Tony Beresford recently posted ... > Just worked out that at about 1855UT Mar 1, > Will have a 1 minute window for seeing both ISS > and Mir in sky together. > Using heavens-above, Mir somes out of shadow , > heading nearly vertically down in SE, > while ISS is making a low angle pass W-E at 20 degrees > elevation in SE. > At least observers in SOME parts of the world will have a chance to see the two space stations together in the sky. Around here, on March 1 22:43-22:49 UTC, they will be in the sky, as the following quicksat output shows ... 40.107 74.231 80. Light House, Lakewood NJ 2001 18.0 5 F F F T T *** 2001 Mar 1 Thu evening *** Times are PM EST *** 1836 542 H M S Tim Al Azi C Dir Mag Dys F Hgt Shd Rng EW Phs R A Dec 16609 Mir Complex 32.7 4.2 379 1.2 -1.0 17 43 58 .0 13 337 C 90 .7 1 0 164 164 555 1.4 102 1919 56.9 25544 ISS 71 -1.0 17 48 12 .0 13 227 C 269 2.6 1 9 237 237 748 .9 143 110 -20.9 ... Unfortunately, at this location, the sun doesn't set until 17:49 (EST) so barring an unexpected total solar eclipse, they will not be visible :(! Clear and dark skies! Ed Light Lakewood, NJ, USA N 40.1075, W 074.2312, Hgt +24 m (80 ft) ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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