http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/satellitetracker/ Satellite Tracker Software Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:19:10 GMT jimmyjujames http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/satellitetracker/message/5484 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/satellitetracker/message/5484 If you are using a 30mm eyepiece then SatelliteTrack is the way to go. I can think of 2 reasons to manually track the ISS when using a webcam at prime focus Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:16:21 GMT bradtest1 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/satellitetracker/message/5483 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/satellitetracker/message/5483 Got it. Thanks very much. Brad Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:30:03 GMT jimmyjujames http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/satellitetracker/message/5482 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/satellitetracker/message/5482 StarryNight reported sizes Moon 1800 arcsec = 30 arcmin = 0.5 degrees Jupiter 39 arcsec Saturn 17 arcsec Venus 10 arcsec Mars 9 arcsec How wide is the ISS? Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:11:17 GMT jbarnes520 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/satellitetracker/message/5481 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/satellitetracker/message/5481 Forgot to mention, no serial # or password required. John Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:32:25 GMT jbarnes520 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/satellitetracker/message/5480 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/satellitetracker/message/5480 Brent decided to discontinue further developments and has turned it over as freeware. You can download the last version from the files section of this group. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:21:36 GMT bradtest1 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/satellitetracker/message/5479 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/satellitetracker/message/5479 I don't know how to contact Brent directly, as I used to, so this goes to the group. I hope he'll see it: I purchased Sat Tracker software several years ago, Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:46:26 GMT Darwin Teague http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/satellitetracker/message/5478 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/satellitetracker/message/5478 ... You are a quite accomplished astrophotographer. ... Real manual guiding is done by loosening the cluches of a telescope and manually pushing the telescope Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:39:48 GMT leotaylor2 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/satellitetracker/message/5477 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/satellitetracker/message/5477 ... Some very nice images on your flickr page! North America seems to be flipped on its side. Perhaps you are anticipating continental shift on December 21 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:29:09 GMT Philip http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/satellitetracker/message/5476 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/satellitetracker/message/5476 Nice job with your Animated GIF of ISS & Sun! Please tell me what your set-up was. Philip Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:20:08 GMT leotaylor2 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/satellitetracker/message/5475 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/satellitetracker/message/5475 ... Yea, sadly I know. I bought my Pentax DSLRs before LiveView became available. The newer Pentax & Canon DSLRs can take videos with the shutter locked open. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:01:29 GMT John Mahony http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/satellitetracker/message/5474 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/satellitetracker/message/5474 ... If you mean "fully manual", some people use that if either their scope is not compatible with ST, or if they're still having problems using ST. Whatever Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:50:45 GMT Scott A http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/satellitetracker/message/5473 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/satellitetracker/message/5473 First off no newbie here to telescopes or telescope guiding.. here is a link to my flickr page as proof. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:39:26 GMT wforacer.rm http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/satellitetracker/message/5472 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/satellitetracker/message/5472 Chuck, your coment is part true "DSLR's with no lens are $500-600 these days, but the frame rate is far too slow....." But with all Canon live view cameras Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:14:29 GMT Chuck Shaw http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/satellitetracker/message/5471 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/satellitetracker/message/5471 Hmmmm, Good point, thanks Darwin! Boy, there really are not too many cameras that will do what we want out there are there? Chuck ... From: Darwin Teague To: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:05:37 GMT Niall J. Saunders http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/satellitetracker/message/5470 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/satellitetracker/message/5470 Hi guys, The other thing that you want to watch out for on some of these astro-cameras (like the Meade DSI cameras, for example) is that they have no