Re: [guide-user] Guide 8, Satellite prediction

Bill J Gray Sep 8, 2007

Hi Ulrich,

Sounds as if you've done the right things here, as far as getting magnitude
data is concerned. I'd check to see what the 'TLE=' line in the Settings menu
shows. If it doesn't show 'all_tle.txt', I'd recommend that you click on
that menu option, then on "Get 'all_tle.txt'" (shown in red a dozen or so
lines from the top.)

This will cause you to get data for just about everything out there.

If that fails, I'd double-check things by zooming out to a full-sky
view (level 1) and turning artificial satellites On. When you do that,
they should show up regardless of magnitude, and the sky should be just
about saturated with them. Then I'd set some faint magnitude limit, and
see if any of them remain.

-- Bill