Re: Satellite Elements from Astrometric Observation.

From: John Burns (seesat@john.geek.nz)
Date: Thu Mar 26 2009 - 13:20:57 UTC

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    I know nothing about AstroRecord, but surely if one of the newer  
    catalogs was converted to the Sky 2000 format, you'd be in business.
    
    On 26 Mar 2009, at 13:07, Marco Langbroek wrote:
    
    > Greg Roberts schreef:
    >> Morning
    >> I dug up ASTRORECORD but I think the problem I have with it is that  
    >> the database only goes down to mag +8 which is not faint enough for  
    >> a 50 arc minute field of view normally. Is there perhaps a deeper  
    >> database available ?
    >> Many thanks
    >> Greg
    >
    > Unfortunately not. It only works with the Sky 2000 atlas that goes  
    > to +8. It was not designed with very small FOV in mind (but instead,  
    > for the typical analogue SLR with 50 mm lens image, as used in  
    > meteor photography).
    >
    > I've tried to interest the author of the program to update it with  
    > the option to  use other catalogues, but to no avail.
    >
    > - Marco
    >
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