[AZ-Observing] Re: Shuttle and Station at 50x

> Wow.  There has got to be a better way to track a satellite.  It seems that
> somebody, using the right equipment, could pre-program a scope to follow
> where the object would be if known ahead of time.  In fact it seems like a
> person could use a VERY high power if the trajectory were predicted
> accurately and the telescope rigged electronically to move with it at just
> the right moment.

There are several pieces of software for this,  just a couple:

http://sattracker.hypermart.net/

http://www.sb-software.com/sbsat/


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Bill McLaughlin

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http://willmclaughlin.astrodigitals.com/



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