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

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.