If you don't have "night viewers" you might try seeing it using many consumer digital cameras with displays on the back like my Olympus 2020z and the Sony low light video cam. These are very sensitive to IR like this laser. They are sensitive well below 835nm. You can check to see if your digital camera is unblocked for IR by taking it in a dark room and pointing a TV remote control into the lens, you will know right away. When the satellite goes over just point you camera at it and watch the display screen. Dale Ireland > -----Original Message----- > From: Freddy.deGuchteneire@rug.ac.be > Hello VSO ers, > I want to inform you that the Amsat P3D satellite due to be > launched on November 14 with the Ariane V507 carries a Laser > > The Laser is a 835 nm 0.5 Watt Laser that is modulated with 400 > baud BPSK. The footprint of the beam at Apogee is abt 1000 km. > It should be possible to see the Laser with night viewers ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Tue Oct 24 2000 - 07:06:33 PDT