Actually, Stellarium does a great job of showing what sats are in a specific spot and time. - Jay Respler Monroe Township, New Jersey On 2/27/21 12:05 PM, John A. Dormer 2 via Seesat-l wrote: > You might have better success thinking about these satellites by using > something which can show you how the satellites will appear in your > sky. The views are different for each location on Earth, and the > orbits change subtly all the time. > > � > https://heavens-above.com/StarLink.aspx?lat=0&lng=0&loc=Unspecified&alt=0&tz=UCT > > Once this gets a bit more clear to you, you can ask Heavens Above for > a view specific to your location. The interface to find your town is > well done, but there may still be a small learning curve: > > � > https://heavens-above.com/SelectLocation.aspx?lat=0&lng=0&loc=Unspecified&alt=0&tz=UCT > > Once you've told the system where you are, you can then have it show > you all of the visible passes. Since there are so many Starlink > vehicles (satellites), it should be easy to find some which will make > bright passes. The "Update" button is down below the map, so you'll > have to scroll a bit to get to it. Once that's done, visit this link > and see what passes from the most-recent launches there are: > > � > https://heavens-above.com/StarlinkLaunchPasses.aspx?lat=29.4013&lng=-98.5254&loc=Unnamed&alt=0&tz=CST > > Recent launches will have an easily-identifiable, stunning train of > satellites if your sky is clear. :) > > John > > On 2/27/2021 08:00, alex via Seesat-l wrote: >> Out of curiosity - I'm looking in Stellarium if I can see something: in >> what az/el or constellation did they appear? An in which direction >> did they >> go, where did they vanish? >> >> rgds >> >> -alex- >> >> >> On Sat, Feb 27, 2021 at 2:14 PM Michael Boschat via Seesat-l < >> seesat-l_at_satobs.org> wrote: >> >>> Hello: >>> >>> I was looking at our all sky camera and noted 2 passes of 11 >>> points.. on >>> the first run it looks like they are venting gas as there is a tail >>> off to >>> the left of them and on the 2nd pass a fainter one. I made some >>> images of >>> the pass .. >>> >>> I did not see them visually only after looking for meteors on the >>> all sky >>> cam. >>> >>> Begin 1st pass noted at 01:31:08 UT >>> >>> Begin 2nd pass noted at 02:12:53 UT >>> >>> Just wondering if anything was launched and if they do vent >>> something? >>> >>> I can send the images to anyone who wishes to look... >>> >>> I'm in Halifax Nova Scotia, Canada N 44d 39' W 63d 36' >>> >>> >>> Clear skies >>> ---------- >>> Michael Boschat >>> Royal Astronomical Society of Canada >>> My 60th anniversary of doing Astronomy - 1960-2020 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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-l _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Mon Mar 01 2021 - 00:25:31 UTC
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