[Fwd: Zarya over Syracuse, New York]
James Husnay Sr. (jhusnay@scsinet.com)
Wed, 02 Dec 1998 07:18:13 -0500
This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
--------------00404D0D9E6C0E368D566960
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Forgot about address change to list as mail was returned. Saw daylight
(twilight) Iridium 65 just a few moments ago at 07:12 as mentioned
below. Almost missed looking at watch time.
--------------00404D0D9E6C0E368D566960
Content-Type: message/rfc822
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Content-Disposition: inline
Message-ID: <366520F3.94E9FE87@scsinet.com>
Date: Wed, 02 Dec 1998 06:14:00 -0500
From: "James Husnay Sr." <jhusnay@scsinet.com>
X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (Win95; I)
MIME-Version: 1.0
To:
"SeeSat-L@cds.plasma.mpe-garching.mpg.de" <SeeSat-L@cds.plasma.mpe-garching.mpg.de>
Subject: Zarya over Syracuse, New York
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Just in from naked eye "stargazing" and watching for my first ever
"Zarya Passage". It was almost at zenith, 86 degrees at 05:33:46 in this
moderately light polluted city. This was also the first clear almost
pristine morning sky we've had since around October 28th, so it made it
all that much more worthwhile to have this first. Plus it was
wonderfully warm with no snow on the ground - almost another first
around here. (All time record for not having a measurable snowfall this
late in year.)
Zarya passed just a few degrees below the "Big Dipper's" Phecda and
Merzak. Watched the event naked eye and didn't bother with bino's (big
Mistake). Zarya appeared more a soft yellow/orange rather than the
brighter white I expected. Now wish I had bino's. Seemed brighter than
1.3m as predicted. More in the 0m range. Fast moving. I hope I, we, you
get as great a pass with Node-1 Unity/STS-88.
I hope others in the northern latitudes had as equally as great a pass
as ours (mine) this morning.
Now looking forward to my first time ever twilight (because of clear
skies - if they hold long enough?) Iridium scheduled 07:12 at -8m and
almost at zenith? Several firsts on the 2nd of Dec. "WOW!"
Go out and enjoy the Universe - "It's Yours" JRH
--------------00404D0D9E6C0E368D566960--