[DogParkList] MacDoppler Pro Lunar tracking?

[Isao SEKI]

Dave,

I am using the moontracker of predict-2.2.3 with cocoa wrapper.
This is very simple but I believe it is useful. if no document
and no preference are OK and you have interesting, I can send
it you. Simple picture is here at
   http://blogimg.goo.ne.jp/thumbnail/7b/4f/ 
d62e33a60dbac2eb5de0bf6631062888_s.jpg
Now it can handle Yaesu only but I can add others, if protocol
known.

73
Isao / JM1WBB

On 2006/11/05, at 6:04, Dave hartzell wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm curious about tracking the moon....I see that MacDoppler offers
> the "moon" as a satellite.  Another package I use (Predict) also
> offers tracking as a built-in option (e.g. no TLE updates).
>
> What I've noticed is that both of these packages have different (but
> close, e.g. +/- 6 degrees) Az/El values at any one time.
>
>> From my brief reading, TLEs are not offered by CelesTrak since the
> standard SGP4 algorithms do not apply to a large celestial body like
> the moon.
>
> Can anyone shed any light on this?
>
> 73s,
>
> Dave,
> N0TGD