On Saturday evening, ISS made a pass over the UK at ~21-45. My location was Pangbourne, West Berkshire (51.470,-1.0656). It was the brightest that I have ever seen it and at first I was unsure if it was an Iridium flare. It caught everyones attention in the garden without us out looking for it. My parents were in Winchester (51.0672,-1.2878) at an open air concert and apparently it was also very bright from there and caught the attention of most of the people at the concert. At that time, with very good viewing conditions, only the brightest starts (I estimate about +2.5 - 3) were visible but the station outshone everything in the sky. I estimate that it was -3 - 4.5 for nearly the whole pass. Recently there has been some discussion about the inaccuracy of H-A with mag. predictions for ISS, but I have found them pretty accurate up until this pass! I wonder is ISS perhaps in a different configuration or is the angle of reflection particularly favourable to us in europe at the moment with the sun only being just behind the horizon at that time? Also, did anyone else see this exceptionally bright pass? Regards, Chris Visit us at http://www.clearstream.com IMPORTANT MESSAGE Internet communications are not secure and therefore Clearstream International does not accept legal responsibility for the contents of this message. The information contained in this e-mail is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. Any views expressed in this e-mail are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of Clearstream International or of any of its affiliates or subsidiaries. END OF DISCLAIMER ----------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from SeeSat-L, send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@satobs.org List archived at http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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