It is a closed scope. Specifically a Lunt 60mm f8.3 dedicated H-alpha scope. Matt On 2020-07-02 14:40, Gonzalo Blasco wrote: > Is it an open telescope like a newtonian? or a closed one? > > -- > Gonzalo Blasco Gil > > El jue., 2 de jul. de 2020 a la(s) 13:38, <matt_at_considine.net> escribió: > > I agree regarding the size. And the fact that it was so visible in h-alpha struck me as odd. But I cant think of anything else, so I thought I'd ask. > > Best regards, > > Matt > > On 2020-07-02 14:28, Gonzalo Blasco wrote: > Im not a experienced expert but my 2 cents > > I think is big for a Satellite, but perhaps is a visual effect and someone has more info. The ISS transits photos I ve seen are smaller than the photos you atached , and probably ISS is the biggest satellites in terms of apparent size. > > It seems in fact some out of focus near-object like a BUG... What do you think? > > Sincerely, > > -- > Gonzalo Blasco Gil > > El jue., 2 de jul. de 2020 a la(s) 12:49, matt--- via Seesat-l (seesat-l_at_satobs.org) escribió: Hello again, > Looks like my attachments may not have made it through. They can be > found here as well > > http://www.considine.net/SatCrossing_017_20200702_143833.011_UT.jpg > http://www.considine.net/SatCrossing_018_20200702_143833.139_UT.jpg > http://www.considine.net/SatCrossing_019_20200702_143833.268_UT.jpg > http://www.considine.net/SatCrossing_020_20200702_143833.397_UT.jpg > http://www.considine.net/SatCrossing_021_20200702_143833.526_UT.jpg > > Regards, > Matt > > On 2020-07-02 13:37, matt--- via Seesat-l wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I am trying to identify a satellite(?) that I happened to catch cross >> my >> field of view this morning while viewing the sun. I've tried websites >> such as heavens-above, calsky, etc to try to figure out after the fact >> what I might have seen, but have been unsuccessful. >> >> So I have two questions, really: >> >> 1) what would be the "go to" sites with search engines to use to try to >> figure this out, if any; and >> >> 2) with the details provided below (hopefully in compliance with the >> posting rules), can anyone help identify what I saw? I did some rough >> calcs on my own of size assuming a distance, but would prefer to hear >> what those more knowledgeable would say. >> >> For what it is worth, since I was only getting setup at the time, my >> camera orientation wasn't well done. I was trying to expose for the >> prominence and I think I had my frames flipped around. The sun at that >> time, as seen by the GONG sites in H-alpha, can be seen here >> >> http://halpha.nso.edu/keep/hag/202007/20200702/20200702143834Ah.jpg >> >> I think in my images "south" near the mid-point of the left side of the >> images attached, but I am not confident in saying which direction the >> travel was. The "bump" of a prominence shown is near the bottom of the >> images on the GONG site. >> >> Thanks in advance, >> >> Matt Considine >> >> Randolph, VT USA >> >> 1. ID of object: UNKNOWN >> >> 2. Description and dimensions of object (metres), if known. APPEARS TWO >> BE TWO CONNECTED PANELS >> >> 3. Observing site location: latitude, longitude, altitude, to nearest >> 100 m. LAT 43.9508125 LONG -72.6671875 ALT 283m >> >> 4. Date/time of obs: UTC. For single frames, report time to nearest >> second. For video, report start time and duration to nearest second. >> UTC >> 20200702 14:38:33.011-14:38:33.526 >> >> 5. Range to object: UNKNOWN >> >> 6. Telescope: make/model/aperture LUNT 60mm aperture 500mm focal length >> ***H-alpha*** >> >> 7. Camera: make/model ZWO ASI174MM >> >> 8. Tracking method: hand-guided, or mechanical (make/model): ROUGHLY >> TRACKING SUN >> >> 9. Data acquired: total duration, frame rate, exposure per frame, >> resolution & bit depth of raw data >> >> DURATION: 0.515 secs FRAME RATE approx 8fps EXPOSURE 0.64401secs 16BIT >> no binning BRIGHTNESS=0 GAIN=0 SOFTWARE SharpCap 3.2.6248.0 >> >> 10. Processing: describe the process of frame-selection and/or >> image-processing used to obtain reported results. >> >> Frames captured using above settings in SharpCap. No Post processing. >> Acquired in SER file format, with attached frames saved as JPEG. No >> barlow used. >> >> 11. Raw image frames: >> >> No processing has been done to attached images >> _______________________________________________ >> Seesat-l mailing list >> http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l > _______________________________________________ > Seesat-l mailing list > http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Thu Jul 02 2020 - 13:46:10 UTC
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