In the beginning of this paper, we will briefly touch the area of meteors and orbital satellites. Later on, we will explain the horizontal coordinate system which is used in astronomy. In this chapter, we will define the coordinates of the horizontal coordinate system, the azimuth and height which will have an important role in the empirical part of the thesis. Further on, we will talk about the procedure of night-photography shot collecting at the Golovec AGO observatory and the Črni Vrh observatory, both of which are stationed in Slovenia. These shots picked up flying objects like airplanes, satellites and meteors. On the basis of these shots, we will determine the height of these flying objects in relation to Earth. We will also try to determine the nature of the object in question. Along with the height above ground level, we will calculate the distance between the object and the centre of the Earth.
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