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Star Chart for Oviedo-Buenavista |
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Sun/Moon Data for Oviedo-Buenavista: | |||
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Sunset: Deprecated: Function split() is deprecated in /home/meteobue/www/wxastro5.php on line 1081 17:59 Sunrise: Deprecated: Function split() is deprecated in /home/meteobue/www/wxastro5.php on line 1081 08:15 DIY Sunspot Viewer |
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99% illuminated - Full Moon Moonrise: Deprecated: Function split() is deprecated in /home/meteobue/www/wxastro5.php on line 1081 18:29 Deprecated: Function split() is deprecated in /home/meteobue/www/wxastro5.php on line 1117 (14/11/2016) |
Graph courtesy: Newquay Weather |
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Astronomy Fact
If the sun were the size of a dot on an ordinary-sized letter 'i', then the nearest star would be 10 miles away.
Space Track-Satellite Passes
Notes about viewing ESVs:
When using lookangles, choose passes with high magnitudes; less than 6.0. ("Looks" are local time.)
Best viewing is when ESV is in Earth's penumbra; on the map, it's the solid line during night.
Dotted line on map denotes ESV is dark, in Earth's umbra (shadow).
Objects in orbit have to maintain a speed of at least 17,500mph, therefore ESVs traverse the sky noticeably different than aircraft.
ESVs appearing to blink are either tumbling rocket bodies, or spinning payloads with deployed solar arrays.
High-Eccentricity objects have a more ellongated orbit. Ground trace looks like a backwards C.
Regression-Ground traces will move West with each orbit due to Earth's rotation.
Script courtesy of: Lee from MadALwx. Page template and Facts script courtesy of: TNET Weather.
Page Template and Moon script courtesy of: Saratoga Weather. Graph base code courtesy of: jpGraph.