150+ sync sats at mag 10-13. Many fainter ones were
unseen.
> 17-inch Newtonian in a somewhat darker site. I have Bester's SatTrack 3.1 (the
> last free version), but it doesn't do SDP4; will I have a chance of locating a
> dim geostationary sat with that?
I'm not familiar with that program. HIGHFLY works fine for me in finding
sync sats.
Jay Respler
www.injersey.com/Media/SkyNotes/
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