[Spridgets] Perseids Meteor Shower (some Spridget content)

lcjones lcjones at croakingfrog.net
Thu Aug 11 14:23:00 MDT 2011


RE: STSPlus ....

It's been a while, so forgive me. STSPlus requires a DOS emulator such
as DOSBOX (google is your friend) to run in Vista and probably later
Windows OS's...

Chap
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On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 12:36 PM, lcjones <lcjones at croakingfrog.net> wrote:
>> I used to track sat's all the time with the kids. Have watched the Mir
>> Space Station traverse the sky hundreds of times. Some nights we could
>> capture two transits. As well, we captured weather sats and comsats. IIS
>> is a bit harder to capture as it travels in, if I remember correctly, a
>> more Southerly route.
>>
>> I use David Ransom's STSPlus program to track sats. It's a DOS program
>> and last update was 2002. However, the app is very cool and works like a
>> charm in XPPro and Vista.
>> http://celestrak.com/software/dransom/stsplus.html . For those
>> interested, there IS a bit of a learning curve. But it's well worth the
>> time. You can amaze your friends and neighbors and the kids will think
>> you're a genius!  ;)
>>
>> STSPLus utilizes current TLE (two line elements) provided by NORAD
>> (http://celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/) The TLE's are two lines of
>> numeric entries used in mapping the trajectory of an object over the
>> map. There are other sat track packages but for me, STSPlus is way cool,
>> old school and the kids loved it!
>>
>> Best time to capture a sat transit is predawn at 60 - 90 minutes before
>> sunrise and late to post twilight in the evening. Usually 10PM local
>> time is about as late as you can still get a visual and that would be a
>> partial Western transit.
>>
>> The last time my son and I caught a Perseid show, maybe six or seven
>> years ago, at peak we were counting 500+ meteors per hour. Time stamp
>> was in the 4AM - 5AM  slot. it was phenomenal.
>>
>> Chap
>> '-*****
>>
>>
>> On 8/11/2011 2:29 PM, Dave KK7SS wrote:
>>> FYI and FWIW..
>>> Best ISS passes for Sat am over Seattle area are
>>> 4:41 - 4:51 am
>>> 6:16 - 6:26 am
>>>
>>> Pass will be from NW to E
>>>
>>> --
>>> Dave G  KK7SS
>>>  Richland, WA
>>>
>>> '59 Morris Minor 1000 - working on it..
>>> '65 Sprite - in process :(
>>> '76 Midget - co-owned with #4 Son :)
>>> '06 Honda Civic Hybrid
>>>
>>> ----- "Rick Bastedo" <rbastedo at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Some observers will also see the International Space Station, which
>>>>
>>>> coincidentally flies over many US towns and cities during the shower's
>>>> peak"
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