Re: [ATM] What is a NEO scope?

[Ken Hunter <atm_ken_hunter@yahoo.com>]

Near Earth Object...

If I were compiling the dictionary, I would include
the ISS, HST, and all kinds of Earth orbiting
satellites etc.

A telescope designed for observing these would have
the capability of rapid, COMPUTERIZED TRACKING
MOVEMENTS in at least 2 directions at the same time.

Ken Hunter





--- Ken Lowther <hermit@outofoptions.org> wrote:
> Quoting vorblesnak@peak.org:
> 
> > I saw a letter in the Reflections magazine where
> the author lamented that
> > not enough NEO, (Near Earth Object), scopes were
> being built.  What would
> > comprise a NEO scope?  Fast, big aperture?
> >
> 
> Depends on what near earth object he wants to look
> at. ;-)   Sounds 
> like a silly
> lament to me.  But I'm "different".
> 
> Hermit, holed up in Youngstown, Ohio
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