Bill Purcell said: > From NW Houston, I saw the same thing as they made a low northerly pass Sunday evening - shuttle trailing by about 10 seconds, and it was the dimmer of the two objects. However, they made an abbreviated pass tonight (ascending to 17 degrees in the NW), and the trailing object (still the shuttle, I presume) was significantly brighter. Too bad they entered the shadow so soon - it would've been a spectacular sight had they been visible across the entire sky. For last night's (Monday) passes in Tulsa, I couldn't see the first pass due to strong twilight. Second pass less abbreviated here and magnificent as they both approached Arcturus and then dimmed in shadow. 27 seconds separation. ISS was brighter than Arcturus as it passed, so say mag -1. STS slightly dimmer than the star, say +0.5. Brad Young TULSA 1 COSPAR 8336 36.1397N, 95.9838W, 205m ASL ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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