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LenSatic
Explorer
Dec 02, 2014

Naked-eye astronomy is more than just meteors.

For you meteor hunters out there in the boonies, there is other visible stuff buzzing around up there: satellites. The easiest to see is the International Space Station. It’s extremely bright and, w...
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SCVJeff
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Jan 21, 2015
Go get one of those recliner chairs and the binocs you be fine. Once you get acclimated you will see LOTS of satellites flying buy with the naked eye. Up here on Plomosa there are so many stars it's kind of distracting

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