Nothing technical... just sharing some thoughts. I have been a lurker for many months now. Enjoyed sitting in my front yard predicting and watching sats... really just a good excuse to sit outside under the stars at night... and a bit of a connection to my days as a kid sleeping out at friends.. watching those new sats go sailing by. A wonderful way to spend an evening. Now my own children join me sometimes. Just traded my Nexstar for an eight inch LX 200. Bought a copy of Satellite Tracker for it and after a couple of nights of false starts... I finally got it to work tonight. Wow. It really works well. Tonight, in an hour, often interrupted by kids needs.... I saw more than thirty. Almost all perfectly centered. It is fun to follow them and see the rich star background racing by in the background. I could see none of them with the naked eye in my well lit Seattle neighborhood.... but all were very clear in my scope. It tracks right on, almost always staying right in the center of the eyepiece. I highly recommend. The only problems I had were early on and were of my own creation. Clock off by too much... incorrect style of lat and longitude entries.. and the like. Save your money and buy this scope and this program. It is great. \ http://sattracker.hypermart.net Bryan ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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