Oops! I meant to send this to Michael's private e-mail. Sorry.

Brad


Brad wrote:
>
> Michael,
>
> I just wondered how this all turned out for you. My system has worked very well and I see almost every sat I try for, so you should get the same
> results. Please let me know either way, and if you're still not getting good results I'm sure I can help. You can call me if you want to:
> (562)594-8821 on the weekend or after 7:00.
>
> Brad
>
> >
> > Thanks for the answers on the C-Sat program. Here is what I'm doing:
> >
> > I am performing a careful two star alignment using an illuminated eyepiece (I
> > think a 12mm), my date and time is correct down to the second in both my
> > lx200 and my computer.
> >
> > I live in Fountain Valley, CA and according to the map service liked on
> > C-Sat's webb site, my Latitude is 33.7281876 and my Longitude is -117.9320602
> > (I found my house). I input this into the program as 33.72820 and
> > -117.93210 respectively. Should I have multiplied the decimal values by 60
> > to obtain the minutes?
> >
> > My UTC offset is +8.0 hours and I am currently in pacific daylight time. I
> > think that puts me at +9.0 hours offset from the UTC.
> >
> > I am using the current May, 99 "TLE" file and I still cannot obtain a single
> > view.
> >
> > Am I missing something here?

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