At 23:51 21/02/03, you wrote: >Quite interesting. I notice that in the referenced message there is the >sentence, > >" The xvista programs reject most pixels of the trail as non-starlike, but >the star, >" still being brighter than the trail, was not rejected." > >One wonders how many satellite trails the programs rejects. Also, if the >programs >could be modified to flag candidate satellite trails. Allen, the xvista software is supposed to reject trails, as astronomers only find them a nuisance. Its only asteroid hunters who look for trailed images, like occassional seesat contributor Jim Scotti. If you go huntind in ADS you might find a paper or two with his name in the author list. Tony Beresford ----------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from SeeSat-L, send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@satobs.org List archived at http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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