Any ideas what this is?

[firstlight (Tony)]

Not only does Enterprise contain an "s" but the USS Enterprise (the space craft) never went into space. The Enterprise first flew attached to a carrier aircraft in 1977, followed by 4 more unmanned test flights, then 3 manned. Finally 5 free flights were made before being attached to an external tank and boosters for vibration tests. It was then partially dismantled and parts used in the fleet. After Challenger it was considered as a replacement but the decision was made to use spare parts from Discovery and Atlantis to construct Endeavor.

Is this just TOO geeky

[Inmykombi (Geoff)]

I agree with RB and Firstlight.

Its a tumbling Sattelite.
Definate twists in the trails give it away.
Its hard to say how big it was, but it may have had some large solar panels to give it a twisting appearance.

Love the Helix by the way....just awesome....

Geoffro

[jase (Jason)]

Originally Posted by Bassnut

(Sorry for hijacking yr thread Stuart )

Jase, CCD stack sorely needs a CCD inspector-like-stacking-plugin too, and stacking from HD (alah IP), that would solve the RAM prob.

Huh? Such a plug-in already exists Fred, its called CCDIS/P - here's the demo - http://www.ccdware.com/products/ccdi...CCDISdemo.html

I have to say, that when it comes to image registration, MaximDL 5.0 does an incredible job. It will evaluate star roundness, FWHM etc that you define to discard poor quality subs. When it comes to registration, it now has the ability to do a plate solve on each sub for precision alignment. I don't know if I'd use such a feature as regular star matching or manual two star matching is usually sufficient. I'm still a Registar advocate for sub registration.

[Bassnut (Fred)]

Thats what I mean Jase, ive used that plug in, its great. That stacking function should be native to CCD stack tho, without needing to buy CCD inspector.

Yes, MaximDL is also very good, but id rather use just one app, not jump to others for specific features.

[acropolite (Phil)]

I'm with the tumbling theory, either a satellite piece of space junk. The twists are clear even in the original.

[rat156]

Originally Posted by Bassnut

Thats what I mean Jase, ive used that plug in, its great. That stacking function should be native to CCD stack tho, without needing to buy CCD inspector.

Yes, MaximDL is also very good, but id rather use just one app, not jump to others for specific features.

Hey Fred,

You can buy CCDIS/P as a stand alone plugin now. It's US$90, so I might wait for the peso to be revalued again.

Cheers
Stuart

[gregbradley]

Originally Posted by rat156

Hey Fred,

You can buy CCDIS/P as a stand alone plugin now. It's US$90, so I might wait for the peso to be revalued again.

Cheers
Stuart

What? Devalued downward? hehe

Don't hold your breath.

Greg.