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ykchia · Post by **ykchia** » Wed May 24, 2006 9:59 am

Hi folks:

http://www.castor2.ca/headline.html

tumbling satellite...

rgds
ykchia

Post by **Airconvent** » Wed May 24, 2006 11:07 pm

wow...international recognition for a very good effort...
keep it up YK..!
btw, is this a dis-used satellite slowly re-entering the atmosphere?
rich

ykchia · Post by **ykchia** » Thu May 25, 2006 9:27 am

Hi Rich:

Thnx.. no this fellow is not coming back.. it had been there since 1978...

Keep Looking ...

rgds
ykchia

simei-sky · Post by **simei-sky** » Thu May 25, 2006 6:45 pm

Hi ykchia,

Is there a website that tracks all the satelite obing? I understand that it is hard to see one fly by and I would love to see one....cheers

hommel · Post by **hommel** » Thu May 25, 2006 7:35 pm

simei-sky wrote:Hi ykchia,

Is there a website that tracks all the satelite obing? I understand that it is hard to see one fly by and I would love to see one....cheers

Previously when I was using the PocketSat software for my Palm PDA, I use the TLE data on this website to plot the satellites visible at night. Not sure if there's one for the PC.

Celestrak

ykchia · Post by **ykchia** » Thu May 25, 2006 8:36 pm

Hi:

You can try heavens-above.com for a start. Iridium , ISS, Hubble are the common ones. There are SO many of them up there criss-crossing the sky. Then try satellite like EGP that sparkle like a disco ball ... a pair of bino will help immensely for the faint ones. or track down NOSS - triplets - 3 satellites flying in formation. Or use a software to predict which ones going to cross the lunar disk and view it through your telescope then..

rgds
ykchia

simei-sky · Post by **simei-sky** » Fri May 26, 2006 6:43 pm

Great thansk a bunch