Hello Jeff,
Will this spreadsheet be usable in the next flaring season?
Gordon
Newcastle, Australia
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Umbarger" <jumbarger2000@yahoo.com>
To: <seesat-l@satobs.org>
Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 1:25 PM
Subject: Geosat Flare Calculator: Part 2!
> Hey All,
> With help, as usual, from Kevin Fetter, I've
> posted an Excel spreadsheet at:
> http://www.kfetter.com/jeff/2007FallGeosatFlare.xls
> (You might get a message saying "Enter Network
> Password", just click on the "Cancel" button and the
> page should appear.) The spreadsheet takes an
> observers exact latitude and longitude and GMT Offset
> and calculates where and when to look in the next few
> days to see maximum geostationary satellite (geosat)
> flaring. If you do not have Microsoft Excel to run
> this spreadsheet, send me an email with you exact
> latitude, longitude, and current GMT Offset and I
> will, time permitting, send you a table of dates,
> times, and locations.
> To use this table enter your longitude (negative
> for West, positive for East), latitude (positive for
> North, negative for South - although geosat flaring
> has pretty much ended for Southern Hemisphere
> observers), and you current GMT Offset. The acronym PD
> means "Purple Dot" and it is where you look in the
> sky. PDRT means Purple Dot Rise Time (on your eastern
> horizon), PD RA means PD Right Ascension, PD Dec.
> means PD Declination, and PDST means PD Set Time (on
> your western horizon). With the exception of last date
> - Oct 15 (and maybe Oct 14), if you see the term
> "#NUM!" in both of the "Eclipse" columns, then this
> means that the PD stays eclipsed all night and there
> be no flaring geosats at the PD. On the last date, Oct
> 15 (and maybe Oct 14) the term "#NUM" means that the
> PD is visible *all* night - which is a great
> situation. Please see email
> http://www.satobs.org/seesat/Sep-2007/0240.html for
> more information. Please let me know if you have any
> questions.
>
> Regards,
> Jeff Umbarger
> Plano, TX, USA
> jumbarger2000@yahoo.com
>
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