They'd better launch this one on time. I am heading to Herstmonceux Castle (fromer home of the former Royal Greenwich Observatory) tomorrow for three months. However, If they are a day late I have to go to Norway for a few days. :-) BKH -----Original Message----- From: Brierley David <DMBRIERLEY@dera.gov.uk> To: 'Satellite Observers' <SeeSat-l@blackadder.lmsal.com> Date: Monday, January 17, 2000 4:27 AM Subject: RE: STS99-observation? >Chris > >> ---------- >> From: Chris Peat[SMTP:Chris.Peat@dlr.de] >> Sent: 15 January 2000 19:19 >> To: George, Marple; SeeSat-L@blackadder.lmsal.com >> Subject: Re: STS99-observation? >> >> George, >> If the sky is clear in the UK on the evening of the launch you will >> have a >> good chance to see STS-99, and also the external tank which observers >> in the >> USA miss because it is on a suborbital flight and re-enters over the >> Indian >> Ocean before completing one revolution. The tank is also very bright, >> and >> can be distinguished from the shuttle because of its reddish colour. >> The >> shuttle should fly over the UK 20 minutes or so after launch, so even >> if >> there is a delay, you know roughly when to go outside and start >> looking. >> >Thanks to you and Ron Lee for alerting us in the UK to the possibility >of seeing STS-99 on its first orbit. I can confirm that it's possible >to see the tank, and both objects will be very bright, at magnitude 0. >In November 1985? there was a 57 degree launch, when I saw both the STS >and tank in a bright twilit sky. I remember the occasion particularly >because the tank passed only 6' arc from Capella, the only star visible >to the naked eye. > >Regards >David > >David M Brierley >Malvern, Worcestershire, UK >Station 2675, 52.1358N 2.3264W 70m > > >-- >The Information contained in this E-Mail and any subsequent correspondence >is private and is intended solely for the intended recipient(s). >For those other than the recipient any disclosure, copying, distribution, >or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on such information is >prohibited and may be unlawful. > >----------------------------------------------------------------- >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 > ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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