At 13:31 30/12/02 -0800, you wrote: >If ISS had the same solid angle as the moon, you wouldn't be able to see >the stars: it would look like daylight. Or, you can look at it this way: >I'm sure you've seen your shadow cast by the full moon, but certainly not >by ISS. > >Cheers, >Rob Well this does think me on something else. Some people stated that Venus is capable of making shadows. Assuming this is true, and ISS is as bright as Venus(mag -4 on some occasions-and probably that bright when it is nearing completion), then we must be able to see changing shadows from ISS). Greetings, Tristan Cools tristan.cools@skynet.be Belgian Working Group Satellites(BWGS) webmaster Ryckevelde: 3.2856E/51.2045N - OBS place 2 Brugge: 3.2166E/51.2104N - OBS place 3(home) Homepage at http://users.skynet.be/satimage/index.htm BWGS homepage at http://users.skynet.be/satimage/bwgs/bwgs.htm ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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