u/Street-Air-546

My friend took a picture of the comet on saturday and was dismayed at the pollution from satellite trails. I made lemonade out of lemons and improved the photo simulator web page managed to match them all with a high accuracy degree.

This was a 10 degree horizontal sky view and a 30 second duration shot with a Nikon d7 a 200mm lens and an equatorial mount on his tripod. The damage was 1 russian, 2 chinese and 4 starlinks..

Since the comet was in the west, and the sun had set there but it was 7:20pm it was maximum satellite reflectivity hour.

The wonderful bow tie orbits geosynchronous satellites make each day

Thanks to feedback here from the last go-around, the current Appstore version looks like this now. Once again, if you have input, please reply. If you want an unlock for the rest of it, please post some feedback and I'll send you the code, or DM me some feedback and I'll send you a code**. The ham radio function of the App demo'd here is completely free, no ads.**

https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id6760988315

For android users, the amsat page is mobile functional and offers much the same feature set just with the usual browser limitations: https://satellitemap.space/amateur-radio

(about the hobby, I mean).
The Am-sat dashboard function of my app is free but if anyone wants a coupon worth $9.99 to unlock the pro version (which unlocks unrelated features) post below, in return for feedback on actually being a ham trying to use the Amateur Satellite dashboard function?

Apple just released my update that has the SDR network control so the app will use rig-control on an IP and Port to follow a satellite frequency across the sky.

Edit: newer version waiting for App Store approval with UI fixes.

shot details in comment. Sorry.

Saturday in Sydney was perfect combination of weather moon time of night (9:30) and closeness of transit path (20 minute drive) my friend who is a great photographer had never tried a moon satellite shot before got this while I enjoyed it from binoculars. Damn that thing is fast. I got him excited to try because I added transit finder page to satellitemap.space and the app has a handy airbus style altitude countdown to the exact moment (minus the “retard” at the end). Yes this is a shameless plug but I eat my own dog food we nailed the moment if not the shot. (the breakout circle is a cheat image)

Tips on getting the iss focus and the moon at the same time would be appreciated. Perhaps video is better? Or a scope, he used his DSLR on a tripod.