Re: Iridium Report Format
JRBURCA@aol.com
Fri, 3 Oct 1997 21:25:59 -0400 (EDT)
I'd never noticed before that capital "I" (as in "Iridium") and small "L"
look identical on my computer screen. This caused a lot of confusion
for me for numbers 5) & 6) below. I looked at "al" and saw small "A"
and small "L" and for "el" I saw small "E" and small "L". Very confusing
especially when some tracking programs use "altitude" instead of
"elevation" and "al" can be taken to mean "altitude". I couldn't understand
what the small "L" in "al" and "el" stood for and then finally realized it
was
a capital "I" as in "Iridium". What a lot of wasted time! Well, if I make
any future reports with labels across the top it will be "aF" and "eF". The
"F" would stand for "FLARE" obviously!
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>From Iridium Report Format:
5) aI: Azimuth of Iridium at max flare...measured eastward from north
6) eI: Elevation of max flare point..also called Altitude by some
7) aM: Azimuth of maximum elevation/altitude for this pass
8) eM: Maximum elevation/altitude
9) aS: Azimuth of the Sun at max flare
10) eS: Elevation of sun at max flare
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Jake Rees
Burbank, Calif., USA