Open Viewing Opportunities Window

SatSpy's unique Viewing Opportunities window gives you instant access to all passes within a time interval you define. The window shows the passes as bars placed along a time line with the length of each bar proportional to the duration of the pass. The pass bars are color-coded to indicate the goodness of the pass. You decide what constitutes a good pass or bad pass for your viewing location. To find out more about a pass, all you have to do is click on it with the mouse!

Screenshot of Viewing Opportunities Window

The window is highly interactive allowing you to:

Select your viewing times using convenient built-in functions.
Click on any bar and view details about the pass including times, azimuth, elevation, range and percentage illumination.
Customize the colors using the Colors page of the SatSpy Preferences dialog.
Instantly go to a detailed skytrace for the pass, showing the path of the satellite against the star background.
Open a Multiple Skytrace window to see the same passes projected against your local sky.
Open a Viewing Opportunities Table to see a more detailed summary of all of the computed viewing opportunities.
View the element set corresponding to the satellite in the pass.
Bring up the corresponding Multipass window showing the same passes as skytraces against a common star background.
Set pass quality criteria to "grade" the computed passes to suit your needs.