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
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