On-line tool to list artificial satellite(s) in an image
On-line tool to list artificial satellite(s) in an image Overview of tools for asteroid observers on this site
Click here if you want to list the artsats found in multiple images. This page provides a simpler interface for use when you have just one field to check.
To figure out what artsats were in a given image, we need to know where you were on the earth at that time; when you took the image; the direction you were looking in (right ascension and declination); and how large the field of view was. Given that data, this program will come up with a list of satellites in that area. Click here for an explanation of the output.
What to enter : You can specify the time in a variety of formats. Your latitude and longitude must have N/S/E/W letters (don't use + or -) and can be in decimal degrees, or degrees and decimal minutes, or degrees/minutes/decimal seconds, such as
N 44 1 12.3 w 69 53 17.88 s 31 18.219 121.4789 E N 17.2149 E47 59.2387
Right ascension can be in decimal degrees, or in hours and
decimal minutes (HH MM.mm), or hours, minutes, and decimal seconds, such
as 03 14 15.26. Declination must have a + or - and
be in decimal degrees, or degrees and decimal minutes, or degrees, minutes,
and decimal seconds, such as +31.41592 or +31 41.5926
or -14 14 21.3.
Explanation of the output: If there were artsats within the specified distance at that time as seen from that place, the output will look a bit like this :
Field RA (J2000) dec '/min PA Sh NORAD Int'l desig Name Field 110.584 -6.420 14.94 90.0 43228 2018-023A HISPASAT 30W-6 Field 109.640 -4.153 1213.89 28.0 * 33879 1997-051AY IRIDIUM 33 DEB Field 111.029 -4.948 14.98 86.4 27380 2002-007A INTELSAT 904 Field 107.448 -2.795 65.82 55.6 26967 1993-017E DELTA 2 DEB Field 111.448 -8.766 18.37 92.4 43453 1969-013L TITAN 3C TRANSTAGE DEB Field 109.487 -10.005 40.77 140.4 39287 2013-056C BREEZE-M DEB (TANK) Field 112.420 -5.825 15.06 87.9 46091 2019-095E BLOCK DM-SL DEB Field RA (J2000) dec '/min PA Sh NORAD Int'l desig Name
For each artificial satellite within the specified radius, you'll get its position; its motion in arcminutes per minute (or arcseconds per second or degrees per hour); the position angle at which it was moving; an asterisk if it was in the earth's shadow at that time; its five-character NORAD ID number; its COSPAR designation; and (almost always) a descriptive name.
If you're still not getting things to work, or have questions, contact me at pôç.ötulpťcéjôřp@otúlm (modified to baffle spammers).
Source code for this (and most tools on this site) is available on GitHub.