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Subject: Re: [M]: C-Sat software
From: Paul Goelz
Reply To: mapug@shore.net
Date: Tue Jun 01 04:52:22 1999

While you're here, how about checking out the Astronomy Book List ?

At 08:31 PM 5/31/99 +0000, you wrote:
>Paul,
>
> I haven't been able to see any shapes. The way CSat works is that it
gets ahead of the sat and waits for it. After it passes thru fov, it moves
>ahead and waits again . At 32x & fov = 1.4 deg, most sats take 3 or 4
seconds to go thru. If I increase mag enough to see some shape in Mir or
>STS+ISS, it would probably go thru too fast to get a good look. I haven't
really tried it at high mag, but I will and I'll let you know what happens.
>
>Brad

OOPS. Sounds like at the magnifications involved with prime focus CCD
cameras, getting it on the chip may be a bit of a problem.



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