Maybe.. but it will be interesting to give it a try. anyone know what the "magnitude" might be for a .5 watt laser at that distance or at perigee, that's a pretty bright laser. The Olympus 2020 records 4th magnitude stars when just handheld on auto exposure and the Sony camcorder can go below that. I have some images from the digital camera showing an aurora and 4th magnitude stars at http://www.drdale.com/aurora Dale > I think the range might be a little too much for that Dale, > remember Phase 3D is in a 16 hour eccentric orbit with apogee > over the Northern hemisphere isnt it. > Tony Beresford ( AMSAT LM 959) ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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
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