I Saw ISS-Shuttle in the Earth's Shadow too!

From: Tim Rogers (timrogers@charter.net)
Date: Sun Dec 01 2002 - 02:19:29 EST

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    I just got in from seeing "The Stack" over Atlanta at 01:46:50 EST (06:46:50
UT)
I found it by looking at the sky chart given on JPass and used 7X50
binoculars to locate the 8th magnitude target as it passed just north of
Alpha Cetus, while at 41 degrees above the horizon.  I was able to follow it
for about a minute until I lost it in the star fields south of Orion.
So with this sighting in the middle of the night, I think this truly means
that we are seeing the lights on the station, yes?  I'm still in
semi-disbelief that we can see this at a distance of 500km (300 miles,) but
its true!

Thanks to those who sighted it before I did and passed along the info.

Tim Rogers
34.0954°N, 84.0450°W
Elevation 320 meters

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