Jeff Hunt said: >Was everyone else asleep this morning (July 23) or is this just considered >another "I saw Mir again" report? Nope. I was up watching too. I observed the same delay for Zvezda. ISS was far brighter at this location near Los Angeles. I got ISS aquisition right on time at 1120Z here. >I observed the ISS on time coming out of shadow near the half moon at 08:16 >UTC on July 23. I suspect viewing was limited to mag 3 due to the high haze >and moon but ISS showed up highly visible until the illumination waned. > >I thought I had missed Z somehow (predicted 08:22 UTC approx.) until it >showed up out of the shadow at 08:25:50 UTC well close to 4 minutes later in >a higher orbit based on the July 22 epoch from Heaven-Above. Z was slightly >brighter than ISS (IMO) and steady. Zvezda faded pretty fast at my location, but was still a lot easier to see than HST has ever been. Tuesday morning should be really interesting because the two satellites should be much closer together. Having made the observation this morning, I will just concentrate on ISS Tuesday which is probably in free drift. Zvezda should be an easy "plus". Note to Cactus members: goto http://www.heavens-above.com This is the new site for GSOC/DLR. Have your LAT/LON coordinates ready. Also note we have a new comet called Linear. This will be my fifth one if I see it. 73, Dennis N6DD / / / / / * Dennis Dinga * dennis@dinga.com /--/--/--/--/ * 1024 Twin Canyon * n6dd@amsat.org / / /| / / N6DD * Diamond Bar, CA 91765 * Tel: 909-860-1515 | * USA * Fax: 909-860-3685 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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