Hi, For fun, I once set out to see how many different objects I could see in one night. I used an 80 mm refractor, a set of Quicksat predictions annotated with SKYMAP positions, and a computer to record times with comments. I don't remember the exact total but it was about 340. The real limit for me was keeping track of what to look for next. Two people working together with one doing the organizing and the other observing would see many more. In the last seven years I have seen 2150 different objects. It is busy up there! Cheers, Brian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Wagner" <sciteach@mchsi.com> To: "SeeSat" <SeeSat-L@blackadder.lmsal.com> Cc: "sciteach" <sciteach@mchsi.com> Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 12:51 AM Subject: Re: DMSP F14 > Steve Newcomb just posted, "Saw twenty some new for me sats." > > Have any of you ever tried to observe a record number of satellites with or > w/o optical aid (binocs or telescopes) in one evening, like from sunset to 3 > hours past or from sunset to sunrise or whatever? > ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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