Alert ! They will find all men that pollute the gene-pool with worthless genes and shoot off their balls ! This happened to me, too, so I'm a eunuch now. If...

This morning the Shenzhou 6 booster appeared to change in brightness several times during its pass; also, it appeared a minute later than predicted on H-A. It...

Hey everyone - I just saw something bizarre and I am thinking one of three things is happening: 1. I am totally nuts 2. My eyes are getting whack faster than...

Yesterday evening, Sep 17th, I invited my boss and his fam. for a look a Mars through my telescope. After that, I showed them some other nice interesting sky...

I'm planning to mount a telescope pier (Astro Pier) on a to be poured concrete slab. The slab would be on a slope (although the slab obviously would be level)...

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Was reported on the local Dallas news and seen by many... but no details have surfaced yet. 2nd hand info from observer: Wed 7-7-04 about 9:10 - 9:15 PM NE...

"G. Groth" wrote in message ... I have been watching satellites for about 25 years. In the last 2...

Hey guys/girls I am new to this site so first of I would like to say the image verification to register may be the most ridiculous/hardest thing I have...

I've started looking out for Iridium flares. I've noticed two things. They don't always flare at the apponted time. Also their flares appear to be restricted...

Hi, We are trying to use the NASA two line elements as the source for satellite nodes in Network Simulator (an open source network simulation program) to...

hi, (excuse me for my bad english, i'm italian :-) ) i'm looking for SGP4 information, also for SDP4 .. who can explain me what are SGP4 and SDP4 (used for...

Hello, I am at 39.260 lat and -81.530 long. At appx 9:50 UT today I was observing Cosmos 1707 through binoculars as it was approaching the NE horizon at...

I've asked this before, but has anyone seen SMART-1 yet? Heavens Above is now posting predictions for it, and it's apparently visible for nearly four hours...

.. . . but let's admit it. How many of us have gone out to observe SeaSat, and as it makes its pass found ourselves saying "SeaSat . . . SeaSat run . . . run,...

Hello all! I just happened across this Newsgroup while surfing around for satellite observing sites. I am a relative beginner at this, though I've been...

Hi Everyone, I am new in this science and wanted to learn more about it. Currently, I have been trying to see satellites with my telescope and using...

I'm sure by now most readers of this newsgroup have seen the story of the disabled spy satellite expected to fall from orbit about a month from...

I was out in the middle of a corn field with a brother on a night walk, enjoying the clean air. I told him that around 9:15 pm we could see the space...

Hi, What software do you find good to use for predictions and starchart plots ? After several years gap I have returned to satellite watching. (last night...