Hi Ron, I have only a casual and very amateur interest in satellite observations, but your post is very intriguing. You must have seen a silhouette solar pass lasting a second or less, with no visible approach? Good job! Lucky you didn't blink! Robin Lee wrote: > > CAUTION: Failure to use adequate and proper eye protection when viewing > the sun can cause permanent eye damage. > > One hour ago at 14:53:46 PM local MST (21:53:46 UT) on 10 Feb 2002 > I observed the ISS transiting the sun. I used an 8 inch Celestron with > front mounted solar filter. > > The prediction was made using Rob Matson's Skymap to find a reasonable > close transit, then modifying the observation lat/long until the transit became > a near central event. > > In this case, I decided to use the latitude of a road that goes far enough east > then kept adjusting the longitude. The total distance travelled was 45 miles. > > I was set up 10 minutes before the event and my watch alarm was set to go > at 14:53 local. Just after the beeping quit, I saw the ISS clearly. It > appeared > to have the long axis parallel with the velocity vector with the solar arrays > at the front. > > I wanted to videotape it but using the P23C I could only observe perhaps 1/8th > of the sun...not enough. If anyone know of a way to get the full sun (perhaps > a focal reducer) with the P23C, please advise. I have a few more events in the > next week. > > Excellent prediction from Skymap. Although it appeared to be slightly east of > predicted, it was within a second. > > Ron Lee > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > 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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