Quick experiment last night to see if capturing at 20fps 320 x 240 could produce any detail .( webcam at prime focus LX90 8 inch .... FOV 5 arc minutes ) Used ROSAT as a target. 21h31m07s Rosat (20638 1990-49-A) Appears 21h25m33s 9.2m az:273.4d W Transit 21h31m07s 3.1m az:185.6d S h:83.4d dist:442.2km alt:439.5km Disappears 21h32m19s 3.7m az:101.3d ESE h:38.4d Resultant wmv file here : http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/satcom_transits/ROSAT.WMV about 150kb. In the original 3mb gif animation , some slight detail can be seen , but ROSAT is rather unconventional in shape and I have come to the conclusion that frame size needs to be 640 x 480 minimum. ;o( John ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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