[amsat-bb] Re: visual sighting of amateur satellites

[Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF]

So does Orbitron.


Luc Leblanc wrote:

> I dust off STSPLUS and i remember this program give the pass where the satellite is visible. It works very well with ISS and the shuttle 
> The magnitute of AO-51 is the key here try STSPLUS	il will give you the time and the orbits where AO-51 is visible. Again the V visible 
> mean the sun is illuminating the satellite. but this does not confirm that the satellite is really visible. . It works for ISS but  i think 
> not for AO-51. At least the you will not have to watch each and every pass to get the right one.