Pete, Did you ever have any luck with this? I tried the same thing with the geo.tle with no result even with the magnitudes set to 99.
Just to be sure, I updated Quicksat to 2.15L but this made no difference. Curiously AO-49 isn't in geo.tle, but it is in other tle files. I think this is because in the calendar/art sat dialog it often shows one line from the last refresh in the result list. If I do enough refreshes using different tle's I eventually get a memory fault so there is probably an index bug of some kind. This isn't the problem using the geo.tle, though. If you look in Output.txt there is no result from quicksat. So either the parameters being sent to it are wrong, or it doesn't think they can be seen for some reason. I myself am curious where various satellite tv and internet satellites are to see if I have line of site. --- In [email protected], "plalbrecht" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, all, and Patrick. > > There was a question on the Quickcam and Unconventional Imaging Yahoo > group re how to find geosynchronous satellites. I said "easy, use CdC" > but when I tried to go through the procedure step by step to show how, > I couldn't get geosynchronous satellites to list, much less display. > Looking back, I think maybe I didn't use CdC to do this when I did it > a year ago, but rather a program called "Satellite Tracker." Which is > also able to point a Meade scope which I think is how I found my local > Satellite TV bird. > > Anyway, here's an example of what I'm doing and what comes out. > Perhaps Patrick or somebody can tell me what I'm doing wrong, or if > indeed this is a limitation of the software. > > I have the latest TLE download thingie installed (the Christopher > Welfare program, dated January 4, 2004). > > Just to be sure I was starting fresh, I deleted all the existing .tle > and .txt files in the folder /cartes du ciel/cat/satellites (I know > that's not really necessary). > > Went to "calendar" in the top toolbar (the icon with the "21" in it), > clicked on the "artificial satellites" tab, clicked on "TLE Download" > button, it opened the Christopher Welfare interface. Now, the file > "alldat.txt" doesn't seem to be working correctly, but I highlighted > all the others, from amateur.txt to x-comm.txt, hit "download," and > they all downloaded. The button "tle format" is checked. The files > that were loaded to the /cdc/cat/satellites folder are all .tle files. > > Now to do a test with geo.tle CdC is using system time, auto > refresh. I set limiting magnitude in both list and chart at 20. > Checked box "for current chart only." Highlit the group "geo.tle." Hit > "refresh" and all I get is a single object, "AO-49." There should be a > lot more than that. > > As a test, I did the same for visual.tle and got many listings. > > So, why aren't many more geosynchronous satellites showing up when I > do this? > > Thanks in advance, > > Pete ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/1.XolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To Post a message, send it to: [email protected] To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/skychart-discussion/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
