@DASJOTUNHEIM666 You can also see the ISS with naked eye. Of course like a bright star that's moving! You'll know it's not a plane because it doesn't flashes green and red.
I have this same scope and the spc900nc. How did you hand guide it on the equatorial mount? Just trying to track a jet with it is really hard to keep it in the eyepiece. Any tricks you could share.
I placed my Telrad finder sight as far back as possible close to primary mirror end and guided from the back. May be better leverage from back. Still lots of stick and slip. The ISS was bouncing all over the screen. I have a procedure in the files section of Yahoo SatelliteTracker group that shows how I centered the ISS. It may be outdated since Registax5 was released. Registax5 has a new gravity option that may aid hand guiders.
Very appropriate music ))
bambo0zle 1 month ago
It's obviously a weather balloon..
LittleRed451 1 month ago 2
OMG.. is a TIE FIGHTER!!!
rikynoize 6 months ago 8
This thing is a bitch to track
deathtobill5 1 year ago
very cool ! please allow me to ask a stupid question. how did you know where the iss was ganna be ?
DASJOTUNHEIM666 1 year ago
@DASJOTUNHEIM666
Do a Google search
Type in Where is the ISS
Lots of web pages show the ISS location
Join the Yahoo SatelliteTracker group and download their free software for XP.
jimmyjujames 1 year ago
@DASJOTUNHEIM666 or follow @twisst54 on twitter, in your profile indicate your location: i.d. San Francisco USA
cmsahe 1 year ago
@cmsahe thanx . i have recently found a plugin for stellarium that tracks a ton of satellites.
DASJOTUNHEIM666 1 year ago
@DASJOTUNHEIM666 You can also see the ISS with naked eye. Of course like a bright star that's moving! You'll know it's not a plane because it doesn't flashes green and red.
danny2dolce 3 weeks ago
Nice. But that music seems out of place.
FaceInTheRain 2 years ago
la musica fue lo mejor, thanks
osajasimonis 2 years ago
I have this same scope and the spc900nc. How did you hand guide it on the equatorial mount? Just trying to track a jet with it is really hard to keep it in the eyepiece. Any tricks you could share.
xtremspl 2 years ago
I placed my Telrad finder sight as far back as possible close to primary mirror end and guided from the back. May be better leverage from back. Still lots of stick and slip. The ISS was bouncing all over the screen. I have a procedure in the files section of Yahoo SatelliteTracker group that shows how I centered the ISS. It may be outdated since Registax5 was released. Registax5 has a new gravity option that may aid hand guiders.
If you can track jets, you can track the ISS.
jimmyjujames 2 years ago
I hand track all mine too, using that autoguided crap takes all the fun out of it :)
johnschaser 3 years ago 5
I tried to hand held it :D
It was hard..lol
Ill try again later :D
Chrisjr2007 2 years ago