About two hours of geosynchronous satellites flaring under difficult conditions the near-Full Moon last night. Field of view about 18 degrees wide. Camera tracks the stars, so satellites appear to move right-to-left (west-to-east). Some satellites got to naked-eye visibility about 2nd magnitude -- easy to see even in the moonlight. Video made from 728 stills taken with a 70mm lens on a Canon T3i DSLR, 2 sec exposures every 10 seconds, f4.5 ISO800. And yes, I know the identification of all the geosync satellites parading by. I'll mark them in another video. Stars of Sextans are in the field, with the obvious wide double-star 17 and 18 Sextantis lower right of center. From Lat 37.272, Long -121.977. http://youtu.be/1Opn_UgWgr4 Rick Baldridge Campbell, CA USA. _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Thu Mar 05 2015 - 11:34:18 UTC
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