I think this thread is on-topic. At 47x with my 15.24 mm telescope in manual tracking, I always see detail in the ISS. Saw detail often in Mir while it was in one piece. I probably could see more detail if I had a filter on my eyepiece (the sheer brightness stops you from seeing some more detail), but every time I try that, I never mange to acquire the Space Station. I have an interest in acquiring a Meade ETX telescope in the next several months for the purpose of satellite tracking. I realize that one of its shortfalls is that it can't track very well near zenith on low-flying objects (i.e., ISS, Shuttle, etc.) for reasons that I perfectly understand. That's O.K. with me. But is there any other flaws in the ETX line that I should be made aware of (again, for the main purpose of satellite observing) ? I seriously thinking about getting one, but I still have a few months to decide (and hopefully accumulate the necessary cash). --------------------------------------------------------- Jonathan T. Wojack tlj18@juno.com 39.706d N 75.683d W 4 hours behind UT (-4) http://www.geocities.com/tlj18_99 ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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