To draw attention to the fact that New Zealand has a pass of the ISS and STS tomorrow morning our time: the ISS due at 1733 UTC Thursday (0533 Friday NZT) followed by the shuttle about 3 minutes later. (Apologies to any who miss out on this owing to the fact I am posting late evening our time: I did not want to post this information until I knew whether launch was on time, and owing to other commitments I could not access plain text email till now.). The pass is in the Northeast so will be visible in most parts of the country except the southern South Island. If docking is on schedule at 1750 on Friday UTC it will be just before an excellent pass right over New Zealand commencing 1756 UTC (0556 Saturday NZT.) Prospects for observation at this location are not good, cloud is moving in again and the forecast is not at all favourable for the post-docking pass. At a quick glance looks as if we may have some good passes to observe during the installation of the new truss (if the weather allows!) As the hour is late and I need to be up early to attempt observation of the pass of the craft in tandem I will save the rest for later! Robert Holdsworth Wainuiomata New Zealand 174.948E 41.261S ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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