ISS and Atlantis observation

From: Bruno Tilgner (Bruno_Tilgner@compuserve.com)
Date: Sun Feb 18 2001 - 15:33:52 PST

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    Tristan Cools wrote:
    
    >I almost missed Atlantis because it was rather faint, mag +2.
    >I expected it to be much brighter.  My observation of STS98
    >came at 17h58m UTC ...
    
    I missed it completely, because at that time I didn't know yet
    that the landing had been postponed. One orbit later, at 19:30
    UTC I saw both of them, separated by 1m 55s, practically of
    equal brightness (less than Jupiter, more than Saturn).
    However, at my location (48.8N 2.2E) they disappeared into
    the Earth's shadow after about 2 minutes, at 38 degrees altitude.
    
    Bruno Tilgner
    
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