SDO Tracking Timelapse 5-8-12

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Channel: Astronomy Live · 2012 · Education

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Best viewed at 480p.  1 hour time lapse of tracking NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory.  SDO orbits in a geosynchronous (though not geostationary) orbit.  Tracked with an Orion ST-80 piggybacked on an LX200 Classic.  Recorded with an MCHCP at 128x sens-up.  Tracking performed with Brent Boshart's Satellite Tracker.

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