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Satellite Flare Photobombs a Lunar Eclipse Under the Milky Way (Photo)
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| Sept 23, 2018
| Miguel Claro, Space.com Contributor
Posted on 09/23/2018 9:11:52 AM PDT by ETL
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To: CrazyIvan
I’ve got a PVS-14 night vision monocular No magnification, but some evening I’ll lay in my lawn chair (we live in the country so not much light pollution) and scan the sky. You see all sorts of satellites and meteorites you’d never see otherwise. I envy you. It is my dream to live in the country. Was lucky enough to live one year in central New York State in a tiny hamlet. A nearby farmer had his cows right across the road from us. However, marriage fell part, she moved back to NYC, and I couldn't take the loneliness. But that was a long time ago. I doubt I'll have any such problems today.
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09/23/2018 10:42:00 AM PDT
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ETL
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
Great graphic by the way. Didn't really look at it until now.
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09/23/2018 10:44:17 AM PDT
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ETL
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To: ProtectOurFreedom; ETL
Not really, I can't view the APoD site from this machine, so after my year's exile from FR, I couldn't resume it. ETL would seem like the ideal FReeper to resume it, and I'll be happy to help with the modest tools and the old list.
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09/23/2018 1:25:09 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: ETL; brytlea; cripplecreek; decimon; disndat; KoRn; Grammy; steelyourfaith; Mmogamer; dayglored; ...
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09/23/2018 1:45:29 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: ETL
Good illustration of why satellites are only visible for a couple of hours after sunset.
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09/23/2018 1:45:30 PM PDT
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Rebelbase
(Consensus isn't science.)
To: Rebelbase
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09/23/2018 1:51:33 PM PDT
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ETL
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To: ETL
To: ProtectOurFreedom; SunkenCiv
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09/24/2018 5:48:40 AM PDT
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ETL
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To: ProtectOurFreedom; SunkenCiv
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09/24/2018 5:50:01 AM PDT
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ETL
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To: ETL
I use the Sat track app myself. Does just what I need.
Over the years of observing them, what I have found was that the brighter the flare, the shorter the period.
In other words, if it is a -8 flare, you will see just a short glimps of the satellite. If it`s only a -1, you can pick it up juch sooner and follow it longer.
They are interesting to watch, but, sometimes interfere with deep sky observing
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09/24/2018 6:17:38 AM PDT
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Conan the Librarian
(The Best in Life is to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and the Dewey Decimal System)
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