Re: [APML] Satellite avoidance in photos

[Roland Roberts <roland@astrofoto.org>]

>>>>> "Jon" == Jon Kolb <jkolb@datawest.net> writes:

    >> I've been looking there.  I do wish I could get an "integrated
    >> map" with all the satellites tracks visible in a given time
    >> interval.

    Jon> As there are several thousand objects tracked well enough to
    Jon> do such a prediction, the ground trace plot for a multi-hour
    Jon> time frame would get very crowded.

Sure, that's why I would want to restrict it to a given time
interval.  If I'm interested in, say satellites brighter than mag 4
passing through Hercules between 11:00 PM and midnight on June 14th
(just happens to be what I *am* interested in), that number is much
smaller.  It appears to be about 3.

    Jon> Personally, I'll take a satellite track in a shot over an
    Jon> airplane any day - they are far easier to remove in my
    Jon> opinion.

What can I say; I'm lazy and would rather not remove them in the first
place :-)

In any event, having people tell me that I really only need to worry
about the really bright ones, and that most of the satellites I can
see won't show up on my shots.  That makes sense, especially since I
haven't seen any in my past shots (uhm, all 4 of them) even though I
took no precautions to avoid them.

roland
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