I've been wondering this too, but won't the Shuttle be
*above* the ISS, therefore making the separation look
much smaller from below? I'm thinking, now, that one
might have trouble discerning the two at 6pm EST
(GMT-5). Does anyone know the exact configuration and,
therefore, angular separation at that time?
Regards,
Jeff Umbarger
Plano, TX, USA
--- "John A. Dormer 2" <jad@texas.net> wrote:
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> Stephan Szyman wrote:
> > ...at these ranges (>547 km and 200m), will
> > I be able to distinugish the 2 separate objects?
> my gut tells me yes.
>
> I ballpark 75 arcseconds of separation using 200m
> and 547km. I can
> resolve 30 arcseconds with my unaided eye and enough
> sugar and caffeine,
> so it is likely that good eyesight will be able to
> tell there's some
> difference. :)
>
> John
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