![]() ![]() Negative numbers are for South and West and positive numbers are used for North and East. At the bottom of the map it will tell you're latitude and longitude where your crosshairs are at. If you don't know that information, here's a great map site that will show you. When you're setting it up, go to Location tab below and put in your latitude, longitude, and altitude. It's really a great program and if you do any kind of stargazing, you should really have it on hand. You can even go forward, or backward in time to see when an object was there, or when it will be there. It allows you to put in your coordinates and it will show what satellites are going over your area, when they can be seen, if they are visible, etc. How do I know this? I use a free program called Orbitron. It's actually a Chinese rocket booster called CZ-2C. It was a bright, moving light, but since I took it with a 15 second exposure, it shows up as a line instead of a dot. The picture shown is one I took of an object that went flying over a few weeks ago. That way, you can see the night sky, but the sun is still reflecting off of the satellites, causing it to show up. Usually the best time to see them is within an hour of two right after it gets dark, or and hour, or two before the sun comes up. ![]() Some are bright, some are very hard to see, and others fade in and out. These are faint lights in the sky, that look like stars, but they move slowly across the sky. Of of the exciting parts of this is spotting a satellite, or "mover" as I like to call them. I'll go out on the deck at night, either by myself, or with some family and friends and just gaze up at the stars, planets, moon, etc. ![]()
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