Tom I am 30mi west of you. That was very spectacular. I think it was more like -3, it was brighter than Jupiter which it closely passed and is -2.4, then it turned reddish before entering the shadow. It had to be the brightest satellite pass I have seen plus it wasn't much more than a 90 degree phase at best. May have been brighter here than at your location because we had a little better phase angle prior to shadow entry wow After it went into shadow I ran inside to catch it VHF but I will not get into that here. Dale Ireland > -----Original Message----- > From: Tom Kreyche [mailto:tkreyche@well.com] > > > A nice ISS/STS pass over an unsually clear and moonless night in wintertime > Seattle WA USA at 19:05 PST. > > At max elev of 62 deg, mag was approx -1.5, obviously brighter than the +0.8 > for ISS alone predicted on heavens above. Passed only a couple degs below > Jupiter (-2.2) and Saturn (+0.2). My wife who has excellent color vision saw > it as slightly yellow-reddish. Venus also visible low in West at -4.5. > Disappeared into the shadow shortly after max elevation. > > Tom Kreyche ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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