reference multiple points for one sat, I too had the same questions, what I now do and what others do is to have a stopwatch that records memory splits, you set up on a known position and wait for the sat, record the split and then trak the sat across the sky and record splits where it appears you have a good reference between two stars or a transit, you then go back to a chart after observation and determine the locations of the other points. some of us use tape recorders to record relative star reference info on the splits as they are happening. this seems to work very well as long as you are set up correctly on your first point, after the fact you can determine then if the sat was early or late and the location of your other points. I rarely try for more than 3 per sat, while others seem to see the value in the more accurate points the better, or that is my understanding. some of the OD analysts say they only need one accurate point to update an elset, I try for 2 or 3 if I can get them to double check my accuracy and consistency. *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 08/16/00 at 13:11 Wayne Hughes wrote: >David, > >Thanks for the explanation of your post. I have two questions whose answers may ******************************************* Paul Gabriel 26.24310N 098.21635W 33m (the stars at night are big & bright......) gabriel305@earthlink.net titan / win95C / Calypso ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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