This morning Europe got its last chance to see Discovery , before she lands tomorrow. Around 0925BST , the shuttle crossed the sun , followed twenty five seconds later by ISS. Conditions were not ideal here , with scattered broken cloud , but following discussion with Arnold ( CalSky) I selected a target location that would hopefully put me near centre line for both transits. I expected Discovery to pass just across the tip of sunspot 794 , and ISS to transit by 792 and 795. As it turns out , another slight orbit adjustment appeared whilst I was in transit to the location .However , my positioning was still good , although both spacecraft were slightly further south than predicted . Discovery appeared first as a tiny dot.....just visible ( 082457 ) gmt , then ISS 25 seconds later ( 082522 ) roughly 200km apart ( I think ) :O) Regards, John ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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