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Observing Satellites and Jets
On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 06:56:22 -0400, "Von Fourche"
wrote: "Dan Minge" wrote in message .. . On Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:55:49 -0400, "Von Fourche" wrote: "Dan Minge" wrote in message ... On Sat, 22 Aug 2009 00:17:56 -0400, "Von Fourche" wrote: "Patty Winter" wrote in message . .. In article , Von Fourche wrote: Hi all! I'm new to observing satellites in the sky. Welcome, Von! Are you hooked on the hobby yet? :-) Yep. I went out tonight four times. Once I did not see anything. But the three other times I spotting things in the air that did not blink, going the general direction that showed on Heaven's Above, and appeared around the time the were suppose to (give or take thirty seconds or so). I could clearly tell that the jets had blinking lights. Also I can see with binos dark outlines of the jets. But the three non-blinkers I have to believe were satellites because - 1. They did not blink. 2. They were heading in the general direction that showed on Heaven's Above. 3. They appeared around the time they were suppose to appear. Hmm, I thought finding satellites was extremely hard. Using Heaven's Above and also a nice satellite application for my iTouch, it seems easy, unless those three tings were jets and not satellites. lol. Heavens Above is great, but you can't go past Orbitron which is free. Well, when I say free, it's actually 'cardware' which means its author, Sebastan Stoff would like a post card from you. Go on. Download it and send him a postcard. He'll add you to his postcard map. :-) How do I get it to give me future sighting of the ISS? I can get other satellites but not the ISS for some reason. I really can't explore it till later this week. Easy. There's an excellent prediction mode you can go into. It will display the times ISS or any other satellite you choose is overhead. Couldn't do without it. Hmm, I can get predictions for there satellites but not the ISS. I must be doing something wrong. Make sure the little box to the left of ISS is ticked, then select 'prediction' In prediction setup, you can select the number of days you want to predict. I have mine set to 20 days, though the elements will be somewhat out of date when that period elapses. Minge |
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"Dan Minge" wrote in message ... On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 06:56:22 -0400, "Von Fourche" wrote: "Dan Minge" wrote in message . .. On Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:55:49 -0400, "Von Fourche" wrote: "Dan Minge" wrote in message m... On Sat, 22 Aug 2009 00:17:56 -0400, "Von Fourche" wrote: "Patty Winter" wrote in message ... In article , Von Fourche wrote: Hi all! I'm new to observing satellites in the sky. Welcome, Von! Are you hooked on the hobby yet? :-) Yep. I went out tonight four times. Once I did not see anything. But the three other times I spotting things in the air that did not blink, going the general direction that showed on Heaven's Above, and appeared around the time the were suppose to (give or take thirty seconds or so). I could clearly tell that the jets had blinking lights. Also I can see with binos dark outlines of the jets. But the three non-blinkers I have to believe were satellites because - 1. They did not blink. 2. They were heading in the general direction that showed on Heaven's Above. 3. They appeared around the time they were suppose to appear. Hmm, I thought finding satellites was extremely hard. Using Heaven's Above and also a nice satellite application for my iTouch, it seems easy, unless those three tings were jets and not satellites. lol. Heavens Above is great, but you can't go past Orbitron which is free. Well, when I say free, it's actually 'cardware' which means its author, Sebastan Stoff would like a post card from you. Go on. Download it and send him a postcard. He'll add you to his postcard map. :-) How do I get it to give me future sighting of the ISS? I can get other satellites but not the ISS for some reason. I really can't explore it till later this week. Easy. There's an excellent prediction mode you can go into. It will display the times ISS or any other satellite you choose is overhead. Couldn't do without it. Hmm, I can get predictions for there satellites but not the ISS. I must be doing something wrong. Make sure the little box to the left of ISS is ticked, then select 'prediction' In prediction setup, you can select the number of days you want to predict. I have mine set to 20 days, though the elements will be somewhat out of date when that period elapses. Is the space station ISS or ISS1? I see a ISS and an ISS1. I can get predictions for ISS1 but not the ISS. I will have time to mess with it more tomorrow night. Thanks! |
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Observing Satellites and Jets
On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:54:02 -0400, "Von Fourche"
wrote: "Dan Minge" wrote in message .. . On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 06:56:22 -0400, "Von Fourche" wrote: "Dan Minge" wrote in message ... On Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:55:49 -0400, "Von Fourche" wrote: "Dan Minge" wrote in message om... On Sat, 22 Aug 2009 00:17:56 -0400, "Von Fourche" wrote: "Patty Winter" wrote in message t... In article , Von Fourche wrote: Hi all! I'm new to observing satellites in the sky. Welcome, Von! Are you hooked on the hobby yet? :-) Yep. I went out tonight four times. Once I did not see anything. But the three other times I spotting things in the air that did not blink, going the general direction that showed on Heaven's Above, and appeared around the time the were suppose to (give or take thirty seconds or so). I could clearly tell that the jets had blinking lights. Also I can see with binos dark outlines of the jets. But the three non-blinkers I have to believe were satellites because - 1. They did not blink. 2. They were heading in the general direction that showed on Heaven's Above. 3. They appeared around the time they were suppose to appear. Hmm, I thought finding satellites was extremely hard. Using Heaven's Above and also a nice satellite application for my iTouch, it seems easy, unless those three tings were jets and not satellites. lol. Heavens Above is great, but you can't go past Orbitron which is free. Well, when I say free, it's actually 'cardware' which means its author, Sebastan Stoff would like a post card from you. Go on. Download it and send him a postcard. He'll add you to his postcard map. :-) How do I get it to give me future sighting of the ISS? I can get other satellites but not the ISS for some reason. I really can't explore it till later this week. Easy. There's an excellent prediction mode you can go into. It will display the times ISS or any other satellite you choose is overhead. Couldn't do without it. Hmm, I can get predictions for there satellites but not the ISS. I must be doing something wrong. Make sure the little box to the left of ISS is ticked, then select 'prediction' In prediction setup, you can select the number of days you want to predict. I have mine set to 20 days, though the elements will be somewhat out of date when that period elapses. Is the space station ISS or ISS1? I see a ISS and an ISS1. I can get predictions for ISS1 but not the ISS. I will have time to mess with it more tomorrow night. Don't know what ISS1 is. Not in my elements list. Maybe someone else in here does. The Space Station is ISS Minge |
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Observing Satellites and Jets
"Dan Minge" wrote in message ... On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:54:02 -0400, "Von Fourche" wrote: Don't know what ISS1 is. Not in my elements list. Maybe someone else in here does. Finally got it updated. Found out how to update those Tll files or whatever they are. Thanks! |
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Observing Satellites and Jets
On Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:43:27 -0400, "Von Fourche"
wrote: "Dan Minge" wrote in message .. . On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:54:02 -0400, "Von Fourche" wrote: Don't know what ISS1 is. Not in my elements list. Maybe someone else in here does. Finally got it updated. Found out how to update those Tll files or whatever they are. Thanks! Great stuff. I like using the radar map so that I can get an overhead view outside. Minge |
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