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Satellites, do they 'throw' one?

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  • 21-12-2010 10:53am
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    Was into astronomy years ago, but sadly had not looked up in about 25 years until the recent meteor showers, and of course this morning's lunar eclipse. Decided to go look for the contellations again. However, the thought struck me, has a lot changed in the past 25 years? Is the whole thing "thrown" a little by satellites, in the sense that is there a proliferation of them and do they draw the eye or are they subtle? Is there any good site that will tell you where to watch out for them so that you won't get fooled by one thinking you are looking at something of note?


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    Zubeneschamali
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    Conor74 wrote: »
    Is the whole thing "thrown" a little by satellites, in the sense that is there a proliferation of them and do they draw the eye or are they subtle?

    Visible satellites are very low and fast, you can't mistake them for stars/planets etc.

    www.heavens-above.com has very good satellite tracking.


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    John mac
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    what about geostationary ones? astra etc..


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    rccaulfield
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    John mac wrote: »
    what about geostationary ones? astra etc..

    Good point, i read that theres only one area that a satellite can be geostationary though? Assimov!


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    Zubeneschamali
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    John mac wrote: »
    what about geostationary ones? astra etc..

    They aren't visible, being 36,000 km away. Stuff you can see is only a few hundred km up.


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    hbr
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    rccaulfield wrote: »
    Assimov!

    Right genre, wrong man. The Clarke Belt is named after Arthur C. Clarke.


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    rccaulfield
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    hbr wrote: »
    Right genre, wrong man. The Clarke Belt is named after Arthur C. Clarke.

    I know i meant thats where i read it-Asimov, "X stands for unknown"


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