Darwin Teague wrote: > > I have moon transit fever.... but I haven't had any luck yet. > I learned from Rob Matson that sunlit sats don't have enough contrast with > the illuminated moon to be seen. > 1. Can a sat that isn't sunlit be seen against an illuminated moon? > 2. Is there any time of the night or lunar month that is better to observe > transits? > 3. How does one find out when a non-sunlit sat will transit? I've played > with the lighting restraints in Skymap, but they don't seem to do the trick... I, too, have wanted to see and photo lunar transits using an 8" refractor or 200-300 mm camera lens with no luck yet due to problems with equipment, exposure, clouds, etc. I figured the constraint of sunlight on the satellite in transit is moot. Wouldn't a Mir-size object show up as an *unlighted* silhouette (or streak, over time) against the extreme light of the sunlit moon? Or am I wasting my time? -Bob Jones