10 Mar
2004
10 Mar
'04
3:20 p.m.
RStmarie@aol.com wrote:
Pretty cool Patrick! Now, knowing the military has a telescope system that could have inspected the Shuttle tiles for damage before re-entry I wonder how big a telescope amatuers would have to have to resolve detail on satellites in orbit without adaptive optics? Is it something we could do or is it just beyond us? I will have to get out an almanac and look at the Dawes Limit formula.
While we can't match what NASA can do I have seen some pretty impressive amateur pictures of satellites on the web. Trouble is you need a mount that accurately tracks satellites and know how to shoot high resolution video images. I strike out on both counts. Anyone on the list with the hardware and knowledge? Patrick