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Old 28-04-2020, 10:06 AM
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Originally Posted by The_bluester View Post
Geostationary sats sit more or less still in alt-az, so they drift through images at the RA rate.

I say more or less still as some of them have somewhat inclined orbits so they wander back and forward in Dec over an orbit.
Which is exactly what I am getting. I am even seeing a couple that appear in 2 images, with the streak cutting off near the middle of the frame a starting near that point in the next frame.

I am guessing that as geostationary satellites orbit at about 35,800km above sea level above the equator, then at 38deg South, we would see them north of the celestial equator?
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