On Wed, 29 Oct 1997, Ron Lee wrote: > If someone can mention the age of the elset that is of interest, I can get one > of Mike McCants archived files and check a geosynch or Molniya. Just let me > know what you are interested in since I do use Rob's Skymap. With the > recent > addition of relatively faint stars, it is even better for telescopic obs. What version of Skymap is that, and how faint are the stars? > I need to look at some of these objects anyway so I will just pick a few > objects, > observe and get accurate time/position and then go back an run predictions > with > old elsets. So unless there is another suggestion.....that is my plan. When using old elsets, check only dead sats. If a live sat is station keeping, as sync and Molniya would do, old elsets would be of little value. Jay Respler www.injersey.com/Media/SkyNotes/ -- JRespler@InJersey.com Satellite Tracker * Early Typewriter Collector Freehold, New Jersey