[AZ-Observing] Re: Geostationary Satellite Time-Lapse
- From: "Dan Heim" <dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:34:07 -0700
Very cool time lapse! Curiously, there seem to be two nearly parallel
"trains" of satellites, just north and south of each other. I thought the
geostationary orbit was at a single distance and directly above the equator.
What was I seeing here?
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From: "Tom Polakis" <tpolakis@xxxxxxx>
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Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 12:16 PM
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Geostationary Satellite Time-Lapse
> In the next couple months, a lot of us will be looking again and again at
the Orion Nebula. From Arizona's latitude, geostationary satellites pass in
front of M42.
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> Iranian astroimager Babak Tafreshi, who is one of the most clever
photographers in the world, has put together a nice, time-lapse movie
showing a number of geostationary satellites cruising through Orion. It is
on the terrific site that Babak founded, The World At Night.
>
> http://twanight.org/newTWAN/case.asp
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