tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4901205574058136834.post263664074572309321..comments2024-03-26T20:17:30.126-07:00Comments on Every Blade of Grass: Internation Space Stationdrjimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4901205574058136834.post-59245861109808882812010-07-20T18:46:40.619-07:002010-07-20T18:46:40.619-07:00No problem. I've been doing stuff with all kin...No problem. I've been doing stuff with all kinds of satellites for so long, I sometimes forget a lot of people don't understand what "Azimuth" and "Elevation" mean!drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4901205574058136834.post-77898072876215295812010-07-20T18:17:21.945-07:002010-07-20T18:17:21.945-07:00Thanks! I know which way north is, straight down ...Thanks! I know which way north is, straight down Sterlin Road. :-)NotClauswitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14358707844087117280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4901205574058136834.post-76071796053647543252010-07-19T19:15:26.857-07:002010-07-19T19:15:26.857-07:00It first appears (rises over the horizon) at "...It first appears (rises over the horizon) at "AOS", which is "Acquisition Of Signal", and then disappears (sets below the horizon) at "LOS", which is "Loss Of Signal". If AOS is at 270*, and LOS is at 135*, it would "rise" due West, and "set" to the Southeast. The elevation is how high it would get in the sky as it passes from your AOS to LOS. The numbers are just compass headings; 0/360 is North, 90 is East, 180 is South, and 270 is West.drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4901205574058136834.post-2503134770208816452010-07-19T17:05:26.860-07:002010-07-19T17:05:26.860-07:00I had to Google for our Lat/Long and then convert ...I had to Google for our Lat/Long and then convert elevation in feet to meters - and I still don't know what any of the azimuth elevation numbers mean or where to look. :-) But I'm glad someone does!NotClauswitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14358707844087117280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4901205574058136834.post-50858842049624887652010-07-16T15:39:21.533-07:002010-07-16T15:39:21.533-07:00Yep, it's impressive :-) Thanks for the link!Yep, it's impressive :-) Thanks for the link!Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4901205574058136834.post-75527958876195794232010-07-15T21:07:02.089-07:002010-07-15T21:07:02.089-07:00Sweet!
Way too cloudy here tonight. There's so...Sweet!<br />Way too cloudy here tonight. There's some huge thunderheads out towards the desert, and they've been coming this way since around 5pm or so.drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4901205574058136834.post-6578431902235718432010-07-15T20:45:32.765-07:002010-07-15T20:45:32.765-07:00We just witnessed yet another pass of the ISS over...We just witnessed yet another pass of the ISS over Wickenburg. It stayed within sight from when we spotted it 30&ndeg; above the twilight horizon until she passed behind some clouds SSE very low in the opposite horizon. A very nice pass again.Minstrelhttp://reynosawatch.org/minstrel/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4901205574058136834.post-67419020888963341042010-07-14T22:13:16.724-07:002010-07-14T22:13:16.724-07:00Yeah, that's pretty neat!
The first time I cam...Yeah, that's pretty neat!<br />The first time I came out to Kalifornia, I got in pretty late and hit the hay immediately. The next morning, "How The West Was Won" was on TV, and as the characters were talking about how it took three MONTHS to get from St. Louis to San Francisco, it occurred to me that I had just come from Chicago to Los Angeles in three HOURS.<br />Time marches on.....drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4901205574058136834.post-51539383639097301202010-07-14T22:05:58.004-07:002010-07-14T22:05:58.004-07:00The Better Half and I watched the same pass tonigh...The Better Half and I watched the same pass tonight in Wickenburg, AZ. We also saw last night's pass and are looking forward to tomorrow's pass.<br /><br />Beautiful - at the same time the ISS was transiting, we heard the train whistle blowing at the downtown crossing. The old and the new all at once.Minstrelhttp://reynosawatch.org/minstrel/noreply@blogger.com