On Tue, 27 Mar 2001, Tony Beresford wrote: > 1. They dont take long to happen , less than a second. yeah, they are *very* quick...I've seen 2 by eye, both the shuttle passing in front of the sun in white light...if you blink, you miss it. YOu also need accurate location and you have to know which part of the disk its going to cross or you could miss it. > 2. You need a large satellite. I would choose ISS as best > current target. Or check out the size. larger and low is the best combination (though lower move faster) To see a picture of this, April 2000 Sky & Telescope Page 124. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marek Kozubal marek@portents.com Portents, LLC www.portents.com http://www.portents.com/marek/ Personal Satellite Tracking System www.meridiancontrols.com / www.skyshow.com "What makes the universe so hard to understand is that we have nothing to compare it to." ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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