I used http://science.nasa.gov/RealTime/JTrack/3D/JTrack3D.html to pick out GOES 6, as a geosynchronous satellite that I should be able to observe. However, when I tried to plot its location using SkyMap 6.6 (which I recently got to run on my Windows XP system, after seeing some SeeSat-L posts a while back), it showed it trucking right along, about like the HST. Does anybody know what the problem is (I noted that SkyMap doesn't explicitly list the SGDP model, but only SGP4), or can anyone suggest other programs or online resources that can show the position of geosynchronous or slow-moving satellites? Also... besides Mike Tyrrell's recent lunar transit observation, Ed Morana has a superbly detailed lunar transit video / composite photo from Nov. 8 (just prior to the beginning of the eclipse, unfortunately) that you can see at edmor@pacbell.net/ISSTransits">http://www.geocities.com/edmor@pacbell.net/ISSTransits (linked to from Mike's website, in fact). ----------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from SeeSat-L, send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@satobs.org List archived at http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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