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Old 30-01-2014, 07:13 PM
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kinetic (Steve)
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Too fast moving in a 25 sec frame Lee, I think, to be a geo.
More likely just a pesky polar or low orbit sat. The orientation of the track
would also reveal geo or non geo.
I have imaged geos with a modded webcam and they are much fainter and slower
than that.

Edit: see this thread/post for a similar image.
The speed of a typical polar satellite, passing through a similar exposure.

As for capturing geos: tracking off reveals them as a dot, stars trail...tracking on, they are almost impossible to image as they smear.)
You can calculate which band of declination you might expect the geos to be parked
over your location.

Steve

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