In reading this comment, I was wondering if it is known what the surface brightness of the ISS is. I'm writing an article about the imaging several people have been doing of the ISS, and I'm trying to see if it's possible to get some sort of formula for calculating the correct settings when using a webcam to image the station. Ulrich > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Tony Beresford [mailto:aberesford@iprimus.com.au] > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 19. September 2001 15:11 > An: SeeSat-L@blackadder.lmsal.com > Betreff: Re: Flaring geosat seen with binocs > > > At 21:49 19/09/01 , Kevin Fetter wrote: > > > >Solar panels would I think reflect more light back then the satellite. > Solar panels reflect 12 percent of the incident light Kevin. > I checked this figure with an engineering acedemic whose specialty > is making more efficient solar cells. Its one of the fixed > numbers he has to work with. > Tony Beresford > Adelaide, So Australia > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' > in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org > http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html > ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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