More Astronomy stuff

[nightwolfwriter]

Last night was one of the first times we've been able to go outside when it was warm enough to enjoy using the telescopes. We set up the 8" Dobsian scopes on the plaza outside the class area and waited for it to get dark enough to really see the stars

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satellite orbits

[stanci]

If you play with the following website (http://www.heavens-above.com/) you should be able to figure out when more satellites would be visible. What the website says is visible might not always work, but we were able to use it in college astro labs.

Re: satellite orbits

[nightwolfwriter]

Thanks!

I'll give it a try and pass it on to Professor Haxton.