I've found that although heavens-above is an excellent site, there are many bright satellites in the sky that do not have a magnitude listed in HA, so no visible pass results are ever shown for them. I can't think of ones off the top of my head, but there have been plenty of times when I've been out on the deck getting my eyes adjusted and a bright, unexpected sat goes whizzing by. Calsky.com usually has it, but HA often does not. -- David Tiller Lead Consultant/Architect | CapTech Ventures (804) 304-0638 | dtiller@captechventures.com -----Original Message----- From: seesat-l-bounces+dtiller=captechventures.com@satobs.org on behalf of George Roberts Sent: Wed 5/19/2010 1:09 PM To: Bob King; SeeSat-L@satobs.org Subject: Re: Top ten brightest satellites > I'm writing about the easiest satellites to see with the naked eye and > would like the list's help on what you think are the brightest 10 or > so out there after the space shuttle and space station. These > satellites should be in high inclinations so they're visible most > places around the world. I really appreciate any help you can give me. Why do you want this list? If it so you can go out and see the brighter satellites each night then I recommend you use heavens above and only ask for brightest satellites (brighter than mag 3.5): http://www.heavens-above.com/ It's easy to configure for your lat/lon/altitude/timezone and then save the URL as a bookmark and never have to enter lat/lon again. - George Roberts http://gr5.org _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/private/seesat-l/attachments/20100519/f128b3d4/attachment.html _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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