Hi, I just watched ISS made a short pass (+/- 1 minutes) over Huntsville few moments ago, with a mag of -0.5 per Heavens-Above, around the time as listed below: Event Time Altitude Azimuth Distance (km) Rises above horizon 18:19:06 0° 312° (NW ) 2,229 Reaches 10° altitude 18:21:09 10° 312° (NW ) 1,379 Maximum altitude 18:23:52 66° 306° (NW ) 408 Enters shadow 18:23:52 66° 306° (NW ) 408 This is the brightest ISS that I have seen so far. I will appreciate if anyone can point me to any online reference on how to take pictures of a passing satellite. Thanks. Aris Tanone 34.7300°N, 86.5860°W http://home.hiwaay.net/~atanone/Sat-track1 ps: Sorry Rob, the first e-mail was intended to Seesat-L, but I didn't check the address when I pushed the "send" button. > -----Original Message----- > From: Matson, Robert [mailto:ROBERT.D.MATSON@saic.com] > Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2000 3:47 PM > To: 'Edward S Light'; 'Seesat-L' > Subject: RE: Spectacular ISS Pass > > > Hi Ed, > > > We just saw what was likely the best ISS (98-067A = 25544) pass since it > > "got its wings." > > > Rising in the WNW through Draco, at which time it resembled > Vega (mag =0), > > it brightened steadily as it climbed when, at 61 deg elevation, 351 deg > azimuth, > > at about 17:49:20 EST (22:49:20 UTC on 28 December 2000), +/- 5 seconds, > > it flared to slightly brighter than Venus' -4.3 magnitude. > > Thanks for your observation, Ed! It tends to support my > theory of when to expect glints off the (smaller) solar > panels of ISS -- descending node passes in the evening > (for northern hemisphere viewers). > > Using your detailed observation, I will be able to determine > the tilt-forward angle of ISS's smaller solar arrays, which > should allow crude estimates of when to expect ISS glints. > Thanks! --Rob > ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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