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Re: Project Starshine



I've not seen Starshine, but there are many others, most of which
are more spectacular, that can be predicted usinf the German site:
http://www.gsoc.dlr.de/satvis/ . You will be asked to locate your
observing position (they have many to choose from, or you may enter
your geographic coordinates if you know them) and you will create
a URL (they even have Burnaby, BC in their database) which can be
used from then onward with great ease if you bookmark it.

If you haven't done so you should check out Iridium flashes, They
are visually impressive, and they will pound home the point that
Newtonian physics is really terribly accurate.

I used to compute my own satellite ephemerides. I no longer do so
because this site is so good. This can also be done using "Starry
Night" software and downloading elements for a simulated display.

Leigh