Thanks Björn for the help! I've been thinking about the repeatability of the flare track moving through a particular area and think that as the declination of the sun changes throughout the year the flare paths will change. Oh well, that will just mean that I will have to contact new people each time. By the way, I took the picture of the flare from a wooden rig I made to adapt my digital still and video camera to the top of a fence post. I used a compass attached to the rig to align the azimuth and I used an attached angle finder I bought at a hardware store to align the altitude. The set up seems to be accurate to with 5 degrees at least. I also planned ahead by taping my voice telling me where the satellite was going to be and when. I started the tape at 6:30 PM sharp. It was [[extremely]] helpful to here myself call out information while I concentrated on operating the cameras at the same time communicating via cell phone with a guy 830 miles away. Next time I will also tell myself when to turn the cameras on. I even had a count down to the flare maximum. It was awesome to see it get brighter and brighter as I called out 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1! Tom Iowa USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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