Quote Originally Posted by Nomadic View Post
Very nice. Of course you paranoid people do realize that 95% of those sats are commercial and scientific right?
Ummm, I would think ALL of those sats are commercial. The ones that aren't are also not listed on that database.

Because amateur astro guys have some pretty impressive scopes and CCD's these days they tend to see the old spy sats. They are making many materials which are really black now. Really black as in virtually no light comes off of them in a wide spectrum. I saw only this week some researchers using a sort of fur made of nano tubes which have the same effect as moth eyeballs - the ultimate stealth creatures.

You should get a clear black night about an hour after end of sunset and look up. It takes just a few seconds to see commercial satellites all over the place. I have tried taking photos of the ISS tho and thats a whopper and I cant do it without making it look like a big streak.