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You can perform the visual continuously GEO tracking in LookSky if you have a long series of the GEO frames processed by the CoLiTec software. That’s why the object’s inner id changing does not create any problems with trajectory confusion. But usually, GEO observations are several short series snapped with Read more…

To make analysis of a series more comfortable during blinking, use the feature to center frames (align geometry) of a series in LookSky. To center frames in LookSky do the following actions: Load the series (see https://www.colitec.space/open-series-in-looksky); Activate the “Adjust geometry of the frame” control in the “Image view” window; Read more…

To open (load) series in LookSky do the following actions: Start the LookSky program; Activate the “File” -> “Open series …” main menu item (or the “Open series …” control in the “Manager of Survey” window) and select the directory with the processed series; Look at the process of loading Read more…

To merge the several trajectories of satellites into the one, select several objects in the «Manager of objects» window and press the «Merge objects» button. Next, you will be prompted to select a file with TLE-records of the investigated object for the initial approximation. Close this window or press «Cancel» Read more…

If you want to share information about your observation, you can use LookSky for the gif animation creation from your series of FITS frames. There are only four simple steps: Load your series of frames into LookSky; Set the “Image view” window parameters for the finding an interesting scene in Read more…