All, I made is short movie animation of one of my tracking runs on POPACS-3. It isn't too exciting, but someone might be interested. These things are moving pretty fast... orbiting in roughly 100 minutes. http://www.allred-astro.com/misc/POPACS-3v3.wmv Cheers, Tyler -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Tyler Allred Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2013 11:18 PM To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Tribune Story about Gil Moore and his POPACS Spheres Hello All, I don't know if anyone is interested, but there was a story on the Tribune website about some satellites that Gil Moore recently managed to get launched. They are known as POPACS Spheres, and they are being used to study the effect of solar events on the density of the upper atmosphere. I have been helping to identify and track the objects with my scope, with some much-appreciated help from Patrick. Take a look at the story here: <http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/57025588-78/popacs-space-orbit-moore.html .csp> http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/57025588-78/popacs-space-orbit-moore.html. csp Links to videos of my tracking software here (these links are also in the story as Exhibits A and B): http://www.allred-astro.com/misc/20131021_104531.mp4 http://www.allred-astro.com/misc/20131021_105039.mp4 (These are big files - copy address and paste into your browser) Cheers, Tyler _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Send messages to the list to Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. To unsubscribe go to: http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options".