[amsat-bb] Re: Tracking planets
Good question... I was into radio astronomy long before we had PC's, but I'm assuming (perhaps wrongly) that the easiest method to track a planet (for a short time) would be to use current right ascension and declination data and a motorized polar mount, i.e. a telescope mount with antennas. Rich, N8UX At 08:21 AM 12/19/2009, you wrote: >Is anyone using Nova for tracking celestials (e.g., Jupiter or Sun ) for radio >astronomy purposes? I have an LVB Tracker but not sure Nova is compatible and >SatPC32 doesn't track celestial bodies. Also not sure LabJackU3 is completely >supported by Nova yet. >Any solutions out there ? > >Joel, KI4T >___ >Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. >Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! >Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] Re: Tracking planets
Joel I. Kandel wrote: > Is anyone using Nova for tracking celestials (e.g., Jupiter or Sun ) for > radio astronomy purposes? I have an LVB Tracker but not sure Nova is > compatible and SatPC32 doesn't track celestial bodies. Also not sure > LabJackU3 is completely supported by Nova yet. > Any solutions out there ? > > There is obviously no direct connection to your rotors, but if all you need is ephemerides you can't do better than http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/?horizons -Joe KM1P ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] Re: Tracking planets
Joel wrote: Is anyone using Nova for tracking celestials (e.g., Jupiter or Sun ) for radio astronomy purposes? I have an LVB Tracker but not sure Nova is compatible and SatPC32 doesn't track celestial bodies. Wayne replies: The SatPC32 installation includes a program called SuM.exe (Sonne und Mond) that tracks the sun and moon. It doesn't display their visibilty "footprint" on a world map, but it displays az/el and steers rotors. Wayne Estes W9AE Oakland, Oregon, USA, CN83ik ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
