Re: Starry Night Pro question


"Carsten A. Arnholm" <arnholm@xxxxxxxxxx> ha scritto nel messaggio
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> Is it possible to use that program to predict artificial earth satellites
> passing in front of the Sun?
>
> I mean, given a pair of exact coordinates for my location and a time span,
> I want a list of dates/times for when a satellite passes in front of the
> Sun. Is this possible?
>
Carsten, I just tried with Cartes du Ciel: it should be possible with some
patience (maybe more than some...), refreshing the satellites passages
asking to show also those during daylight time, then shrinking the fov to
zenital projection and looking at the calculated path of the satellite. If
you are lucky, some pass close to the sun and then you can focus on that.
I'm not sure I explained myself...
Good luck...

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