Hi Terry , Welcome aboard. Hope you saw 193 this morning , if so I would be interested to hear from you...naked eye report is fine John NW UK ----- Original Message ----- From: "TG" <TGHome@blueyonder.co.uk> To: <SeeSat-L@satobs.org> Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2008 4:55 PM Subject: Introduction > Hello SeeSat-L > > Having just subscribed to the list I wanted to introduce myself. > I've spent a lot of time on Heavens-above.com in recent years, observed > quite a few satellites but was not inclined to record observations > accurately. That has changed since USA 193 made the news, and I see that > other recent subscribers have come on-board for the same reason (good luck > to them). > > My only sighting of USA 193 so far was yesterday morning when, with a > clear sky to the north, it passed very close to the pole star. I kick > myself now for not having a stop-watch at the ready. Here's what I > witnessed: > http://tinyurl.com/yvfbju > > Then I read a posting from Marco Langbroek that said: > "Method: Meade ETX-70 (7cm/F5) @ 14x magnification, stopwatch and > Molczan's Obsreduce software." > > So that's how it's done! Ok, now I have Obsreduce installed I'll set > about learning how to use it. > Clear skies everyone. > > Terry Gibson > Olton, Solihull, West Midlands, England > 52.44N 1.801W > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: > http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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