Hello Robert,
What a great pass it was. Here in Newcastle, Australia the ISS
passed at 5.04am (local time) with shuttle following at 5.07am. Clear
skies allowed a great view with the shuttle being the brightest I have
ever seen.
Gordon
Newcastle, Australia
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From: "Robert Holdsworth" <robbonz1@xtra.co.nz>
To: "Seesat List" <SeeSat-L@satobs.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 9:21 PM
Subject: ISS/STS passes for New Zealand
> 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
>
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